Environmentalist

he commented on this passage is that an environmentalist asked the biblical scholar what Jesus taught on our relationship to animals. The scripture scholar could only find two specific references: one to sparrows, from today’s gospel passage, and the other to sheep (Matthew 11: 9-14). In both cases, Jesus teaches that we are more valuable than animals, in the first case than sparrows and in the second case than sheep. This is not what the environmentalist was expecting to hear. May we…

order to plant and raise crops. Terra preta does not deplete and can, on some level, ‘regenerate’. Charles Mann ends by stating that modern societies need to do what the Native Americans did and control the land how they see fit and that if environmentalists want to return to 1491, they must ‘...find it within themselves to create the world's largest…

alone for lobbying services. TransCanada also hired a former Clinton Administration campaign manager, in an attempt to persuade the State Department, and more importantly Hilary Clinton, who was the Secretary of State during 2011. (Graeber) Environmentalists have also spent large sums of money on lobbying for the pipeline to not be constructed. The most active groups include, Friends of the Earth, The Sierra Club, and National Resources Defense Council. Both sides of the aisle have “given…

Recycling laws such as the GatesburgGoGreen Initiative are bogus and should not be adopted by any community in the United states. This is just another way for local goverments to abuse their power.Not only would they write tickets and fines, but they would be invading our privacy. Recycling is a great idea but, should by no means be inforced by local governments. First off, if we accept laws that force us to recycle, law enforcement will take it to extremes we never could have imagined…

mainly popular in America’s southern states; however, the companies are looking to expand in America and other countries. Though fans of the sport exist, people concerned with the environment are against the expansion of NASCAR. In response to environmentalists, the International Speedway Corporation and NASCAR state what Servino calls “one great sales pitch: Not only is a NASCAR track in your area good for the local community, it’s good for the environment.” This pitch was the first step in…

Each year, environmentalist groups campaign against the Canadian Seal Hunt despite the fact that this harvest is proven to be humane, environmentally sustainable, and a crucial part of many lives. The cameras show cruelty that does not reflect reality. In fact, this hunt is one of the most highly regulated in the world. Sealers kill using the swiftest methods developed. Over 90 percent use firearms and the rest use hakapiks. These weapons meet their mark instantly, and the animal dies suffering…

disproving the emotional pleas of environmentalists, he states that he “love[s] sea turtles as much as the next guy”. This amusing statement establishes him as a ‘good guy’ in the eyes of the readers, and with the support of the surrounding sentences, gives himself credibility. Earlier on in that paragraph, he mocks environmentalists by reducing their arguments to “emotional pleas to save the planet”. He then tells the readers that he is more credible than the environmentalists because he uses…

prepared to die for their country or cause, people such as Che Guevara or George Washington. However, not all revolutionaries’ have these heroic qualities, but they can possess a non-violent and quiet presence. Rachel Carson was a marine biologist, environmentalist and writer whose ideas were far ahead of her time. Rachel exposed the use of harmful, life threatening pesticides and chemicals that were being used all across the globe in the 1960’s. Rachel Carson spread awareness of various types…

The text "Green World", by Sherman Alexie, tells the story of a man who is hired by an Indian reservation to pick up birds that the twelve windmills have chopped up with their blades. The man is sickened by this work, but endures it anyways because the job is honest and pays well. Then one day he encounters an Indian man with a shotgun who, when seeing the dead birds, threatens the man. Instead of shooting him, though, the Indian man shoots the windmills. In this piece, I would argue that the…

Augie Sylk Period 4 Water Pollution along the Yangtze Before and After the Construction of the Three Gorges Dam Water pollution is when the contamination of water for example oceans, rivers, ponds, lakes and other forms of water are effected by the pollution of water. Most water pollution is caused by human activities and mostly without a good cleaning or filtering system. Water pollution occurs mostly over time when the particles and specific chemicals that make up water become…