Environmental movement

Sustainability Leaders A sustainability leader is a person who works towards making the world a better place to live in through adoption of new ways of thinking, seeing and doing things. Through sustainability leadership, leaders are able to make a difference in the environment that surrounds them (Sustainability Leadership Institute, 2011). One of the people who can be regarded as a sustainability leader is Dame Polly Courtice. Her actions in leadership have led to her being adjudged as an…

Urmia city by considering cultural aspects of human lifestyle. The environmental crises are challenging the future of several cities around the world; Urmia city in Northwest of Iran, located near Urmia Lake is not an exception. This lake is an important internationally recognized natural area designated as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Maps and satellite images show the tragedy of water decline during 30 years, led to an environmental disaster from increased salinity and negative effects on…

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…

I can tell you without hesitation that I believe in biocentrism, and that my worldview is primarily one of Environmental Wisdom. However, I had very little opinion on the environment at all until I was about 12 or 13 and picked up a National Geographic for the first time. It’s astounding the impact that one’s environment can have on their environmental worldview as well as their environmental actions. I was raised in a very wasteful environment; I lived in the small town of Crosby, Texas until I…

The book, “Silent Spring”, by Rachel Carson brings to light the possible harm and ramifications of overusing chemicals that are not fully understood. To fully drive her point home, Carson uses language, ethos, and logos. Carson uses strong language several times in order giver her argument stronger emphasis. At one point she uses the word “evil” to describe pollution. There are very few words that have a more negative connotation than evil. Carson uses this word fairly early in her book,…

The book I will be reviewing is called ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson discussing the use of pesticides and why it’s so bad for not only plants but us too. Carson’s main goal is to tell us of the hidden dangers pesticides have on our ecosystem. Carson her main argument is that pesticides are way to lethal to be used and provides examples of how the use of pesticides can easily get out of hand and harm all living organisms. In the beginning of her book, Carson describes a town in the heart of…

Many aspect of environmental policy have been shaped by powerful entities in our society. Whether it is a powerful government, a corporation, or individuals, they all have more leverage in the decision-making process than the general population. When it comes to agricultural interests, large corporate farms are held in higher regard than small-scale farming operations. In the environmental justice movement, there is a major discrepancy between the power held by big businesses, the government,…

In his most recent encyclical Pope Francis addressed the many problems facing our environment and called Christians to take action. He stated, "The idea of infinite or unlimited growth, which proves so attractive to economists, financiers and experts in technology ... is based on the lie that there is an infinite supply of the earth 's goods, and this leads to the planet being squeezed dry at every limit” (Francis). He continued to outline many excellent points surrounding the crisis. The…

In a study. the pollution rates of heavy metal in topsoil (rage of 0-20 or 0-15cm) of farmland throughout China are collected from studies of publishes papers from the years 2005 to 2014. The relevancy of these papers were described in the study done by Zhang. In total, 612 data records of heavy metal pollution rates in 456 peer-reviewed articles were collected. The result was Cd was ranked as the highest pollution heavy metal that consisted of the ratio of 7.75% Hg, Cu, Ni, and Zn. In total,…

today’s modern day society. Technology can help people accomplish everyday tasks at a faster rate and accomplish those tasks easier. However, despite how helpful technology can be it also has its negative effect on the environment. One of the major environmental issues in today’s society is pollution. Pollution is caused by contaminates in the natural environment that causes changes. These contaminates disturb the ecosystem, cause human illness and is said to be the cause of global warming.…