Human behavioral ecology

Nowadays, humans are over consuming not only renewable resources, but also non-renewable resources without control. The world has become unsustainable since people’s bad habits are depleting the natural resources much faster than nature can form them, and also government laws are not strict enough to stop industries in degrading the environment by overproducing their products. It is important to create awareness for the future generations by emphasizing how important is to adopt the three high…

Roman Krznaric in his writing “Empathy and Climate Change: A Proposal for a Revolution of Human Relationships” discusses the connections of relationships between people and how that transpires into the relationship between people and the environment. Krznaric points out the lack of empathy through time and space, saying that we don’t seem to…

In viewing threats to biodiversity, its implications can be interpreted and understood through multiple facets of the perspective of Modernization theory, such as its cultural implications. The cultural relevance of issues such as the loss of species, resources and global warming are all greatly impacted by the opinions of the people and whether or not they view these issues as affecting their way of life. This can be interpreted through modernization theories’ attention toward the individual…

Children’s literature plays a pivotal role in enabling children to appreciate the reality of diversity associated with human existence (Jane Smith). Through interacting with the literature, children can empathize with other people’s tribulations and understand the fact that people share universal needs for love, security and even hope. It is essential, however, for children’s literature to have messages that impact positively on children’s developmental processes. Shel Silverstein’s The Giving…

And kids, that is why your world is dying today, because of the actions of past leaders and generations. Many activities and development in today’s modern time have many effect on earth’s future and human population. In addition, every environmental resources, non-renewable, that is exploited and used has an effect on earth’s future. With the two previous statements in mind, how important is the environment to all the species that inhabit earth? The environment is an essential key to human’s…

In 2012, the United States became the world’s biggest wine consumption market, beating France into second place. U.S. consumers bought 29.1 million hectoliters of wine in 2012, while French consumption was 28.1 million hectoliters (International Organization of Wine and Wine, 2012). Unlike downward trend happens in Europe. U.S. consumers tend to appreciate wine more and more (Hamaide, 2014). The biggest part of US wine consumption is driven by Millennials. Younger drinkers are thirstier than…

Economy and Ecology Economy and Ecology are sometimes presented to have conflicting interests with each other. Even though in the text, Damn Another Ecologist by Jane Jacob, it states that the economy means house management as ecology means house knowledge. Knowing ecology is important to operate the economy smoothly since the study of nature helps us maintain and balance our living arrangement for now and the future. Economy is mainly focused on finance and making a profit and Ecology mainly…

Journal Two: Leopold Aldo Leopold’s The Land Ethic mainly focuses on the importance of developing a sort of ethic for interacting with the land or a symbiotic relationship with the land and the world around us. This piece touches on numerous aspects of our current relationship with the environment and what needs to be reformed and understood in order to improve this relationship. Although The Land Ethic was published in 1949, Leopold’s statements and evaluations made in this piece are…

1.) Biological (including neurobiological), psychological, social, and developmental factors that are important for understanding the child’s behavior. Some of the biological and neurological factors that would be considered in this case are the effects of trauma on the child’s brain development. Applegate& Shapiro (2005) explained, “Thus, while the brain is thought to remain plastic and responsive to new experience throughout life, early childhood experience is particularly salient because the…

Zoos have been a popular destination for people for as long as they have existed. It is exciting to go see the animals. People can feel the joy of spending time with family and friends while also experiencing the closeness of wild animals. It can create quite a rush and bring excitement to those peering through the animal’s habitat. There are many things that bring people to the zoo and many good deeds done by the zoo. However, there are also major welfare issues that needed to be addressed as…