Wendell Berry

Shopping at a supermarket can be a hassle; there are different kinds of foods everywhere. There are choices from processed foods, diaries, meats, and junk food. Wendell Berry an author focused on educating consumers on how to eat food, writes about seven recommendations in his article “The Pleasure of Eating”. “When ever possible, deal directly with a local farmer, gardener or orchardist”(65). Growing a garden or shopping at a local farmer’s market, is healthy, seasonal, and more convenient.…

“What I stand for is what I stand on, said by Wendell Berry”. To begin with the first invention. Inventors have built and created many more inventions. Technology has changed over time for the good of our economy, but for the worse of our environment. By being an engineer, you have the power to design, build, and maintain engines. Engineers also have a range of career opportunities. Carbon dioxide has increased the earth 's temperature by 0.5 celsius in the last one hundred years. Due to the…

The Inbetween of Meat Eating The matter of eating meat is a heavily debated topic, especially with the threats of climate change, population change, and animal cruelty gaining popularity. The production of meat has been linked to the rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as methane. This claim has been intensified by the growing population and the food that is needed to support them. While these arguments against eating meats are somewhat compelling, there is plenty of evidence of to…

The environment is ever changing, therefore has no absolute definition but at the same time has infinite definitions. How do you define something that is everything? It’s hard to put a definition on something that is so broad. Everywhere we look we see the environment, everything we do involves the environment. The environment is everywhere. From when you first wake up in the morning, you notice the sound of birds chirping and the sun shining. That is a simplest form of the environment. One of…

Stop Shark-Finning! Why kill a whole shark for its fins in order to make shark fin soup, a tasteless and expensive soup just to impress your friends? Every year human beings kill over 102 million sharks while less than 10 people are killed by sharks, yet we call them bloody killers (Fairclough 1). This has created a drastic reduction in their numbers, and it is feared that it may lead to their extinction, causing a life imbalance on the planet’s ecosystem. Governments and environmental…

In today's society, America are concerning about eating healthy, because of the obesity rates are on the rise, and more people are potentially effective with diabetes and other weight-related health problems. There are four areas that can improve the way America way of eating better: food production/farming, government policy, schools and homes. The food industry is responsible for the food American eat, consumers do not know how their food are made or if the food are well made. One of the…

Is going green and living a safe and cautious the new thing to do or should we sit back and no care about anything like before. This is the main problem that authors Pamela Paul who wrote, “Green, If Not Clean” and Michael Pollan who wrote “Why Bother” have argued and have given their opinions on. Paul argues on how come there are no ingredients on the cleaning products that people purchase from stores and goes on a mission to find out how come. Pollan on the other hand wants to encourage…

On December 11th, 1962 the last two people were executed under Canadian law. Two men were hanged, which was the only method of capital punishment enforced in Canadian history (Setaram, 2015). One of the men, named Ronald Turpin, was convicted of killing a cop. The other, named Arthur Lucas, was convicted for murder. After these two trials in 1976, capital punishment was abolished. The death penalty was commonly sentenced for crimes such as murder, rape, kidnapping and treason -- but committing…

The summers I’ve spent in Tonga were full of good, natural foods that were either picked locally or from one’s backyard. The ingredients used to make a delicious beverage called otai contains watermelon or mangoes, crushed pineapples, coconut, milk, water, and sugar. The combination of these different components made in Tonga gives a unique taste. However, otai made in Tonga differs to how it is made in America. The texture and sweetness of this beverage is different which makes it less…

Ecological design is a major part of our coming future and is necessary for the prosperity of our species as caretakers for the world. Sim Van Der Ryn and Stuart Cowan, in their book Ecological Design, address five principles in design that will help to move society in the right direction. These principles are: solutions from your place, ecological accounting, designing with nature, everyone is a designer, and making nature visible. It has been over the course of the last century that building…