Built environment

KEY EVENTS Environmentalism began as a movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s after early awareness of threats to the environment, the publishing of the book Silent Spring, the first Earth Day, and the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). However, humanity's relationship and dependence on the earth for survival has existed since the beginning of time. Ancient civilizations, such as Rome, Babylon, and Greece, dealt with the problem of air pollution. “Excessive…

Tonight, we honour one of our nation’s youngest, yet extremely accomplished environmental activists. Severn Cullis-Suzuki has shown an interest in the environment and its preservation from an early age on, as she explored the nature surrounding Vancouver together with her father, famous environmentalist David Suzuki. She founded the Environmental Children’s organization at age 9, still in Elementary School. By age 12, she had become so invested in environmental activism that she was invited to…

Humans are born into families and environments which they have no control over. One’s family plays a significant role in the creation of their identity through genetic and cultural factors. Solomon elaborates on attributes that are passed on from generation to generation. He says “One generation to the next, most children share at least some traits with their parents. Attributes and values are passed down from parent to child across generations and also through shared cultural norms” (Solomon…

destructive perspectives and beliefs that humans are perpetuating in ignorance and arrogance must be reversed or amended. Perspective precedes and precipitates action. Grove notes in his essay “Green Imperialism” that the awareness to preserve the environment on some scale is nothing new but that many attempts to do so have been somewhat confused and have been constrained by imperialist attitudes (499, 500). The films Poison Fire and One Night in Bhopal also support this assertion. In both…

The goals of this report are to explore how The Oregon BlueGreen Alliance can work to support the creation of quality green jobs as a co-benefit for low income communities in differing contexts and stages of local climate action planning. This section of the report outlines the research design and objectives. Interviews and climate plans were evaluated from several cities, three case studies were selected as the primary sites of inquiry to gain a detailed understanding of how climate plans are…

It’s said that the environment we grow up in will define the person you become. My family consist of five people: my mom, my dad, my sister, my grandpa and myself. Since my other relatives live in other countries, it has just been the five of us most of the time. As a result, those 4 people have had a great impact on my dreams, my goals and my personality. Converting to veganism opened my eyes and helped me realize the things I can do for this world. Being vegan has been one of my biggest…

From a biological view, genetic and internal physiological factors contribute and influence personality. Its considered the genes which we inherit contribute to why people are successful and can challenge social influences and natural environments. Thus, which one is more significant, the environmental factors, or inherited genes for an individual's personality to develop. Psychology theorist such as Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattel and Hans Eysenck, put forward traits of personality can be…

o anyone in the interior design business, it's clear that one of the most popular up-and-coming design styles is going back to the basics with Scandanavian interiors. Full of stark contrast and luxurious texture, the simplistic style has taken the interior design world by storm. The style is most often characterized by cool tones in blue, gray, and white. There's a significant lack of carpet, as well; flooring is almost exclusively wooden and light-colored. Wood, in fact, is an important…

NBCUniversal asks consumers to pledge to do one thing and is to have a positive impact on the environment. People could log onto the website greenisuniversal.com or use the mobile app, One Small Act, to make their pledges, set goals , track their progress, and share the experience with their friends. NBCUniversal stars joined the effort, delivering…

Unlike weak sustainability, strong sustainability states that full substitution of natural capital for manufactured capital is not possible in our society. Natural capital has a lot of characteristics that are important to the economic and natural environment. There are limits to humans ability to replace natural capital. One of the major issues with replacement of natural capital for manufactured capital is understanding the marginal and non-marginal changes that can occur. As our ecosystem…