Ecology of a Crack Childhood
...y get lost in his mind. Another excerpt that she read dealt with one afternoon during recess; she was motivated by a teacher to learn about the pitcher plant and the reproduction cycle of a pine tree. This could have been the initial step that changed her life and led her toward a passion about nature and the environment. Denise Ray is deeply concerned about that loss of natural habitat of many animals and plants that are being turned into urban areas. In 1995, 99% of the 93 million acres of the Long Leaf Pine forest have been cut down. She wants to make clear that she is not against cutting down trees; she is concerned that if capitalism does not change, then the human race will deplete all its natural resources and be in bad shape in the future. The current system of how businesses acquire their resources will not last forever and will need to eventually be modified. In order to preserve the future, she recommends people understand the f...