Naomi Oreskes

Seldom in my night dreams do I discern any real relation to my daily, waking life. So I am surprised that my final waking this morning came as a result of a poetry dream, of all things. There I was, walking along a sidewalk and I came upon that part of a front yard where the house stands close enough to the street that the front yard is narrow, in this case maybe just 15 feet from sidewalk to structure. Pine trees provided some shade with one in particular that offered a wide swath of shade…

In life, many are highly influenced by their parents. Author Naomi Shihab Nye was born in 1952 in St Louis Missouri. Her father, a Palestinian refugee, and her mother an American with German and Swiss decent, were very influential to both her childhood and her writing career. It influences her writing because she later became known for writing about traveling and and different cultures. Her poems are very diverse, which ultimately stems back to her upbringing. This along with Nye’s use of…

person, young and old, is labelled with either positive or negative stereotypes. The three sources, “Hum” by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Behind the Bedroom Wall” by Laura E. Williams and “Do teachers treat children differently based on their color? Study says yes” by Yolanda Young show that stereotypes can control people's lives and because of this our society needs to end it. In the story “Hum” by Naomi Shihab Nye, a blind man named, Hugh treated Sami fairly, while many others treated him badly…

In the Living on Earth radio segment the host interviews Chris Mooney, the author of the book Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future. The host and Mooney discuses a 2009 Pew Research center poll that found that most Americans don’t believe humans have induced climate change. Mooney argues in the interview — and in his book— that there is a growing gap between scientists and the public. He argues that sciences has been politicalized in recent year, and he mentions…

Public discussion is frequently a positive platform for opening discussion topics and easy worldwide access. However, in Merchants of Doubt authors Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway presents the dangers of relying on the public or popular platform. One of the major issues is the public platform is the number of people in the discussion only fuels to the argument, thus it takes longer to achieve their objectives. The other issue is the stakes and implications the debates have on policy. In general…

What has the world come to? In 2393, life is completely different, and Earth is barely able to sustain the lives it protects. In “The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View From the Future”, written by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, the audience is taken on a literary journey to the end of the world. The figurative language and imaginative scenes that fill the imagination help support the evidence of the decaying Earth. The Collapse of Western Civilization essentially talks about the end…

The movie Merchant of Doubt inspired by the 2010 book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes explores the unethical tactics used by several industries to market unsafe products and make profits. The main theme is climate change, but the movie investigates the business practices of various industries such as tobacco, flame retardant, and oil companies like Exon mobile. The story begins in the 1950 with a look at tobacco industry and their public relations campaign strategies that are designed to…

Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway: Summary Chapter 4: Constructing a Counternarrative: The Fight over the Ozone Hole The idea that human activities were damaging the Earth’s protective ozone layer entered the public’s mind in 1970. Supersonic Transport would fly inside the stratospheric ozone layer and that worried scientist because they thought the emission would do damage. The MIT commissioned a major study and released a statement to the state of the stratosphere and the…

Renewable Energy By: Amr Farouk Teacher: Mirna Tayara Thesis Statement: Renewable energy is a great invention because it is cheaper and more environment-friendly than oil. Outline: • Introduction 1. Renewable energy’s most important advantage 2. People’s most common misconception about renewable energy 3. Non-renewable energy’s most important disadvantages • Kinds of renewable energy 1. Solar energy 2. Hydroelectric energy 3. Tidal energy 4. Hydro kinetic energy 5. Biomass energy 6.…

the public would become more aware and then influence politicians. Yet a decade or two later after the debate began the media still portrayed as a huge scientific debate. After showing how the media looks at climate change the film then follows Naomi Oreskes who looks at current environmental scientists views on the issue of global climate change by searching all papers published from 1992-2002. She searched to see how many scientists thought that “most of the observed warming is due to…