The ocean is used as a major international resource. It is becoming more and more evident that our careless habit of polluting the ocean is having a degrading effect on our health and economy. Health Types of toxic seafood include Pfiesteria, mercury poisoning, bacteria such as Hepatitis A, E .co...

The Destruction of Our Earth It is a well known fact that our planet is time and again being attacked by those who dwell on it. The human race is constantly playing with nature, as though it is our play thing, our toy. This continual raping of our Earth has brought about consequences that many...

What is sustained development? The term "sustained development" was used first time in 1983, when United Nations made a special report titled "Our future". The idea of this development is rather simple and clear – is has to support a better quality of everyone's...

The anthropocentric approach is criticized for "limiting values to the human realm," for being biased toward the nonhuman world, and for its failure "to provide a satisfactory basis for a moral philosophy of ecological obligation" because it is concerned with human self-interest (Lecture). These ar...

I believe we were created according to what Genesis 1:1-1:27 states. I have been taught that God created everything. First God produced the heavens and Earth. Then created light. After forming light, God then created water and vegetation. Then animals were actualized and then man was created and ...

Despite the many things that are created from cutting down trees, I abhor the fact that trees are being destroyed because trees provide a home for many creatures, they are the lungs of our world, and trees have medicinal benefits that are useful to the human race. Trees are very beneficial...

Typically, in the past and even in the present day, people have either have an anthropocentric view, humankind as the center of existence, or ecocentric, concerned with all living organisms and their environment. Sessions wrote (2001, p.158) , In 1972, the environmental textbook writer G. Tyler Mi...

Sider hit the mark when he writes in his article that there are "gaping holes in the ozone layer, polluted rivers, expanding deserts, denuded mountains, air-poisoned cities, and spiraling carbon emissions producing global warming." This present day ecological disasters are here and now and mankind m...

The oppression has been an issue that has affected human life for a very long time. Man has always seen himself as separate from nature. Nature is not something he is a part of, but a resource that he can do whatever he wants with. The plants are for use to eat, the forests are a source of lumber f...

The relationship between population and consumption might not be a concern for most people. In fact, most of these people might only have a little knowledge of this relationship because they do not realize the importance of it. They might feel that population and consumption do not intervene with...

Ever since man came bustling out of the last Ice Age, 11 thousand years ago, armed with sharpened sticks, he has had a nasty habit of destroying the nature, without mentioning the fact of its population growth at non-sustainable rates. The world we know today will perhaps not support life if humans ...

ANIMAL RIGHTS INTRODUCTION The animal rights movement was founded in the belief that a moral order exists in the universe and that within moral order animals and human being are equal. I think that animals share with humans the ...

Pablo Neruda gives us a good example of Vanguard Literature in his poem Walking Around. We can see the influence of surrealism in the poem because it does not rhyme at all, instead is an effort to express feelings and emotions in a free style. We can also see the existentialism idea as Neruda i...

Deep Ecology/Ecosophy The ideas behind deep ecology have major implications today. They allow people to think more profoundly about the environment and possibly come to a better understanding of their own meaning. People are intensely concerned about the world's technological ...

I once saw an artist in New York paint the word: Possibility in large, blue letters on a brick wall. At the time, I'm not sure I understood the significance or the meaning of the work. But now, reflecting on what it meant, I think the artist meant to say that he could have painted anything on t...

In our world today, science plays a vital role in many different aspects. Science is important in roles such as aiding the sick, and finding cures. Although many people believe science can only do well for society, there are many ways science can be responsible for negative outcomes. In the motio...

Earth Forgotten Poetry has always been a powerful way of communicating society's feelings, concerns, and discomforts without directly stating their inspiration. A good example of such poetry is William Wordsworth's "The world is too much with us". This poem expresses concern a...

The human population of Earth reached 1 billion in 1804, 2 billion in 1927, 3 billion in 1959, 4 billion in 1974 and 5 billion in late 1986. Last year on October 12th 1999, the human population of Earth reached 6 billion. In my lifetime the population has doubled from 3 billion in 1959 to the 6,034,...

Love A huge difference between a human being and an animal is "love". For a human, love is very sophisticated. Inherently, everyone is already replete with a ...

Lorin McNulty McNulty 1 Environmental Biology Biology Mid-Term 10 April 2000 THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR The natural environment of the modern world has been under siege for the better part of the past century. This has been due to many factors. The waste produced ...

Technology or Death Since the 1850's and the start of the industrial revolution humanity has quickly gained a high level of technology. For years, they advanced without knowing the disturbance they are causing to the environment by gaining technology so fast. Th...

Lewis, Cameron 85095 TT Koyaanisqatsi 12/4/03 Koya Anis Whatsy?: The Chaos Revealed Chaos, disorder, and pandemonium all reign supreme in the state of life known as Koyaanisqatsi. World and civil wars, terrorism, inner-city violence, all indicate that this condition does persist today. Wh...

Extinction is defined as the end of existence of a group of organisms, caused by their inability to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Throughout the existence of our planet there have been large amounts of species extinctions. For instance, the dodo, a species of flightless pigeon formerly...

Has technology opened a Pandora's box of social alienation, or alternatively, is it bringing humans into a new era of prosperity and well being? I n the modern world technology is all around. Automobiles, computers, nuclear power, spacecraft, and X-ray cameras are all examples of t...

Members of Congress: I am writing in reference to the possible upcoming technology of cloning humans and altering DNA tissue makeup of the unborn child. This issue will come before Congress for approval or disapproval in the near future. This technology would allow scientists to alter the t...