Temperance movement

“The only thing necessary for triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” During the time of the American Renaissance people only looked out for what they could profit from, rather than what they could do to profit the entire community, so the evil of the world triumphed in a persons lack of generosity and kindness towards other human beings. The American Renaissance, also known as the rebirth, made people think about the way they were living their lives and how they were treating the people…

However, there are many media reports which illustrate a completely opposite narrative, they indicate that the government has been taking many steps to stop this damage and these steps have even produced some fruitful results. Reports have mentioned that “to a large extent, land-grabbing in mangrove areas by unscrupulous builders in the city has stopped” because of the mangroves being classified as forests (McDermott n.p., 2011). The government has also taken steps like unclogging water channels…

The type of available resources for social movements include material, social, symbolic, numbers, and status. For example, one important resource was material where having money was an important element. In order for an organization to be sustained, leaders need to hire professional staff who can put…

III. Gugliemites and their Beliefs: “He heard from sister Maifreda di Pirovano and Andrea Saramita,” recalls Francesco da Garbagnate, “that while Guglielma – who was buried in the monastery of Chiaravalle – was alive she said to them that from the year 1262 the body of Christ had not been sacrificed nor consecrated alone, but with the body of the Holy Spirit, which was Guglielma herself.” Whether she meant that she was in fact the incarnation of the Holy Spirit is not easy to ascertain.…

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants” – Issac Newton Newton’s quote strikes at the heart of all academic learning – which is that knowledge is built on the success of those who come before us. Throughout this course we’ve surveyed the literature in comparative politics to gain a greater understanding of the world and how the giants that came before us laid the foundation for the field of study. So in relation to understanding the factors that determine whose…

Margaret Fuller published “The Great Lawsuit: Man versus Men. Woman versus Women” in the July 1843 number of the Dial before its revision and expansion into a book in late 1844 under the title Woman in the Nineteenth Century. Phyllis Cole in “Fuller’s Lawsuit and Feminist History” mainly refers to Fuller’s use and expansion of the arguments made by feminist predecessors Mary Wollstonecraft and Sarah Grimke. Cole then identifies that Fuller’s use of “the rhetoric of expectancy as a means to its…

resources for life, therefor, any injustice to them is an injustice to us. In the third lecture “Making Change”, a group of Dalhousie ESS alumni displayed how educating the next generation to live sustainable lives can further the environmentalist movement and help the world. By promoting environmental awareness and exposing the downsides of private controlled natural resources, we can educate our future generations so they don 't make the same mistakes we’ve made. The lecturers called upon the…

If you allow yourself to visualize the earth without industrialization generated by humans, you may see a substantial amount of forests, animals, and overall environmental aesthetic. Over the years humans have advanced in many areas such as industrialization, technological advancement, and nuclear weaponry. These developments were made to benefit humans, but the advancement jeopardizes the conservation of nature and the well being of the animals that roamed the earth long before us humans. The…

working class created the roots of the British Luddite movement. Between 1811 and 1816, Luddite groups began breaking machines and raiding factories, hoping to create a ban on the new…

When Blackfish the documentary came out it had impacted many people’s opinions on Seaworld and their whole motive. Blackfish was an eye opener to show the living conditions of these orcas. Seaworld has received many hateful comments. Now all they want to do is try to fix the situation for the animals and their image. Seaworld responded in different ways, some that were good and some that weren’t at all. Blackfish caused a lot of damage for Seaworld, if I was Gabriela Cowperthaite I would be…