Environmental Awareness Essay

Logo The Cerebral Palsy Alliance logo represents an organization that provides support and a better quality of life for people with disabilities. The logo is formed by 11 irregular shapes and three words. When looking at the logo we can identify the shape of a palm print. The gestalt law of closure makes this possible as the viewer closes the gaps between the shapes and groups them accordingly to construct a “whole” which results in a familiar form. Proximity and similarity help identify the…

The world today is extremely controversial, it seems as though through the simplest comment you can offend another, so terribly, and there are times when it was not meant as an insult or harmful. The world in its elements seems to have the same relationship as people do love and hate. Most people have grown up with the knowledge of good and evil, as one cannot exist without the other. Through this essay with the assistance of Jensen, Ooman and Abbey, we will try to show you how the yin and yang…

Many conservationists and practitioners argue that environmental regulations are crucial to guarantee the sustainability of the Earth’s biological systems as well as the health and wellbeing of people, and that protected areas such as national parks constitute an essential tool in such regulatory toolbox (Kramer et al. 1997; Brandon et al. 1998; Terborgh 1999). Although the preservation of nature, which is the main objective of national parks, has become a worldwide concern, taking into account…

Silent Spring written by Rachel Carson was the spark to a great controversy over the use of pesticide ever since it was published in 1962. This novel was a great influence over the abuse of chemical insecticides and succeeded in banning some dangerous chemicals such as DDT from the United States. Even though Silent Spring chastised the use of these chemicals, Carson never intended that all of the pesticides should be banned, instead the use of them should be controlled to prevent harm to the…

thrive in. One must first develop a strategic plan incorporating the necessities of succeeding in this competitive field. This arrangement may include: a distributor for the coffee beans, the economic advantages from said distributor, mutual environmental laws of both the domestic and exported countries, marketing advantages from said…

Though the information on environmental concern and the effect of pesticides (especially DDTs) were already available to the public, Carson’s book was unique in that it synthesized all the information in a comprehensive accessible way. She pieced together environmental concerns of urban and industrial reforms with the ecological issues that were relevant to that time. In documenting the damaging…

is experiencing rapidly growing pollution issues, including: mass deforestation, smog, water pollution, and various other forms of environmental destruction. As a poverty ridden nation lead by a government with too little resources at its disposal the issues of extreme pollution are often put on hold to other societal issues. In Indonesia, many forms of environmental pollution / destruction are not only affecting their population of well over a hundred million people, but also including the…

The six dimensions of health include physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, and environmental health. The quality of life of an individual or the overall well-being of an individual is determined by the interactions between these six dimensions. It was important for me to understand these dimensions, and find ways to ensure a balance of mind, spirit, and body. The knowledge from these dimensions allowed my the evaluate my quality of life of an individual or overall well-being. For…

Initially hearing the word “green” what first comes to mind is the color. Other times one might think, in response to a home, automatically of a greenhouse. However, in this particular instance when you read the word “green” it is in reference to “going-green”. For my Home Planning class, taught by Professor Holmes, we are required to do a Green Research Paper. This assignment not only helps us gain research but also insight on the proper ways and elements of going green. From this assignment I…

In today’s society people has taken care of the environment in a different way. If God created the world and everything that goes along with it; then we as followers of God, Don’t we need to treat the world the way God would want us to? In Psalms 24:1-2 NIV it says “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.” How funny that not just people, but Christians themselves treat the world with such…