Life settlement

Life is a car that drives on a deteriorating road that crumbles after you pass. It crumbles along with the places and people you meet on it. The people we meet on that road trip are mere icons in a sea of landmarks, but all of it doesn’t matter in the finale. Distance between loved ones doesn’t make them fonder of each other; on the contrary, it tears them apart. Methods of communication, like telephones and social media, and returning from the absence don’t reunite separated families and…

I believe that there is a direct relationship between a society’s shared worldview and its environmental behavior. A worldview is defined by the Oxford American Dictionary as a philosophy of life or particular conception of the world. Societies have held a variety of different worldviews overtime, in different regions, and among various groups. These include traditional ecological practices and indigenous ways of knowing, eastern polytheistic religions, to a western, human-dominated view of the…

To be or to be not...that is the question. Do we as a species live for the future or does humanity thus risk extinction? That was the question that entered my consciousness upon completion of Edward O. Wilson’s Future of Life. Almost two decades ago, this book was published. It probed at an issue that wasn’t novel at that time nor has it been reprimanded at this point in time. Within this book, Wilson raises concerns about the environment and even provides possible remedial plans. Written in…

liquids, and gases. The evolution of this planet continued to unfold over billions of years in such a unique way that eventually conditions emerged with the ability to foster life. Everything is connected to everything. From the largest animals, such as whales, and elephants to the smallest microorganisms like bacteria, all life on Earth has a common ancestor. Some how our species…

The history of the American Frontier fits into the theme “space and place” very well. Settlers moved westward to new spaces to find a place that they could make their new home. The idea of opportunity drove them there and their drive to make their life something new kept them going. Depending on what frontier they were in, they had different reasons to settle the American west, but they worked together to make the American west their…

The world has been under the suppression of a horrific disease ravaging third world countries and is now working its way into more heavily populated areas. However the world governments have come together to create a cure for this epidemic, or have they? This disease is not simply going to be cured with a shot into someone's arm or through a pill. It would need to be stronger and more easily applied throughout the world, airborne. Through planes spreading it out over huge expanses of land in a…

Every person faces dilemmas in their lives, as people go through struggles from the complexities of life. To explore the dilemmas faced by myself and others in modern society, we can use stories from the past to illustrate the arduous journeys of triumph over circumstance. For example, Jane Addams and Barack Obama went through their own dilemmas before being able to achieve their dreams. Erik Schneiderhan wrote of their stories, saying, “It was a constant process of creation, perplexity, and…

Estuaries are arguably the most important coastal biome in regards to human settlement and use of resources. They provide us with a variety of services, assets, and benefits. Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of water found along coasts. A body of water can only be classified as an Estuary if its waters are brackish. They occur when freshwater from a river or stream meet and mix with salt water from the ocean, Estuaries and the land surrounding them are places where land transitions to sea…

Religion has always been an inseparable part of our lives. This inseparable part has various meaning for various people. For some, people like nuns or priests, it is the meaning of life or even life itself. For some, it is some kind of rules to make our life steady and much better. For some, it does not even exist. It's just made up for controlling people. If we are going to speak as a general define or dictionary meaning we can say religion is a set of basic beliefs and practices that are…

ft. However, it is not considered the most difficult to climb. But it is guarded with nature’s defences like the harsh weather at high altitudes and extremely low temperature. Everest base camp is at 18,000 ft, which is higher than any civilized settlement in the world. Above 20,000 ft the body begins to deteriorate and feed upon itself. Mountains are fascinating with their beauty, majesty and…