The Refuge

From the Human Geography textbook, the term “refugee” is used in relation to the topic of migration. “Refugee” refers to an individual that flees to another country out of concern for personal safety or to avoid persecution. Some of the refugees have also been mercilessly displaced and forced to leave their own country. In essence, there are many political, social and environmental reasons that influence the refugees to flee from their respective countries. Firstly, one of the political reason…

God Refuges Moses to Enter into Canaan In front of the Promised Land, Moses preaches his last sermon and introduction the Israelites have to follow in the Canaan God promises to them. Moses is not only the leader the Israelites, but also a person in the Israelites, so he would also wish so far forth as he steps on the ground of Canaan like other Israelites although he has refrained his lots of personal desires because of his role God gives him. In addition, the first generations of the…

environmentally friendly. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, “ANWR” for short, is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska. It consists of 19.6 million acres in the Alaska North Slope region. Nicholas Monaghan reports that the ANWR has been at the face of the environmental policy debate for over thirty years. Since the early 1970s, there has been an environmental battle between oil interests in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Those who seek to drill for oil and those who prohibit…

Andre Scribner Ms. Lunny English 1C 5 Feb. 2016 Refuge For Individuals Having major setbacks in life? Well setbacks may be challenging in someone’s life, but there is always a way to have refuge to help get through those setbacks. If an individual is having hard times in life, doing activities or having hobbies can help to find refuge. Activities and hobbies can help to get over problems and fears. For example Leroy had both his legs amputated but had wrestling to get through the fact he was…

questions rational, environmentally aware individuals are asking after a significant amount oil has been recorded under the layers of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The price of oil and gas have nearly doubled since two years ago, according to Matthew J. Kotchen in his article Should we drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? An economic perspective. Drilling in the United States seems like the easiest…

THE WORST TAUGHT ME THE BEST Triggered by the ethnic cleansing policy in Bhutan, my parents fled the country. I was born and raised in a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal. I still remember the nights in the refugee camp when we slept without eating anything because there was simply nothing to eat. Our family, like most others in the refugee camp, relied on aids provided by different humanitarian agencies. We also relied on the kindness of local people who would sometimes give us clothes. The…

A somber April breeze lifted the damp hair at his temples and ruffled the hem of my tattered blanket, as the bus jolted over the pothole-strewn prison road and finally arrived at the correctional institution, where A.R., my child, was to meet his incarcerated father for the first time in 7 years. My stomach fluttering and my hands quivering conspicuously more than A.R., I began to question the fervor that led me here, into this desolate facility housing prisoners who, as the prison guard…

The U.S. should not drill for oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge because it would endanger animals, they wouldn’t make a lot of money, and pollution would damage the environment. A recent U.S. department of energy (DOE) assessment says there is ‘’ Considerable Uncertainty regarding both the size and quality of the oil resources that exist in ANWR.’’ Even if it is 7-7 barrels a day that will be able to recover the current upper limits of ANWR oil production is the transportation of TAPS(…

Baby Drill The Federal Government should release the 19 million acres of land known as ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) out of protection from oil drilling. The need for oil now outweighs the predicted environmental impact. Drilling will improve the national economy, in addition to reducing our dependency on foreign countries for this good. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is estimated to sit on 10.4 billion barrels of crude oil with a five percent chance of being 16 billion. This…

Arctic National Wildlife refuge. In the Foreword of Subhankar Banerjee’s book “Arctic national wildlife refuge in: seasons of life and gland, a Photographic Journey”, President Jimmy Carter attempts to persuade his audience that the Arctic Wildlife refuge should not be developed for industry. He proves this by appealing to the audience by highlighting the importance of the refuge, including why the opposition would fail, and using purposeful…