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    of a global citizen because she recognizes the problem at hand and makes an active decision to solve the problem. Global citizenship is not limited by a person’s identity but it is defined by a person’s action towards making a difference in an environmental or social injustice. This is because in the end, the issues we encounter does not only affect ourselves, but it is a shared situation that we must all work towards…

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    environment. So from there, right out of university, she began working in this field. What high school education/degrees do you need to become a WMS? She herself focused on the geology, social studies, economics, and basic sciences like biology and environmental science. You don 't need to have physics or chemistry unless you want to go into engineering. This, however, is not a requirement. Since in Ontario they have a different entrance system, so she had to have English and other grade twelve…

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    recent election and the election of a president who is more opposed to the EPA, environmentalism, and the idea of climate change as fact, than any other in recent history, it is unsettling and dangerous to the continuation of the world. Trump sees environmental protection as the direct opponent of economic progress, and millions of Americans mistakenly agree with him. He doubts climate change and is appointing billionaires who agree with this, going as far to threaten removing the U.S. from the…

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    Pope Francis is the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis’s birth name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio and he was born in Flores, Bueno Aires, Argentina on December 17, 1936. His papal name is in honor of St. Francis of Assisi of Italy. Before becoming a pope Bergoglio got his degree in chemistry and a Ph.D. in theology. In 1958, Bergoglio entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus. Bergoglio was also a teacher and he taught literature and psychology at Colegio del Salvatore and…

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    The brain is probably the most amazing part of the human body. It is composed of neurons, glands, and other subsections that together run the human body, maintain homeostasis, and perform cognitive process. However, the general community may not know much about this indispensable organ’s astonishing properties. This semester I learned about these properties through Wendy Susuki’s book-Happy Brain, Happy Life, and through this book along with the aid of this class I was able to help the community…

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    The beliefs that I have analyzed and taken into account for myself has forced me to finally choose a side on my environmental worldview. Thru the semester I have been struggling to pick a side between biocentric and anthropocentric. I agree with the biocentric worldview because I believe that nature does not simply exist to be consumed by humans, but I disagree that humans are simply one species amongst many. While, I agree with the aspect of the anthropocentric view in which humans were higher…

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    Whether you want to admit it or not, at some point everyone will have to follow with the green movement. Despite the statistic to decide to build green--or sustainable--has voluminous benefits, there will be disadvantages that need to be considered. Concerns such as rate, capital, and measureable readiness and whereabouts constraints are taken into account when choosing to build green. What we need to realize is we have almost reached a point where we can no longer sustain ourselves as a…

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    pushing the “green envelope” or updating their website. Rosenthal is truly an inspiration, and, all in all, this is a great example of how one person can strongly affect our planet by creating a sustainable product, and how a small idea can start an environmental movement. Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all - Paul Hawken…

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    In the book Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson the thesis was that pesticides were harming the environment and wildlife, especially birds. Carson focused her attention on the pesticide DDT, which was first made in 1874. DDT was used heavily during World War II to try and control the diseases typhus and malaria. So she presented research that pesticides can cause cancers, other ill effects and how they can gather in animals bodies through a process called bioaccumulation. Rachel Carson was a…

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    Business and Environmental Care The effort to try and define the true nature as well as the force of the responsibilities of any business to the environment surrounding continues to face a graven stumbling block. This is as a result of the absence of a consensus concerning the basic nature of general environmental responsibility. If simply defining the responsibility of an individual to the environment is usually problematic, how is it possible to arrive at the business environmental…

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