Environmental social science

topics for many people. Environmental and climate damage have caused many societies in the past to collapse. Both videos lecture this week point out the need to keep the environment and climate safe and free from damage. If nothing is done, it can cause major damage on our isolated planet Earth and most importantly negatively human beings. Humans need to understand the importance the environment has on our survival. Jared Diamond is an American scientist and popular science author. In his…

passage of time. These changes impact individual person from the internal as well external perspective. This paper will highlight impact towards environment from individual life style and actions which lead to correct or incorrect result from environmental damage (Messner, 2009). There are four members in my house which includes my father, mother and my younger sister. Husband runs a business of distribution of FMCG in a specific region. Wife is a post graduate and operates a boutique in a…

Comparing in detail the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) would take writing a small book. So, in order to answer this question effectively, key terms will be used and described briefly to compare them both. As stated in question 1, NEPA was the first law to put the spotlight on environmental issues with an all embracing national policy. NEPA mandates federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior…

The purpose behind this report is to educate you about Uluru. Discuss the present effect of natural and human processes on Uluru. To tell you what I anticipate will happen to the landform. I will examine the highlights of Uluru, the effect that natural and human processes have had on Uluru and how the effect of natural and human processes may influence what will happen to Uluru in future years. The landform that I am researching and investigating is Uluru. Uluru is the most iconic natural…

stories about environmental disasters including global warming, endangered species, deforestation, nuclear accidents and much more. We fail to realize how important it is to keep the environment we live in. Without…

Every year I spend half of my summer hiking the Rocky Mountains of Montana with my mom and the other half climbing the Cascade Mountains of Washington State with my dad. I have grown up in two different states because of my parents divorce. However, I don 't have an innate sense of pride for one state but a pride for the two separate and unique mountain ranges that have shaped who I am today. When I am in the free and open space of a forest with the cool summer breeze flowing through my hair and…

What does it mean to you to be environmentally literate? To become environmentally literate a person must “Climb the Environmental Literacy Ladder” (What is Environmental Literacy, 2007). First s/he must be connected to nature; not just knowing about it, but also putting themselves in nature and being aware that they are a part of it. Once that connection is made one becomes more aware of all the aspects that are interconnected throughout the environment locally and globally. The more time…

With the 2016 ISO 14001 environmental recertification audit looming on the horizon, it’s important that we all know our role in the site’s Environmental Management System (EMS). A large part of our Environmental Management System and ISO certification relies on the identification and management of our Environmental Aspects. An Environmental Aspect is any activity carried out at the mill that does or may have an impact on the environment. This can range from activities associated with…

result of a psychological issue. What they don’t immediately pick up on is another possible reason why the act of violence was committed, and that is the individual’s environment. People make choices, sometimes irrational ones, as a result of environmental observations. Ethan Watters concludes in his essay “The Mega-Marketing of Depression in Japan” that society has the power to shape one’s beliefs. Consequently in Malcolm Gladwell’s essay “The Power of Context,” he provides evidence that a past…

The issue of the environment, a topic of discussion that seems to be receiving more and more traction with each passing day, is all anyone seems to be talking about. Today it is hard not to be bombarded with images and news of environmental degradation this way and that. What that exactly means for humans, other species, and the world as a whole, is an ever-growing question that has yet to be fully answered. By conducting a survey, I was able to gather information regarding how the students in…