Global Elders

Emily Cassidy Research Report Emily Cassidy Period 1 Mr. McMahon Research Report Research Report Water Desalination Due to climate change, surging population growth, urban development, and industrialism, the worldwide need for fresh water is increasing. "It is the hope of future generations that desalination can solve that need," (Leon Awerbuch). Water Desalination is a process similar to the water cycle, used to remove salts and other chemicals from sea water. Salt water is…

Costly Savings Overview The day following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, corrects for the out of place joy the holiday brings to the dreary wintertime by completely opposing its basic principles. Where Thanksgiving brings appreciation and contemplation, Black Friday brings an insatiable appetite and a total disregard for others. While the dangers and rewards of Black Friday may often be exaggerated, total success will be a challenge. With enough planning and preparation any Black Friday goals can…

Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac introduces the concept of a “land ethic” which Leopold defines as a change in relationship between humans and the land—a transition from dominator to member—and the cultivation of a positive, symbiotic partnership (240). Currently, the relationship between humans and the land leans on the side of parasitic. Humans are leaching off of the natural resources of the land in a way that is not sustainable nor respectful, and are continuously causing irreversible…

An example of my life is when I see something on the television about how global warming is affecting everyone and we should start doing things to help prevent it. I start to bike to school instead of getting a drive and I start shutting the lights off when I’m not using it but soon after a week I go back to what I used to do…

The purpose of this article was to examine the role climate change played in the multiple natural disasters that occurred this season. Amanda Paulson, a Staff writer at the Christian Science Monitor, wrote the article Fire and floods: Did climate play a role in this fall's disaster? on October 13, 2017. Paulson points out climate scientists agree the warming of our climate has set the conditioning to warrant the abrupt climate changes and all the extreme events, we’ve seen lately. Scientists…

“ The warnings on global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. We are entering a period of consequences.” (Al Gore). Global warming is dangerous and changing our world, as the quote stated above and we’ve haven’t done much to decrease it. Global warming is a serious topic because we realize (and have known this for a while) that it has made a very big modification to our world today. How you may ask? We have been polluting our earth and…

It is the uncommonly fast increment in the Earth's average surface temperature over the past time primarily because of the greenhouse gases released as individuals burn fossil fuels. Global warming is because of the enhancing greenhouse gases emission and build-up in the Earth's environment. The gasses that have an impact on the atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, dinitrogen-oxide, and methane. Very nearly 30 percent of incoming…

The documentary 'Plastic Paradise' released in April 22, 2014 directed by Angela Sun, shows the effects, plastic has on the environment. This documentary is effective in multiple ways. Their Facts are very well their strongest suit, second most effective is the emotional appeal they have shown, however their least effective are the interviewers. Plastic harms the ocean and its inhabitants, which also affects the people because they eat what has been in the ocean. Plastic has been in the marine…

Lomborg believes that the use of global figures helps to give a good overall picture, incorporating both improvements and declines on a global scale (Lomborg 2001, 7); helping to give a more easily evaluated figure which can clearly show global trends. This is how he presents nearly every argument within the book; first he would show some of the data presented as part of the litany, and then he would go on to disprove it using his “global figures” and “global trends”. When looking at the issue…

It is sunny and hot: to what extent does heat and sun imagery shape Meursault’s action In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, weather imagery plays an important role. Some of the most important imagery is heat and sun imagery. The main character, Meursault, is always aggravated when the sun is present. Sun and heat are shown to control his emotions. The intensity of the heat and the sum are the main controlling factors of his emotions. Heat and sun can be interpreted as the relationship…