Word: earthing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...increasingly fast-paced, prepackaged, disposable society, citizens of out fragile earth need to take a close look at the environmental costs of the standard of living to which we have become accustomed...
...litany of environmental hazards associated with our throw-away society is old news. Deteriorating styrofoam releases chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), resulting in serious depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer. A group of British scientists reported in 1985 that the ozone layer over Antartica had been diminished by 40 percent. Despite global agreements to curb their use, CFCs' destructive potential lasts long after they are released. And even CFC- free styromfoams are not harmless; they will clog our landfills for centuries to come...
Previously, the second had been based on a much less accurate measurement, the motion of the earth about...
...Witches moved all of thefurniture out of the living room and lay the linerdown, pressing it flush against the walls, lettingit extend nearly a foot up the sides. On the sixthday, the Witches spread the soil over the linerand grass seed over the soil, watered it, lettingthe damp earth spread over their bare feet. On theseventh day they rested. On the thirtieth day theylay naked on the floor in th roomful of thick,verdant grass...
...cross onto achain and pulled it over her head. She felt calmeras she drifted towards sleep. As her grey eyesclosed she shot ahead in time and thought: shefirst saw her grandmother's drawn face in acoffin, not looking peaceful but rather devoid ofconcern. Then the thump of the earth against thecoffin as the grave was filled; finally the crossas it hung about her neck thumping against herchest with every step. The joy of a treasuredmemory filled her; she slept...