Environmental Awareness Essay

begins to see herself as part of the landscape Nature and civilization, women and men are not absolutely opposite. The narrator puts herself in the entire natural world. From the past thirty years, ecofeminism literature has been combining the environmentalist focus on reconnection of nature with the feminist focus on gender equality. The combination produces a feminist view on environmentalism that is concerned with the degradation of both earth and its people. Ecofeminism foregoes a…

consumers are increasingly paying more attention to the ethics of businesses with relation to environmental issues. This includes eco-friendly packaging, energy-saving technology, carbon footprints of products and other environmentally friendly means. However, the concept of “green washing” surfaces when businesses deliberately brand themselves as pro-environment through advertising when in reality, environmental issues are compromised. Therefore, a synthesis of trends presents several…

Why BioGreen? Most of the companies now a days are looking for ways to become environmental-friendly to improve its bottom line. BioGreen understands the need of maintaining the natural ecological balance in the environment and so, we came up with the biodegradable products. In order to eliminate the mess, our biggest challenge and responsibility was to develop green products, services and processes that will provide better quality air, a cleaner environment, and a better health. Biodegradable…

Ted Talk Paper The two Ted Talks I chose ended up being very intriguing due to the fact that one of them was given by a scientist and the other by an artist. The first Ted Talk I watched was called “How to Grow Fresh Air” by Kamal Meattle. Meattle explained the importance of fresh air in Delhi, a city plaqued by poor air quality, and provided a solution utilizing three types of green plants. The second Ted Talk I watched was called “Street art with a message of hope and peace” by eL Seed. eL…

Rapa Nui were living in a fairly stable and flourishing culture despite the drastic shifts in their island environment; they had adapted their farming and living practices instead of succumbing to the losses in their environment. As Diamond says, environmental factors alone are not enough to make a culture collapse. Additionally, climate change and its effects must be considered. Shifts can be either positive or negative for a society (12). Diamond says that climate change was an even larger…

Other forms of environmental degradation bauxite mining causes are due to is residue. Bauxite residue or red mud has vast affects on the ecology. The most common problems red mud causes are “wind erosion and groundwater pollution.” (Xue et al. 2015) Currently “there are four…

The book titled the Pollution Paradox, by Bregman Lenormand, is all about the effects of pollution. Bregman first starts his book off by stating who the real villains are in the crime of pollution. Suspects of the crime are the chemical industries, cities, and even the cherished automobiles. However, these are only contributors to the problem of pollution. In fact, the true villain in the crime of pollution is us; people. Every person shares a little responsibility of our generation’s pollution.…

The political debate over economic globalization is whether increasing economic activity leads to environmental degradation or if environmental problems are more readily addressed through economic growth. This debate surrounding economic globalization breaks down into three main points of discussion; climate change, free trade, and environmental international…

The ad I choose for my discussion is a tv commercial which aired during the 2010 Super Bowl. The reason I picked this commercial is because of it's great sense of humor and it's ability to utilize several concepts Julia B. Corbett discusses in her article, "A Faint Green Sell: Advertising and the Natural World" (235). In the opening scene we see a young white male purchasing groceries and is asked whether he would like paper or plastic. After a sudden pause, he decides to go with plastic, when…

This except--by Rachel Carson-- was created in order to persuade readers that pesticides are killers, not humans, but to the whole world. Carson does this through an appeal to nature and an appeal to health. Carson evidently cares a lot about nature and her writing supports it. Her appeal to nature approach is very clear s the passage progresses. She addresses the need for change as she talks about the horrible events that occur with the use of pesticides. Carson uses very descriptive stories…