Monoculture

“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.” –Albert Einstein The bee plays an important part in our developing world, and is what I will be talking about today. I will tell you the different roles of bees, and what is happening worldwide that should scare and even frighten you. Bees are specialized insects that gather pollen and nectar from flowers, they are called pollinators. They play an existentially important role in our daily lives and…

Anchored off the inhospitable coast of Massachusetts, a meager band of 88 Pilgrims, weak and weary from their lengthy voyage, stared at two terrible behemoths: in front of them was a vast, hostile land and behind them was the powerful, immense Atlantic Ocean which cut them off from the rest of the world. After they set foot on the rocky shores and watched the Mayflower sail past the edge of the endless horizon, one can only imagine the settlers’ unbearable sense of being all alone, separated…

Monsanto began experimenting and producing genetically modified plant seeds from rDNA and additional modification. After successfully breeding plants from seeds that were immune to the company 's pesticide (Roundup), the plants become a dominant monoculture throughout the agricultural industry. Controversy about Monsanto 's business practices arose when the company patented their genetically modified seeds and essentially monopolized the seed industry due to its success. Farmers who choose not…

that diaspora is not just an issue for colonised people living in England, but rather, a state of global displacement and identity confusion that has never been experienced before (Iyer 19). The cause of this universal placelessness and developing monoculture originates from technological advancements in communication and transportation which allows human beings to establish a sense of connectedness in today 's borderless world (Iyer 19). Although, Iyer states that this sense of connectivity is…

The famous Australian play “The One Day of the Year” by Alan Seymour explores various conflicts over ANZAC Day in the 1950’s in a working class family from Sydney’s Western suburbs. Since then, opinions on gender roles and cultural diversity in Australia have changed and so have ideas about Australia in general. This is also closely examined in Ellen Connolly’s article ‘Burquini Hits the Beach’, written for the Sunday Telegraph on February 4th 2007. The text reveals a plan by Surf Lifesaving…

The PBS documentary film, “The Botany of Desire” were based on the book by Michael Pollan, it was design to enhance viewers to have better connection between plants and the world. The movie discuss the relationship of four plants and associated with human desires for sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control over plants ; showing that humans do not stand outside the food web but are much a part of it. The four plants were the apple, tulip, marijuana, and the potato. Each association with…

The argument proposed of those against GMO's includes topics such as, the unknown health consequences of consuming genetically modified organisms, permanently mutating genes, reducing biodiversity, cross contamination, and legal issues with seed patenting. While genetically engineered foods have not been shown to be safe or unsafe to eat and may have unpredictable consequences, many scientists are worried that, once consumed, they may pass on their mutant genes to bacterium in the digestive…

The study of female sexuality, youth, and behavior is a vastly influential study in the anthropological world. However, it wasn’t until recently that it became a widely accepted study and a phenomenon. Margaret Mead, a cultural anthropologist, helped spur the emergence of cultural studies of females. Mead focuses on many various aspects of culture and how it connects to psychology. More specifically, she fixates upon the cultural conditioning of sexual behavior, culture change, and the…

of funds available for disposable. In addition, managerial arrogance and their inertia for a change of the bureaucratic work culture as previously it was embedded in their mentality that the Australian workforce was to predominantly a white-male monoculture. As a consequence, this may have skewed the chances of employment for foreigners wanting to participate within the labour workforce. Overall, a change in Australia’s policy and establishing an enthusiastic mentality towards foreign workers…

A lot of measures are taken in order to prevent sustainable tourism development. One of the factors is the economic impact. Economic development should be to that extend that it becomes capable of generating employment. Apart from this, developing and improving the infrastructure, promoting the activities which are involved in productivity, and enhancing indigenous resources are all those factors which help in preventing the sustainable tourism development. Before the 1970 's, assumed these…