Built environment

detail about the ecological shift of New England during the 1600’s: the time period of colonization of the land. Overall, Cronon argues that culture and the environment have an interdependent connection, saying “environment may initially shape the range of choices available to a people at a given moment, but then culture reshapes environment in responding to those choices” (Cronon 13). In Part 1: Looking Backward, Cronon uses points from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden to argue that man…

McKibben vocalizes his opinions and beliefs on the causes and effects of human abuse to the environment. “Initially distributed in Mother Jones in 2009, he expresses his contention for basic living to ultimately benefit the earth (331).” He shares his views on the waste problem of not only his town, but of the American population as a whole. He makes it clear that we have drifted far from the pristine environment that the original people of this continent once maintained. Using a great deal of…

One thing that the City of Longview Washington has going good are the natural parks. In Eduardo Paes TED Talk "The 4 Commandments of Cities" he discussed what the city of the future needs to include. The first commandment that was mentioned was "The City of the future has to be environmentally friendly; and think green" (Paes). One of Longview's biggest attribute would be Lake Sacagawea. The area is full of green plants everywhere, from the trees, grass, and bushes. In the center of the park is…

People all over the world are paying more attention to the environment today than they did just a few years ago. Issues such as climate change, water and air pollution, depletion of natural resources and wildlife conservation are being discussed and acted upon with increasing frequency. There is scarcely a product used in the construction trades that is not being scrutinized for sustainability and environmental impact. Although asphalt pavement is an environmentally friendly material,…

Hello everyone, I believe this campaign might be the wrong way to utilize money and research; this might be a negative way of promoting public habits in attempts to change the environment. The amount of research that is needed to identify every individual seems like it would be a waste of scientific time and energy. It would be almost impossible to be able to detect or “recreate the faces of litterbugs” for everyone who resides in Hong Kong. If littering is such an issue to the country then…

plastic container with holes in the lid, with dirt and bark so that they are kept in a natural environment as possible so can react naturally during experiment.)  5x petri dish set ups labelled from 50-90% (One petri dish on the bottom will contain glycerol and have a mesh/gauze hot glued over top for the slater to walk on. On top of this will be another petri dish sealed with blutak to close off the environment.)  5x different glycerol solutions which range from 50-90% humidity (increasing by…

Today, over half of the world’s 7 billion population are living in urban environments with this number forecasted to increase to 2/3 by 2030 (UN 2004). The development of urban areas involves destruction of forests and other native bird habitats, which can lead to a loss of diversity and abundance of birds and native plants that can no longer survive in the new environment. This is troubling as birds perform certain ecosystem services, services humans can benefit from, such as pollination,…

Physical Environment Exercise #2-1 The two physical environments that I have chosen are my Bedroom, and my classroom. I believe that these two spaces contributed to my feelings of safety due to the fact that there was a common sense of warmth- four sturdy walls that surrounded busy, crowded furniture. I feel that being constantly surrounded by things -more so than people- gave me a feeling of security, and that I was never without something to comfort me. When human relations became too much,…

Sadangi, discusses the causes of consumerism and the negative impacts consumption has on society. In Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff, she elaborates on how consumption affects the environment. The http://www.verdant.net/society.htm article “Why Overcoming Consumerism?” discusses how consumerism effects society and the environment. Naomi Klein explains how corporations take advantage of and manipulate their consumers. Klein also goes into detail on how…

Chapter nine of Dr. Byron Williston’s Environmental Ethics for Canadians examines environmental virtue ethics and its applications in real world situations. The case study in this chapter inspects three Canadian environmentalist exemplars. Virtue ethics is the moral theory that searches for a middle ground between extreme opposite characteristics all while taking into consideration the facts that are present at any given time. The case study focusses on David Suzuki, Elizabeth May, and Maude…