where students have to finish twenty hours of community service within four years. Like every other student at my school, I joined a club in order to get opportunities for community service. After a year of miscellaneous community service for the Recycling Club, I realized that I was not satisfied with the way I was carrying out my high school career. Later I found out that my school offered the “Maroon Cord” for students who completed 150 hours of community service within their high school…
“Elysium, land of the heroic dead.” (213) The social construction of identity – and history – take on new meaning and importance in Jennifer Marie Brissett’s captivating novel Elysium as the theoretical becomes concretized in startling and compelling ways. What is so tantalizing – to the very edge of frustration at some points – was the briefest of hints the author gives of this ongoing creation, mostly through the intervention/interruption of the computer programming which is re/telling…
Types of CSR models and benefits for MegaTech Company CSR Model Benefits Office Depot (Office Depot, 2016) Education Assist designated schools with free supplies to help build a brighter future for students. Dell (Dell, 2016) Recycling Reusable technology donated to non-profit…
Spring Arbor University makes a big deal about their Core classes, but at times it feels like they are a joke. Then students begin to realize the purpose behind all of it. Core 100 is a class designed to get the college career started off with the correct footing. The activities and events that affected my life the most were the Monday lectures, the Real Relationships readings, and the in class discussions. None of these alone would have been sufficient, but in tandem they provide an…
Inspired by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin came up with the idea for Earth Day. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day has caused meaningful legislation to be passed, unification of environmentalists, and the “birth of the modern environmental movement” (“Earth Day”). As with most other topics and issues, much of the public’s concept of the environmental movement comes from its portrayal in the media. In…
Gambia. At present little people make Big change is developing a scheme with the Bodmin community were a small group of children will go into nursing homes and read a book of their choice to the elderly. Each scheme highlights the Consequentially and importance of helping those in less fortunate situation. This Facebook page is now developing into a theatre project which has been carefully designed to promote good causes, educate,entertain and encourage social change. This change will be…
somebody else has left behind. I obey all hunting and fishing regulations that are put in place to ensure that those fished and hunted for species are left in good numbers for future generations. I will also reduce my carbon footprint through recycling, using…
A successful person sees an opportunity, and works hard to accomplish the task at hand. However, I believe that a leader needs to be more than successful, rather revolutionary. Success is a step-by-step process. A revolutionary seeks to change. When I became the president of PeaceJam at my school, I transitioned from childhood to adulthood by stepping into a role of leadership. PeaceJam is a worldwide environmental club. I joined due to my passion for the environment. My passion began young,…
countries who don't have the axis. The are 1.Education 2.Clean Water and Sanitation 3.Heath Care 4.Food Security 5.Alternative Income. Finally, Alex Lin helps Metech International. In the texts Alex Lin, Teenage Activist it says, “He's overseen the recycling of 300,000 pounds of e-waste. He's successfully lobbied the Rhode Island state legislature to ban the dumping of electronics. He's used refurbished computers to create media centers in developing countries like Cameroon and Sri Lanka to…
studied whether both these metals act on altering physiological functions or that zinc being an essential nutrient help in reducing stress caused due to lead toxicity. Zinc has an essential role in normal functioning of the body, has extensive medical importance and act as an important antioxidant.4-6 The toxicological effects of lead are evident in living organisms mostly on nervous system, respiratory system, reproductive system etc.7 However there is a dearth of knowledge in understanding the…