The Waste Land

Mad Max: Fury Road paints a society where the line between "machine" and "human" is aggressively blurred. The dependence on fossil fuels and the dehumanizing objectification of humans leads to exploitation of both people and the earth. Rob Nixon's Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor provides a deeper context of the resource curses and inequalities that may cause such a society, both in the film and in our own world today. In the world of Fury Road, both humans and the earth…

The amazing penguin rescue and The seabird chronicle According to “The amazing penguin rescue” and “The seabird chronicle”, the oil spills are hurting more than 41,000 little penguins. When the penguins were getting sick in the oil spills tons of thousands of people started helping to save the penguins. “The amazing penguin rescue” and “The seabird chronicle” have similarities and differences such as the conflict and how the setting creates a specific mood of the story. One similarity…

Plastic is used in many man-made items, which are used in people’s everyday lives. Since only 9% of plastic is properly recycled, the majority of plastic waste either “accumulates in landfills” or gets dumped into the ocean and other natural environments (Parker, L., 2017). There are multiple reasons why plastic ends up in the ocean. Some examples include, people do not properly recycle plastic, small plastic particles go down sink drains, and it is cheaper for companies to dump all of their…

4. Uptake and bioaccumulation of plastic derived chemicals A key factor contributing to the bioavailability of microplastics is their small size, density, color, surface (smooth or rough) (Stephanie L. Wright a,2013). Food chain disturbance in marine environment is the major problem because due to ingestion of plastic which consists of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), POP and PAH. They absorbs/bioaccumulation in the fatty acid of living organism and cause death of the species. At least 180…

are called pollutants. There are many different types of Pollution that need to be addressed, and one of them is the issue on water pollution. Contamination of water, typically by foreign matter such as microorganisms, chemicals, industrial or other wastes, or sewage. “Water pollution can be divided into two general types, surface water pollution and groundwater pollution, depending on whether the release is purely on the surface or infiltrates the soil and enters the subsurface” Surface water…

Littering is illegal and penalties vary from state to state, because it causes great harm to the environment. On May 11th, 2012, an ad created by the Surfrider Foundation depicts why littering is dangerous and unhealthy for the oceans, and also for humans. The ad contains an image of sushi wrapped in a plastic brown bag embedded with more plastic, rather than seaweed and fish. A pair of chopsticks lie beside the sushi as if someone were preparing to ingest it. In blue, capitalized, and printed…

Facts about Food Waste Many of us never think about what happens to the food that we leave on our plate. However, maybe we should. Do you realize that 113 billion pounds of food goes un-eaten every year? According to the USDA, that makes up 31% of all our food. Why is this happening? We are not using our scrap food as an asset. Instead, we are clogging up landfills while there are people and animals that are going hungry. According to the article “Five Tactics to reduce Food Waste” in Julys…

mainly the atmosphere detrimentally. The article states that, “ The poorest people in the world had virtually nothing to do with causing global warming…” This textually evidence explains how the climate change is negatively changing weather. Toxic waste sites are placed in rural areas where the poorest people live. The population is thrown into the atmosphere affecting the poorest peoples environment. The article also states, “ That argument has fed a rising sensation of out rage among the…

When the warm weather hits like a punch in the gut, people flock to closest beach with enough food to feed an entire zoo. During the sunny day, beach goers participate in common activities such as picnics, feeding seagulls, and enjoying the refreshing feeling of the cold, salty water of the ocean against their sun kissed skin. However, at the end of the day, the beach is covered in crud that was left behind. David Barry finds situations like these infuriating. To empathise his hatred of…

Developed countries bleed food waste, while the rest of the world cries of hunger. In an increasingly globalized world, the loss of food waste contrasted with millions of people suffering from hunger is a painful paradox. This enormous wastage exists at the same time as one billion people in the world are suffering and dying from hunger. The act of food waste looks normal in our society; it seems that the people are forced to throw out what is no longer useful. Everybody can see how people have…