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The Mystery of Easter Island: Lessons for Earth's Survival

Explore the enigmatic history of Easter Island, once lush and now barren, revealing parallels to Earth's sustainability challenges. Discover how resource depletion and population growth impacted this lost civilization and consider alternative planetary futures. Learn what you can do to help our planet survive.

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The Mystery of Easter Island: Lessons for Earth's Survival

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  1. Earth’s Survival How long will it survive?

  2. Easter Island

  3. Easter Island: Lost Civilization

  4. Statues surround the island • Located off the coast of Chile • Once a lush forest • Now baron land • Used all resources • Where did they go?

  5. Ancient gods Chiefs High-ranking males Ancestors They all stand with their backs to the ocean 13’ high 14 tons Made from volcanic ash Discovered in 1722 887 statues found on island What did the heads represent?

  6. Known as “an ecological disaster” • First inhabitants: 400AD • Population reached 9,000 by 1550 • Deforestation • Soil depletion • Erosion • Cannibalism

  7. Compare to our planet • Could Earth be compared to Easter Island? • Are we depleting our resources? • What is the effect of our constantly increasing population?

  8. Other Alternatives • If we use up all our resources, where will we go? • Our three closest planets: Mercury, Mars, Venus • Could we live on another planet? Mercury Mars Venus

  9. What Can You Do? • Conserve Water • Conserve Fuel • Stop polluting our water • Stop polluting our air • Recycle • Conserve Energy • Plant a tree

  10. What are we doing at Bogle? Do you think we are helping our planet survive?

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