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Topic: Environmental Degradation

Subtopics: Degraded Land

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Dig Too Deep

by Amy Allgeyer

“I nod, but my mind’s fixed on something else—something abnormal in the valley. Something that might be causing all those health problems. And that something is bright orange.”

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Jungle Nama

by Amitav Ghosh

“This is the jungle, the timeless tide, where the river meets the sea. Here, nature’s laws alone decide, what can and cannot be.”

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Only One

by Deborah Hopkinson

“Earth is our one and only planet to care for, love, and preserve”

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The Girl Who Planted Trees

by Caryl Hart

“Soon I shall grow a whole forest”

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Want

by Cindy Pon

“[I]n the end, the truth was a harsh and ugly one: in order to change the status quo, we had to be destructive. Seize control of the narrative. Redirect the plot”

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