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After giving and discussing the lesson with the class. I will show the students a video giving different reasons of what causes global climate change. In order to assure active learning of lower level students, I will assign the students an activity where they sit in groups of four. The four students in each group have to create two collages, one for natural causes and one for human causes, and give five statements on each collage of why global warming is a natural cause or a human cause. Two…

The world is starting to reach a tipping point with regard to global climate change. In fact, “several studies have suggested that temperature stabilization at or below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial temperatures should be the goal of climate change policy. Warming above this level would likely cause large areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet to melt, would put the West Antarctic Ice Sheet at substantial risk, and would cause widespread disruption to global ecosystems and the hydrologic cycle.”…

If one starts to observe how the global political, environmental, and social issues have played out, one begins to see a large dominant factor in the wealth and gains of the global north, at the expense of the global south. Historically, food has been a crucial element out of a handful few of which we need to survive. From subsistence, to mass production, to global networking of food chains and distribution, it is clear that a country as resourceful as Brazil has overtime seen many changes in…

The Truth Hurts The future of globalization is one of potential, potential to be many things. The world may globalize to a point where all countries will unionize. Globalization may also cause countries to get at each other’s throats; Climate can force a nation into a state of crisis and violence. Globalization also has the possibility to one day slow down; countries may try to limit globalization to preserve culture or other important items, such as oil or fresh water. As our world progresses,…

climate change be a mandatory topic at every UN meeting. The other ways are to regulate businesses, fine anyone that releases an absurd amount of trash into the oceans. Push businesses to start using more environmentally friendly impetus such as wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy. (Kumaresan 204). The second way to stop climate change is on a more local level. Everyone knows the the three R’s, reduce, reuse, and recycle. Why not take it farther and start carpooling, or if possible, even…

Is the end near or is it all a hoax? The long-term use of greenhouse gases including fuel for cars, emissions from charcoal and many others will have everlasting effects that will ultimately lead to the demise of civilization and mankind. Changes in climate will have damaging consequences, such as flooding and increased worldwide storm activity, which can be prevented only if humans get involved. Media may portray emotional stories to fear society into beliefs. Evidence will be proven for each…

In this essay, I argue that individuals do have obligations to reduce our own personal contributions to climate change. To begin, I will present my current view based on “The Perfect Moral Storm” by Gardner and three moral obligation assumptions to support my argument. Then I will introduce objections to the three assumptions from “It’s Not My Fault: Global Warming and Individual Obligations” written by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and analyze his threshold perspective on climate change. Finally, I…

When discussing climate change many scholars have a common theme of moral or economic dilemmas. Roman Krznaric explains an unorthodox yet logical perspective on the issue. In Krznaric’s article Empathy and Climate Change, he facilitates a plan of action to combat the “climate crisis”. In Krznaric thesis “So far economic, moral or other arguments have not been enough to spur sufficient action. I believe that a fundamental approach has been missing: empathy”, (Empathy and Climate Change, pg. 2),…

The Earth’s climate has changed over the centuries, and is expected to continue to rise due to human activites. The burning of fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, which creates a greenhouse effect and warms the climate. Since human population is increasing, more food is needed to sustain the large population. In return, agriculture adds to this effect because farms release methane. Trees and other plants are needed because they yet they take carbon dioxide in…

to greenhouse gasses, not all of the terrestrial radiation makes it directly back to space. Greenhouse gasses are unique in that they are transparent to solar radiation, but absorb terrestrial radiation. This in return heats up the troposphere, thus the term “Global Warming” is…