Wendell Berry

Ethic I normally don 't admit this, but I like to argue. Usually I can keep my thoughts to myself, but lately I have been getting frustrated with people because they always agree with each other even though evidence or proof is lacking. Things that are said are accepted, and no good discussions occur. That is when I begin to play the devil 's advocate even if I know that the majority is correct. For example, I know that people should be stewards of the earth; in fact, most people I know also…

Declined in shark population breaks stability of The marine ecosystem The shark, the predator that stands on top of the food chain. However, its number has declined since the 1970s due to human destruction, and it will affect the stability of the food chain (Dudley, and Cliff 243-255). For instance, in Aldo Leopold’s paper, A Sand County Almanac, he claims each specie’s importance in the food chain is the link to the other specie “The lines of dependency for food and other services are called…

In todays society, people are given various freedoms with which they can live their lives under their own personal terms. However, in the world of economics, these freedoms are not necessarily the same. Economic freedom is defined as, “the freedom to prosper within a country without intervention from a government or economic authority” (Business Dictionary). This is rarely the case in the real world. Companies and organizations are always held accountable for their actions. This is usually by…

Air Pollution Most people died from lung cancer because of their unhealthy habits; however, nowadays more people suffer from this malignant disease regardless of their lifestyle. This is due to the widespread of environmental problems, especially air pollution, which is produced by pollutants including sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matters (such as PM2.5 and PM10). “Each 10-µg/m3 of pollutants was associated with approximately ... 8% increased risk of lung…

Letting the evidence speak for itself, he uses Wendell Berry whom is a farmer and writer to lay out Berry’s analysis of the crisis that is occurred in 1970s. Then the author Pollen connects this to the judgement of the people. With Berry’s information, Pollen concludes, “Specialists ourselves, we can no…

genevieve wakutz Q1: Social Construction of nature and Rethinking Wilderness “The task of making a home in nature is what Wendell Berry has called “the forever unfinished lifework of our species” (Cronon, 87). Centuries ago humans lived among nature, hunting and gathering to survive. Yet the advent of agriculture pulled humans away from nature and gradually we isolated ourselves from the wilderness, only to return on occasion. From the capitalist-consumer culture to our urban centers, we have…

Joseph Kalema laid down alone for many nights on the streets of Uganda, hungry, alone, unloved, but with a dream for a better life. He was one of the lucky few who were picked up off the side of the street by a pastor and taken to an orphanage. Far too many children face even worse fates than Joseph. Many children live their entire childhood wondering if they will ever have a place to sleep or someone who will love them. Unfortunately, many will not get even the most basic of their desires.…

The modern homesteading community, is one of people seeking self-reliance and independence for a myriad of reasons through small scale independent farming and food preservation and crafting. The homesteader is more that just a famer and embodies a broad and contradictory spectrum of motives, affiliations, and material practices. (Wilbur, p.154). As Rebeca Kneale Gould states “the homesteader has converted to a new way of life in which the practice of everyday life is a chosen ‘answer’ to a…

At the subatomic level there is a continual exchange of photons and electrons between natural objects and people. We do not usually think of our bodies as permeable or malleable, but they are. As Wendell Berry has pointed out, simply eating plants and animals from farms pulls the landscape through us. The appearance of African faces illustrate hundreds of thousands of years of breathing the air of the second-largest continent on the planet, being born…