Media ecology

invasives are overtaking the native species. This helps prove my point that non-native invasive plant species are taking over locations that are home to many native plant species. Both authors of this article have an extensive background in ecology focusing on the ecology of biological invasion and are published in a well-known journal. The results of this article are concurrent to the rest of my previous…

Explain how human activities can cause an imbalance in biogeochemical cycling and lead to problems such as cultural eutrophication and fish kills. Biogeochemical cycling is defined as the chemical element flow between the living and nonliving components of the ecosystem. This is the cycle of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon being converted into organic substances of plants and animals that are released back into the environment. There are three ways that human activities cause an imbalance of…

Religion has had a lot of interaction and harmony with the environment for generations. Humanity has a God given task; environmental care. The quick and gradually changing state of the environment from bad to worse is a growing concern for communities and nations across the globe. Despite parties that try to deny the fact that there are serious environmental facts, there is enough proof out there. The earth as an asset is being depleted on a very massive scale and the rate of pollution and…

A refugee is an individual who leaves their home country owing to insecurity while seeking asylum in a foreign country that hosts them. According to Collier (2013), refugees are only beneficial to their host country to a given extent beyond which they become a burden. Hence, refugee numbers must be regulated to maximize the benefits of refugees while minimizing the demerits of refugees to the host country (Farazmand, 2014). This essay will discuss that the beneficial or disadvantageous…

Several environmental risks has been discovered (aside from the coal industry) that has put our environment in a great amount of danger. These specific concerns faced by our environment include dams, natural disasters, and endangered species. Dams were found to have a major influence on our water impact, leading to major issues in our economy. In contrast to dams natural disasters are more of a natural process that bring on different types of environmental risks. While dams mainly effect our…

of the commons, and the system commons for breeding must be abandoned. The tragedy of the commons continues to be so popular because it has “…. become part of the conventional wisdom in environmental studies, resource science and policy, economics ecology, and political science and is featured in textbooks…. It has also been used in formulating resource-management…

Environmentalism is the political and philosophical position that the health of the natural world should be an item of social concern(CITE). Environmentalism relates to conservationism, the belief that natural resources should be treated carefully so as to produce the greatest benefit, and preservationism, the belief that untrammeled nature has inherent value, whether ecological, aesthetic, or spiritual, and therefore that some landscapes should be left undeveloped. (CITE) Within the history of…

The theory of environmental determinism is a prominent concept in the discipline of geography that has impacted the course of modern geographic thought as we know it (Peet 1985; Heffernan 2009). In brief, the premise of environmental determinism, also known as geographical determinism or climatic determinism, asserts that the physical environment, including climate, predisposes states, societies, and individuals towards specific development paths (Agnew and Livingstone 2011). Environmental…

Ecotourism can be described as responsible travel to natural areas which not affect the natural resources and preserve the benefit of local populations (TIES, 2015).Ecotourism no only protect the environment, it also admire the natural environment characteristics and respect the local culture. Ecotourism encourage visitorsto enjoythe natural environments with minimum impact and includes education to environmental conservation (Bob et al., 2008). Ecotourism means people travel to destinations…

Ikea’s approach to sustainability In recent years Ikea has been working on introducing many initiatives that would make their company more sustainable. Already from a customer perspective one could notice that Ikea is going green - we started noticing more environmentally friendly materials, Ikea was encouraging recycling, promoting their initiatives to make their suppliers more environmentally friendly and raising wind turbines by their stores. Even from that limited perspective like a company…