Jessica RaybeMs. Geyer 11 AP Language26 November 20122011 AP Free Response QuestionsGreen living, a practice that promotes the conservation and wise use of natural resources,has become a highly discussed topic all around the world. It is questioned whether the ideal of green living should be forced and required of all citizens or if it should be the people‟s choice.
This issue rising about the world today can affect life as we know it. Imagine future generationsstruggling to survive in air filled with dangerous and harmful chemicals circling the populationkilling humans and animals off one by one. Can we make a difference today? The government feels that by forcing the issue of “going green” upon its citizens the problem can be solved. Do …show more content…
As the Department of
Energy states in its booklet recently published in 2009, Energy Savers Booklet: Tips on SavingEnergy & Money at Home, we as people should “start making small changes today”
(EnergySavers). With this booklet they are allowing Americans to have the freedom to make their ownchoices while giving recommendations on ways to conserve energy and help for futuregenerations to come. Things such as driving sensibly to not waste gasoline through poor choiceslike aggressive driving and turning off computers and anything electric when not being used are
discussed in this booklet (Energy Savers). These few examples are small changes that could inreality change the world. Instead of forcing the issue upon the people, giving them small changesthat can easily be done and not change their entire lifestyle will make the population morewilling to change and less reluctant to green practices.As stated in Sevastian Winters online article,
“The Pros and Cons of the United States„Going Green‟: Is Environmental Consciousness Really All Good …show more content…
It all seems like a great idea seeing what an impact ithas made for other countries, but with the common lifestyles among the United States the planthriving in Singapore would surely frustrate a huge amount of the population.Forcing an ideal so life changing to some individuals can‟t ensure that the green living practices will be used and acted upon. Thomas Friedman says in an excerpt from his book discussing why we need a green revolution
, “bad habits that we have let buil d up over the last three decades” have “weakened our society‟s ability and willingness to take on big challenges”
(Friedman). This may seem like an over exaggeration
, but it is true. In today‟s society, people‟s bad habits, such as littering and leaving th e lights on when we aren‟t home, have changed
This issue rising about the world today can affect life as we know it. Imagine future generationsstruggling to survive in air filled with dangerous and harmful chemicals circling the populationkilling humans and animals off one by one. Can we make a difference today? The government feels that by forcing the issue of “going green” upon its citizens the problem can be solved. Do …show more content…
As the Department of
Energy states in its booklet recently published in 2009, Energy Savers Booklet: Tips on SavingEnergy & Money at Home, we as people should “start making small changes today”
(EnergySavers). With this booklet they are allowing Americans to have the freedom to make their ownchoices while giving recommendations on ways to conserve energy and help for futuregenerations to come. Things such as driving sensibly to not waste gasoline through poor choiceslike aggressive driving and turning off computers and anything electric when not being used are
discussed in this booklet (Energy Savers). These few examples are small changes that could inreality change the world. Instead of forcing the issue upon the people, giving them small changesthat can easily be done and not change their entire lifestyle will make the population morewilling to change and less reluctant to green practices.As stated in Sevastian Winters online article,
“The Pros and Cons of the United States„Going Green‟: Is Environmental Consciousness Really All Good …show more content…
It all seems like a great idea seeing what an impact ithas made for other countries, but with the common lifestyles among the United States the planthriving in Singapore would surely frustrate a huge amount of the population.Forcing an ideal so life changing to some individuals can‟t ensure that the green living practices will be used and acted upon. Thomas Friedman says in an excerpt from his book discussing why we need a green revolution
, “bad habits that we have let buil d up over the last three decades” have “weakened our society‟s ability and willingness to take on big challenges”
(Friedman). This may seem like an over exaggeration
, but it is true. In today‟s society, people‟s bad habits, such as littering and leaving th e lights on when we aren‟t home, have changed