Deep ecology

Invasive plants are an issue that we need to address because, they are causing a lot of damage to our infrastructure, animals, and other plants and are putting them in danger. “An invasive species is a plant, fungus, or animal species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.”(Wikipedia) Although invasive plant can be used as a natural pesticide, they…

Current conservation programs are focused on the species level because in order to develop a strategy for conserving biodiversity, a substantial awareness of the abundance and distribution of species throughout the world is required (Textbook pg. 53,60). Our current knowledge of the amount of species present on Earth is imprecise for a variety of reasons; however, in order to move forward with protecting biodiversity, conservation biologists must have at least minimal knowledge of what they are…

This laboratory experiment was conducted in Greenfield Station Genesee Creek River to determine the environment’s effect on the amount of diverse biological communities in a lotic river. Shredders are macroinvertebrates that feed on coarse particle organic material (CPOM). Macroinvertebrates usually stay in the same habitat and do not migrate, which may be due to them being trapped or frequently receiving a good source of food. They are also an essential part of the freshwater ecosystem by…

Richard Reyes June 6,2015 Living Environment period : 6B-7 4th Quarter Project Throughout history humans have been at the top of the food chain , we have adapted to be able to live in a certain environment without dying. While everything seems fine , there are things that are lethal to humans and those things are diseases. While we have made some…

attracted to this program because the theme of disturbance ecology complements my own research interests in anthropogenic influence and conservation biology. Through individual research this summer and the research of others, I hope to learn more about the impact of human activity on landscapes, how to approach restoration, and what sustainable and effective scientific study looks like. I am excited to live in Kentucky and learn about its ecology and sociology, having never been to the area…

“Speaking of Annihilation”: Mobilizing for War Against Human and Insect Enemies, 1914-1945 written by Edmund P. Russell is about the chemicals from World War II that affects human and insect and the impact to the environment. In term of protecting the environment and wilderness, not many of the environmentalist have focus on warfare impacting the environment and the cause of chemical industries that have shape our environmental history on domestically and globalize. Hence, Russell’s journal…

When thinking about all the trees that are on earth, some of the thanks should go to Wangari Maathai for coming up with the Green Belt Movement. According to Maathai, in 1977, she discovered the Green Belt Movement which allowed people a plan of action to promote people to conserve the environment and helps improve people’s lives (141). The Green Belt Movement that Wangari Maathai created has been advance and everyday people are coming up with more ways to conserve the environment. People…

Infected be thy Ecosystem Eco Literature can be defined, as a “distinguished style from other types of writing that takes nature as its subject while for others it is the umbrella under which many types of nature writing fall” (River). While Eco literature is educational and useful, it’s a new genre that is yet to be explored because readers have yet to notice the themes that form around this style of writing. Eco literature has appeared throughout many different books that are well known,…

I doubt public in highly believing in human-on-the-top view, would feel attractive to the opposite idea arguing we are all same with animals. Arguing intrinsic value of nature is not instrumental, not for us, not for something that we can easily visualize. And, we have no time to wait decades to public accept the philosophical view for environmental ethics and abandon human-centered view. There are so many ways to persuade people that we should care the nature due to anthropocentric and…

An invasive species is an organism plant, animal, fungus, or bacterium, that is not native to a certain area and has negative effects on the environment, human health, or economy The European Fire Ant, or Myrmica rubra is a little red ant that is distantly related to the real fire ant. Although no one is quite sure how they got here, originally the European Fire Ant was from the colder regions of Europe and Asia. The fire ants had been in only two locations in Maine during the 1950’s, but they…