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Germany: 19th century was the starting point of German environmentalism. Postwar environmentalism proved to be a way of liberation. Employing a wide range of methods, activists drew a new picture of Germany’s future. They wanted hilltop wind farms, rooftop solar panels and a post-nuclear nation, a land whose fish would be edible. Nowadays, the majority of Germans support the creation of an economy run on 100% renewable energy, 84% believe that this goal should be achieved “as quickly as possible…

Maddie Rambicourt Climate change is the most important issue facing the human race. The global environment is unjustifiably being abused through pollution by mass corporations and citizens but it’s not too late to change our ways. If we don’t fix our environment, we will lose humanity, to show this Robert Weiner states, “The world of 2030 will be radically transformed from our world today. Dramatic and unforeseen changes already are occurring at a faster rate than expected. ” (Weiner). The…

Assignment: The task at hand is to break down certain aspects of a propane ad by “Proudly Propane” and attempt to define and compare those aspects to assess the characteristics of a fuel like Propane. The ad claims that propane is a “Clean, reliable and efficient energy source” but does not offer to define or elaborate on these claims. Therefore, through context and comparison the ad’s claims of Clean and Efficient will be assessed, in addition to the Importance/Reliance, Sustainability, and…

Climate Change is a product of our consumerist society (against) Think of volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, tsunamis and earthquakes. All these things are considered ‘natural disasters’ - nothing to do with human impact. And why should climate change be any different? It just a part of nature. Significant changes in the Earth’s temperature have been occurring since geological time so why has it all of a sudden become such a big deal? It’s simply a natural phase our Earth is going through. Its…

In Julia Whitty’s “Diet for a Warm Planet,” she discusses the issue of global warming. Whitty identifies controversial causes of global warming. She discusses the lack of interest America has for the environment. She also states several solutions to reduce the carbon footprint which focuses on what Whitty calls a fossil fuel diet. Whitty’s main argument is, “Since America is responsible for 22 percent of annual emissions, I suggest we set a target of shrinking our personal carbon footprint by…

The Chicago heat wave of 1995 was the worst summer chicago has ever seen. It was caused by a heat dome that formed over Chicago. It effected over 700 deaths in Chicago because of the heat. It changed the lives in Chicago to be more careful. Who knows maybe there’ll be a even hotter summer thanks to global warming. Body paragraph 1 The heatwave of 1995 was caused by high pressure and extreme heat. A heat dome started the Heat Wave over Chicago. The dome caused high pressure over Chicago. The…

The Sixth Extinction ‘The Sixth Extinction’ by Elizabeth Kolbert can be summarized by stating the views of Kolbert herself. This is an excellent resource for students, professors, or even just environmental enthusiast. Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert writes about her travels around the globe and her continual research focused on the possibility of the next mass extinction being closer than we thought. Kelton announces in her prologue, we are currently undergoing the sixth wave of mass extinction…

Carbon and Ecological Footprints The Carbon Footprint is a measurement system to find out the amount of greenhouse gases we emit due to human activities starting from individuals to the whole population of the Earth in a given amount of time, and is stated in tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). It is basically the sum of carbon dioxide emissions generated due to our activities and is typically measured per year. The activities could either be from an individual, organization, event, product, city,…

In the documentary “No Impact Man”, by Colin Beavan, displayed how Colin and his family tried to reduce pollution and lessen the environmental damage to the planet for a whole year also referred to as the “no impact for one year”. Humans are the main causes of carbon emission. This is why Beavan goes through and introduce how certain chores or routine will be different from normal since such activity like grocery shopping and house chores will be limited. Beavan has a wife named Michelle, a one…

6.3.2 Energy Payback Time (EPBT) It is the required time to payback the embodied energy of the product. It is evaluated as [142]: (6.1) 6.3.3 CO2 Emission Watt et al., have reported that, the emission of average CO2 is approximately equivalent of 0.98 kg of CO2/kWh in the electricity generated by coal [143]. The CO2 emission per year can be calculated as [144] (6.2) 6.3.4 Carbon Mitigation and Earned Carbon Credit The mitigation of carbon dioxide (CO2) is used to measure the climate change…