The Effects of Population Growths on the Environment With world population skyrocketing, where is man-kind headed? The current world population is over six billion with the United States population alone numbering over 264 million. Studies on population growths project that by the year 2050 A.D....

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...

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...

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...

INTRODUCTION Human population in the past 48 years has more than doubled its seize, from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 5.9 billion in 1998 . A few month ago the Secrtary of the United Nation declared a baby as the No. 6 billion citezen of the earth. As you may have noticed, human population has reached a...

INTRODUCTION Human population in the past 48 years has more than doubled its seize, from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 5.9 billion in 1998 . A few month ago the Secrtary of the United Nation declared a baby as the No. 6 billion citezen of the earth. As you may have noticed, human population has reached a...

Technology vs. Environment In today's world, humans are in a very relaxed cycle: they eat, they watch television, they sleep. What most people do not realize are the health risks they are taking every day when they do their daily tasks. Humans are becoming more and more reliant on machines ...

In "Menschheit und Mutter Erde", the author, Arnold Toynbee, describes his point of view concerning man's relationship and interaction with the earth's biosphere and also gives an insight on a future development of both. Tonybee begins with a clear definition of the term biosphere. The biosphere i...

The world's population has grown more in the last 50 years than it had done in the previous 4 million years[1]. This quantum leap in the human population has put severe strains on the finite resources and the fragile environment of our planet. What is more, the present rate of the galloping...

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 ...

'The Machine Stops' Communities and communications are progressing each and every day. Regardless of the different perspectives that have been adopted in the study of the cities, communities and communications are intended to impact reciprocally, either in a positive or negati...

Moral philosophy aims to provide a rational critique or justification of the principles that guide or govern human conduct. In this inquiry, it is assumed that these principles are accessible to reason. Human activity, particularly when amplified by sophisticated science-based technologies, now ex...

Cloning, the scientific reproduction of cells, could be a helpful discovery for the world, yet it may be the most disastrous, one eventually destroying all of mankind as we know it. Researchers are devoting much time to studying the cloning human beings, while animal cloning is currently underway in...

A pristine emerald pasture sits gently nestled in a high valley between the jagged snow covered mountains which dutifully stand guard over it. Overhead, the aqua-blue sky sheds beams of warm, golden sunlight as light wispy clouds gently float by. A gentle breeze wafts through the valley, carrying ...

ON FORGIVENESS IN JUDAISM Our topic this morning is forgiveness at the end of life, and I have been asked to comment on this from the perspective of Judaism. Now, forgiveness is one of those topics like Mom and apple pie – it's hard to imagine how anyone could possibly be opposed to th...

In his essay, "The Question Concerning Technology," Heidegger describes the problem with man and his "Being" as it deals with technology. In reference to his works before this, Being refers to the ideal self that a person is meant to pursue from his birth, and it is the state upon which we will ...

Using Nature Efficiently Man's relationship and treatment of nature, in terms of the outdoors, has changed dramatically over time. This change has been almost directly related to how man relies on nature to survive. The problem has been deciding if our treatment of nat...

Earth's Endangered Wildlife Since the beginning of man there has also been wildlife. There are the animals, the wild plants and also the ocean creatures. For thousands of years animals have made almost every inch of earth their home. Now that man has exceedingly populated, the numbers of a...