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The age-old question of nature vs. nurture is one that continues, even today to plague both philosophers and scientists. The question pertains to the idea that we as human beings are either influenced by our genes or our surrounding when it comes to our behaviour. Both sides of the argument have logical fact supporting their thesis, however a new thesis has a risen; perhaps it is not nature vs. nurture, but nature via nurture. Establishing the idea that our behaviour is based on our genes and…

Environmental Education & Sustainability in Schools Many school districts are debating whether or not to include some form of environmental education in their curriculum. Environmental education not only benefits student health and knowledge, but encourages them to develop into citizens who are prepared to make a positive impact in local and global communities. According to the United Stated Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Environmental education is a process that allows individuals…

and agriculture. The manufacture of electricity is the single leading cause of CO 2 secretions in the United States. Coal provides 57% of the overall energy harnessed to generate power. The burning of coal indisputably creates more CO 2 than natural gas or oil. Roughly 86% of all coal used in the United States, is utilized for electricity generation…

The Energy of the Generation After the nuclear incidents in Chernobyl and Fukishima, it has created a worldwide panic over the usage of nuclear power. Due to the perceived risks, people were skeptical about whether the use of nuclear power was a reasonable option for producing energy. As a result, countries are resorting to renewable sources such as solar power, wind energy, hydropower, etc. It became an alternative to nuclear energy. Despite the nuclear incidents, nuclear power has greatly…

only plastic trees, humans are not truly restoring the environment to it’s natural habitat at all. Rather, humans are altering the natural in a way that is more convenient to us. Both environments would now have an added artificial human touch to their nature. The two cases accomplish this on different levels of the human involvement and convenience spectrum. In case A, humans are eliminating only one aspect of the natural wetland environment. Mosquitoes are a rather large and common aspect of…

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a “well stimulation process used to maximize the extraction of underground resources.” The resource most commonly extracted using hydraulic fracturing is natural gas. The practice of hydraulic fracturing is highly controversial as proponents and opponents debate its environmental benefits and costs. To begin, the use of hydraulic fracturing has greatly increased in the twenty-first century. The…

A man’s hope for a change doesn’t grow weary: a change never comes about without a fight, a fight that most times involves violence, either a direct or an indirect violence. One such man, a pastor, a leader of the southern Christian leadership conference, and an author Martin Luther King Jr , wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” written on April 12, 1963 in the Birmingham jail. He claim against the injustice towards the black community in the United States, especially in the southern part and…

However, during the era of crude oil glut, which subsequently affect crude oil price and foreign income earned, the country will slump into financial and economic predicaments. For example, Satti, et al (2014) listed the possible negative effects of natural resources abundance, such as oil to include overvaluation of the national…

the premise that the theory of evolution by natural selection is not merely natural selection but inheritance as well; therefore, this multifaceted process differs based on the situation (Dupré, 2002). Dupré claims the model of evolution theory, is not optimum for it can only be transmitted to alike situations in which there are no novel aspects (2002). Furthermore, Dupré critiques an important component of the evolution theory which states that natural selection can explain all adaptive…

Human experience is collection of what we encounter, do and practice in our daily lives. Every human experience is different and it varies among people. There are people who never suffer nor have been manipulated and everything they have always wanted is served on plate for them. And there are others who have to work days and nights to survive and who practically served the plate. A human being is a person who knows what is good and what is wrong, who learned from their experiences and has the…