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 Land of Dream-An Essay on propraganda and brainwashingCheer up, the worst is yet to come. Sadly, swiftly and surely, we have seen the sheep follow a hopeless shepherd. Man has yet to see through that deeply clouded window of truth that pollutes the mind of almost every character belonging to th...

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...

According to Robert J. Samuelson, "Every environmental ill is depicted as an onrushing calamity that-if not stopped-will end life as we know it" (Samuelson 462). Pollution may or may not lead to the end of the world, but I find that highly unlikely. The problems with the environment hav...

Human beings are destroying the world. It's a fact we all know. Pollution is abundant, we chop down rainforests, we kill our own kind, we steal, lie, and cheat, and the list could go on and on. Daniel Quinn believes that this destruction comes from something more extreme than just the notion to sur...

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...

Advancements in all technology fields are inevitable in the information age, like the invention of the New Leafs in biotechnology. These technological advances have brought society to a new, improved level. Because of this biotechnology, we have so many advantages, such as improved crops and efficie...

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...

Human Impact on the Earth It is a well-known fact that humans have been living and modifying the earth since the beginning of time. However, as we continue to inhabit this planet, we consciously and subconsciously destroy our precious environment with the intent of making life easier and also ...

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 ...

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...