Natural World

Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection came to him after many years of travel on the British ship, HMS Beagle, around the world. Darwin was also greatly influenced by contemporaries, such as his professors, earlier naturalists, and so forth. On this voyage around the world, Darwin collected and observed numerous plant and animal species from all of the different environments he visited. The theory of natural selection can be defined as the evolution of species over time; species better…

the whole the environment, air and water source in the worldwide because of overexploitation of natural resources catering for the needs of housing, food production, and industrial production. In fact, the amount of solid waste generated in the environment is very large because of human activities; it begets the sources of concentrated solid waste exceeding biodegradable ability of the natural environment in urban areas, agricultural areas, and industrial areas. As a statistic in 2010, “the…

Thomas L. Friedman’s Hot, Flat and Crowded brings light to key problems that a hot, flat, and crowded world is dramatically intensifying. It discusses five main concerns: the growing demand for scarcer energy supplies and natural resources; disruptive climate change; energy poverty, which is dividing the world electricity-haves and electricity-have-nots; rapid accelerating biodiversity loss, as plants and animals go extinct at rising rates; and a massive transfer of wealth to oil-rich countries…

Environmental art is an avenue for artists to communicate beauty, illustrate natural processes or educate society on environmental issues through their artistic expression. Michele Brody’s environmental art, Arbor Lace (2002), is an outdoor vegetation installation which creates an inviting and ever-changing experience for the viewer yet also reveals the beauty of natures’ treasured resources. When viewing the installation for the first time, one may be curious of the purpose and function of the…

society and the human condition by portraying them as monsters from different cultural eras and places. The monster is multidimensional, different, and constantly evolving (Cohen 5). Michael Pollan’s article, “Why Natural Doesn’t Exist Anymore” explains the impact of the terms “nature” and “natural” on our society, and questions if the laws of nature dictate our ethics. In the perspective of nature, the monster is the enemy. It is created from ideas and attitudes that did not previously exist,…

Final Copy Scientific explanations are evaluated using evidence from the natural world. By performing experiments, science is a process that uses data and evidence to explain the evolutionary process. There is Constancy and Change in Natural Systems that can be, understood by recognizing patterns and explained through mathematics. As we discussed in class “Science can be considered a form of conceptual evolution where natural selection insures the survival of the fittest ideas”. Those 3…

anthropomorphic norm of reality and value to a biocentric or geocentric norm,” which he describes as the Ecozoic era (43). He proposes that the underlying impetus to mankind’s troubled relationship with the natural world can be found in a spiritual outlook that has neglected the fact that “the natural world itself is the “primary economic reality, the primary educator, the primary governance, the primary healer, the primary presence of the sacred, the primary moral value,” while man is…

Eastern coast of Africa. Due to new and promising discoveries of natural gas sites along its coast, Mozambique has become the third largest proved natural gas reserves site in Africa, placing shortly after Nigeria and Algeria. Though the developing country only produces a relatively small volume of natural gas, around 154 billion cubic feet of natural gas as of 2012, it could become the world 's third largest exporter of liquefied natural gas within the next decade (1). Currently, U.S.-based…

promote a new way of living it is our responsibility to do so that as human beings we are a part of nature not outside of it. How to have a relationship with the world not to view it as the subject than an object. He uses historical research to emphasize the progression of separation between humans and the natural world natural world. He also talks about how important education is and the role it plays shaping individuals mindsets of nature to understand the human being as a part of nature. In…

the natural world, but VanderMeer eliminates that factor of superiority with Area X. Despite being well armed with assault rifles and handguns, the people fed to the environment face almost certain doom. Area X consumes people, no one has really been able to come back, at least “not really” (VanderMeer 135). The environment of Area X triumphs over humans, contrary to the “world beyond which we have changed so much” (VanderMeer 197). Civilization has tarnished and brutalized the natural world,…