Scarcity

Today our planet faces many serious issues, such as global warming, climate change, water drought, and the burning of fossil fuels. Now what can the average American do to help and do their part? Most Environmental organizations advise people to change lightbulbs, recycle, take shorter showers, use bicycles over cars, and etc. However, what if I told you animal agriculture plays a larger role in environmental destruction then even the fossil fuel industry. Animal agriculture affects all the…

I did not grow up in the United States. My very first time speaking English was on July 25, 2005, the first day I arrived San Francisco. It was not my decision to come to the U.S. because I knew that living in a foreign country would be far out of my comfort zone although I had never been to the U.S. Therefore, coming and living in a foreign country was not something I desired. Although I also had been to different places other than my home town in China when I was little, it was always under my…

The California Drought and Livelihood Resilience Drought is the most serious complication in California now. There are so many reason drive California into a drought situation, for instance, deficiency of snowpack, scarcity of rainfall, high temperature, and paucity of underground water. High temperature evaporates the snowpack and underground water, thus water decreases. River dries up and the water level continues to decline. The lawns are dry, and the cows and goats face for lack of grass to…

because the education in relevant political subject matters, required for the “cultivation of sophisticated opinion,” and dissemination of such opinions through means, such as the media, requires monetary payments. He explains that, given the cognitive scarcity of ordinary citizens, caused by the structure of modern society, the affluent can greatly manipulate their opinions through the…

Global warming, as one of the many facets of climate change is unequivocally the most pivotal climate, health, security and economic issue of the 21st century. The anthropogenic factors towards global warming are inextricable to the exponential increase in global mean temperature and its reciprocal effect on global climate systems (IPCC 2014; Keller et al. 2005; Rogelj et al. 2015a). Explicitly, international initiatives to maintain below a increase of 1.5˚C and far less than 2˚C above…

Fitchen talks about malnutrition in the United States, a country, which most people expect that it feeds its citizens well. She elaborates the cultural values and meanings that are attached to the opposition rich-poor on the image of a poor person buying a steak with a food stamp. She shows that domestic hunger often goes unnoticed, because those people who are poor enough to qualify for government food stamps, may be seen in grocery stores, purchasing not only basic food stuffs, but also…

Migration, although a strenuous and in most cases harrowing task, can have its own perquisites. Whether you are traveling on a raft or boat, there is reasoning behind fleeing your country and electing another. In contrary to popular belief, many of the push and pull factors that drive people out of their country and into another are generally analogous to one another. This is the story of Peter Harle. Peter Harle was born in Torak, Yugoslavia, now known as Serbia, on January 4th, 1932. He was…

One of the earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, still has effect on today. Even though Mesopotamia was from 5000 years ago, the inventions and rules are still in effect all over the world. The Royal Standard of Ur, is one of the earliest examples of a historical narrative. With this discovery, it demonstrates social hierarchy of that time. Just like today, the most important figures are represented larger than others. That hierarchy still applies to today. Currently in America, it seems as if…

Hunter Gatherers vs Modern Man When the first modern humans appeared in Africa 200,000 ago no doubt was our species a longshot, and by some stroke of luck we survived ice ages, being hunted by dominant species, hunting & gathering, famines, plagues, genocides, and countless other potential extinction events. Our species evolved from hunter gatherers to the species we live as today, but in which lifestyle do we live better at. Clearly the modern man is far superior to hunter gatherers due to the…

The Transition from Primary Nursing Model to Synergy Model of Nursing Care Background As a nurse, research was done in the hospital unit based on the type of model of nursing care that was being offered to the patients. After a detailed observational analysis led to the conclusion that the nursing care model being practiced in the nursing unit was revolving around the ‘Primary nursing care model.’ This practice is leading to several issues and setbacks, such as the responsibility of whole care…