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spreading toxins and harm. Humans are the main cause of litter and pollutants in the ocean. There are islands of garbage as big as Texas floating around they are known as the Pacific Trash Vortex. It is an alarming amount of trash. According to Greenpeace research there is an estimated at six kilos of plastic for every kilo of plankton in the region. (The Trash Vortex) As a society we need to accept that this is a serious issue and make some needed lifestyle changes and in some cases sacrifices…

Think about what it is like to live in a world where you can get sick from just breathing air, the air that you breathe every single day since the day you were born. Imagine one day having to walk outside wearing a mask for the rest of your life to make sure you don 't get sick. Even worse, imagine looking out of your window and not seeing any form of life. Everything has died due to air pollution and acid rain. This paper is here to talk about an issue that is becoming a huge problem around…

Environmentalism means concerns about and action aimed at protecting the environment. In numerous regions, Australia's mild zones and waterfront biological systems have been broadly changed, and many wetlands have been ruined. Every single day we contribute to the destruction of the environment. Many products from big name brand such as MacDonald's and Coca-Cola are palm oil users. In 2011, 54 million tons worth of palm oil was used. Many animals have to leave their homes or be killed. We are…

Eco-Imperialism is about the effect superficial corporate social responsibility has on the world. It is about the failures of companies and environmentalists in caring for Third World countries. Eco-Imperialism begins with the evolution of British Petroleum that led to the renaming Beyond Petroleum. Driessen unveils the marketing campaign’s manipulation of words, ads, and smart one-liners. The marketing campaign greenwashed the company, making the public believe that BP was more environmentally…

serve the society in general as well as the stockholders. An example of a company action that was legal but not socially responsible in the case of British American Tobacco Company in Malawi that founded Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing Foundation (ECLT) in October 2000. Many transnational tobacco companies indulged in child labour in order to exploit cheap labour and make as much money as possible in the process. Transnational tobacco companies are using child labour projects to…

by 80% by 2050 in comparison to 20% for energy emissions. And, despite livestock producing 65% of the Earth’s Nitrous Oxide and the waste of livestock creating environmental issues such as oceanic dead zones, organizations such as Greenpeace and the Surfrider Foundation still ignore and do not respond clearly to the questions being asked about animal agriculture. The film details the effects of fishing on the environment. Wildlife such as sharks and dolphins are impacted by mass fishing, and…

generations, “Big Yellow Taxi” has become an iconic protest song for environmentalists that choose to fight the destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems by human industrialization. Mitchell’s iconic status as an environmentalist folk musician provided a foundation…

In March 2015, thousands of Hillary Clinton’s emails were leaked publicly. Emails that were written during Clinton’s time as Secretary of State. Regularly you HAVE to use a government issued email for handling governmental issues. However, Mrs. Clinton exclusively used her personal email from her home server. According to Congress Clinton was violating protocol, yet she argued the she stayed obedient and that former secretaries of state had previously maintained their private email accounts as…

STEM Capstone Research Experience 2015-2016: Literature Review Capstone Problem Statement: Vehicles that traipse around college campuses are depositing additional pollution into the air every day. According to the EPA, each of us breathes around 30,000 gallons of air each day. Air pollution in a person’s environment puts them at a higher risk for asthma, mesothelioma, influenza, lung cancer, and other respiratory diseases. As claimed by the World Health Organization, a total of approximately 7…

For years, there has been a serious debate regarding whether genetically modified foods are safe for consumption. Due to this seemingly everlasting controversy came the rise of pro-GMO and anti-GMO groups. To truly understand the severity of the issue, it is important to first understand what exactly a “GMO” is and why it supposedly poses a threat to civilization. A Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is an organism in which “genes from the DNA of one species are extracted and artificially…