Environmental Issues Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

In the Economist debate over the presence and legitimacy of the ‘global elite,’ Jamie Whyte and Daniel Ben-Ami argued both for and against, respectively, the right of the global elite to have the majority of wealth in the world. They also discussed whether or not they subjectively ‘deserved’ to be there, and whether their status on the top was beneficial for the whole of humanity – whether they ‘served the masses’. Jamie Whyte argued for the legitimacy of the elite, as they are providing services and purposes that are proportional in importance to their income and level of power. Conversely, ...

Personal Carbon Footprint Calculation and Efforts to Reduce Impact on Climate Change

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Carbon Footprint Calculation
Baseline Emissions
The baseline emission for personal carbon footprint is calculated based on the plan to reside in a third world country. Indonesia is selected as an example of the third world country that ratified the Kyoto protocol and signed on July 13 1998 , so there is a strong relevance between this exercise and the country’s policy on emission reduction.
Indonesia is a tropical country with climate conditions that do not require heating facilities, so emission form such facility will be insignificant. The baseline emission of personal carbon footprint calculated using the carbon ...

While in the polarized politics of the US, climate change is still debated, the science is in: With the same degree of certainty that we know gravity exists, we know as a fact that humans are affecting weather. Without passing judgment as to weather it is good or bad, we know that human activity is affecting the makeup of the atmosphere, and also know that this is what determines our weather.
Climate change should be an important issue to people regardless of what political party they vote for or where they live. The earth’s climate affects everyone. The ...

In social psychology studies, group polarization refers to a phenomenon where the opinions and decisions of individuals in a group setting make decisions that are more extreme than their initial privately held beliefs.
In psychology, there are three principal theories of how group polarization occurs with all of them having the same cause much. Any particular group that tries to make a decision are all likely to have an initial preference towards a particular direction. Individuals who initially don’t agree with that particular decision are more likely to change their minds in order to be in agreement with ...

My View of the 21st Century Environmentalism

Nature and human being, and their cohabitation are ongoing debating issues during this century. These problems, however, were less topical for the civilization during a couple of previous centuries. Thousands of environmental activists have applied their best efforts to protect and preserve the ‘natural’ world, but it looks like their methods were not well developed. The 21st century conception of nature concerns with ‘green living’, energy saving, and seeking sustainable ways to protect the most endangered species all over the planet. Yet, it is not limited to this. Those responsibilities form only a small fraction of all issues we ...

Wind Energy Activity

In this paperwork, I am going to compare the U.S. energy policies with China energy policies. I am also going to give my stand on how I expect the relationship between China and the U.S. to evolve in the coming years.
Wind farm concession program is a policy initiated in 2003, whereby, both the developers and the investors of wind power schemes are chosen through the process of bidding. The policy has helped, a lot, lowering power generation costs, hence lowering the electricity prices to the final consumer. The United States is said to be the world largest energy ...

Introduction.

Since the existence of Homo sapiens around 180,000 years ago, human activities have been on the rise most of them with diverse effects on the environment. Human activities are responsible for almost all the loss in biodiversity throughout the globe (Southeast Asian Affairs 2002, pp 56). Biodiversity is not only unevenly spread across the Earth but also follows complex processes determined by the current changes in environment, global warming, evolutionary history of the planet and geology. Global eco-regions recognize that whilst coral reefs and tropical forests harbor most biodiversity there are manifestations in boreal and temperate regions, mountain ...

Do you think Stauffer’s criticism of the Triple Bottom Line is justified? Should equal attention be paid to people and planet and profit?
The triple bottom line involves the three aspects which include environmental protection, corporate social responsibility and generation of the continuous business earnings. The triple bottom line has been criticized by Dave Stauffer due to the widespread of misconceptions around it. The misconception that profit cannot flow from the attention of the company to the social concerns and environment. The profit is therefore said to be distinct from the corporate social responsibility and environmental issues. This ...

Whenever I think about climate change, my understanding is more ideological and economic. In the New York Times Article by Justin Gills, “U.N. Climate Panel Endorses Ceiling on Global Emissions”. The U.N climate panel recently endorsed an upper limit on greenhouse gases, which establishes a target level which people must stop these emissions or face dire climatic changes. The target level established was predicted to be exceeded in relatively short time if measures were not taken to curb emissions. Human related activity was cited as the leading cause of Global warming. The climate panel endorsed a “carbon budget” for ...

Introduction

The Goias ad passes out the message that Brazil is concerned about its environment. The image is composed of a large cloud which has the shape of a fist, and positioned on top of a city. In addition, the advertisement reads “what goes around comes around.” A smaller part of the image also speaks of Global warming, it read, “Global Warming. Do your part to change that.” Below the statement, three small images are embedded. These images are also related to the environment; the first portrays a cultivated land, the second shows a hand watering on some vegetation and ...

Question 1.

Based on the topic of interest you identified in the previous discussion (Lesson 3) for what purpose would your topic be? Discuss why you think this is the purpose. Your response would indicate your understanding of the readings in this module.
The topic that I chose is about the protection of the environment. The purpose of this topic is to educate the audience about what is happening with our environment today. The aim of the speech is to explain clearly about global warming and its effect on our environment. This is the purpose of the speech because it is ...

Organization

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Why We Should Act to Stop Global Warming—and Why We Won't. 
In the article, Why We Should Act to Stop Global Warming-and Why Won’t, the author talks about why she believes that global warming should be curbed and how she also knows it won’t be. The author starts the article by stating that the she believes that global warming should be curbed because she believes in the scientific and intellectual capabilities of scientists like Ron Bailey, Jonathan Adler and Pat Cato, all of whom believed that global warming is happening for real and should be ...

The global economy depends 100 percent on energy and energy consumption keeps increasing steadily. However, society today faces enormous energy challenges as a result of massive dependence on fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels lead to global warming (Houghton, 2004). However, Fossil Fuels are non-renewable and limited in supply as such they will eventually become depleted. Although renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind power promise global warming friendly energy, they only account for 7 percent of the world energy demand and are expensive to adopt.
As population increases, demand for energy will increase. Therefore, it will be ...

The 2016 presidential election in the United States marks the 58th quadrennial elections since the declaration of independence and it will be held on 8th November 2016(David, "The 2016 Election, Already Upon Us). The 22nd amendment in the US constitution stipulates that a president only serves for two terms and this locks out the incumbent president, Barack Obama from vying (Cillizza, "The long campaign is over. Get ready for the next”). The election is expected to be a tight race between the republicans and the democrats.
During the recent elections held on 6th November 2012, the incumbent president ...

List the three nutrient cycles present in an ecosystem.

Nutrient cycles are also called as biogeochemical cycles as they help convert the elemental form of essential minerals into biochemical form for utilization by living organisms. The three important nutrient cycles of the ecosystem are the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle and the phosphorous cycle.
Nitrogen has a vast atmospheric abundance but is not present in a useable form for many organisms. Nitrogen fixers convert nitrogen into ammonium and nitrates to be taken up by plants and passed onto animals.
Phosphorous is the integral part of the building blocks of nucleic acids, ATP and lipids that make up the ...

Contingency theory is a concept of leadership that argues that there is no best way to do things. It argues that the best way to handle a particular situation would be different from the best way to handle another situation. This means, therefore, that there are no hard and fast rules in leading and organizing and that leadership or organizational behavior that is effective and efficient in some situations would or may not work in others. The theory posits that leadership styles are dependent on numerous internal and external factors and constrains and should, therefore, be analyzed depending on ...

Anthropogenic Global Warming: Man’s Influence in the Environment

Since the Industrial Revolution, scientists are beginning to be aware as to the changing temperatures the Earth, which is now causing several consequences in the planet’s weather systems and the natural balance of the environment. The studies indicated a high increase in carbon dioxide emissions, influencing the increasing temperatures and the subsequent natural calamities that are now violent and destructive similar to nuclear and atomic weaponry. Resources, formerly rich and thriving, are now becoming scarce in various regions and people and animals alike are left with lesser supplies of food and water. Scientists have pointed out that man’ ...

Management Review

Worldviews are the opinions about issues affecting the world by different bodies, forums or individuals. The achievement of social and economic development in the world is one of the issues that have raised contrasting world views from different individuals and forums. The contrasting approaches to this issue between the World Social Forum and the World Economic Forum have led to gaping differences about how the world economic and social matters should be handled. The extent of these differences is so bad that these forums have resorted to blackmailing one another for the failures and disagreements they have had. The ...

Jacque-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii, painted circa 1784-1785, represents one of the finest examples of French neoclassicist painting in the 18th century. Commissioned by the Administrator of Royal Residences, and exhibited at the 1785 Salon, the painting depicts the battle between two groups of champions to settle the Rome-Alba war of 669 BCE. In it, the three Horatii brothers decide to fight the three brothers of Curiatii to end the war; the Horatii are saluting their father who is handing them their swords (Louvre, 2009). The painting demonstrates the glory of sacrifice and loyalty for one's family and ...

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Tropical rainforests are along the earth’s equatorial zone. In Central America they occur on the Yucatan Peninsula, Costa Rica has one of the most famous. South America holds the largest rainforest in the world, The Amazon. The rainforests of central Africa stretch from the Congo to the island of Madagascar on the eastern side. The monsoon area of Southeast Asia has rainforests from India to Myanmar (Burma) to the islands such as the Philippines and reaches down into northern Australia. (Learning, n.d., www.srl.caltech)
The tropical rainforests are characterized by high humidity and torrential rains with tropical ...

Arguably, sustainability is one important factor in every society. For so many decades, Middle East and North Africa has been facing imbalance of sustainability. In fact, the issue of water, climate change as well as population pressure are the most determinants and cause of imbalance sustainability in the region. Its impacts in the Middle East and North Africa are felt in all sectors of human life, which include social, economic, as well as political. Perhaps, the history and culture of this is somehow different a compared to other parts of Africa and Europe. North Africa and Middle East are ...

AIR POLLUTION THROUGH FOSSIL FUEL BURNING

Since the time of the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuel has been widely used to power machinery such as trains, power plants and the earliest designs of cars. Around that time frame, many developed countries have used this breakthrough to industrialize their own countries. But, despite all the advancements the Industrial Revolution has done for each of these now famous countries, they were not able to realize that they were already making serious damages to the world and only found out all about it when the disasters became worst. According to a recent study ...

Chapter Review – Critical Thinking

In this chapter, the author talks about the conditions that might bring about what people sometimes consider an extraterrestrial experience. He begins it with talking about having his own extraterrestrial abduction experience – he does this through recounting a time when he was incredibly sleep deprived in a marathon. As a result of this deprivation, he started to hallucinate things, including the notion that his support crew members were extraterrestrials. The reason he talks about this experience is to highlight the possibility for these highly detailed, committed and convincing alien abduction stories to be ...

E-Commerce Business Environments

Any business that launches into the internet has to decide whether to operate in an open insecure e-commerce environment or a closed secure environment. One has to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of utilising each system

An Insecure Open Environment

In an open environment, the users are able to navigate on the site at a faster rate than in a closed environment. The users do not have to log in. Anyone can access the site and purchase items on the site. In this system, there are no passwords, encryption or firewall security ...

Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship

In the current advent of economic crisis, entrepreneurism, by the day, continues to gain prominence by occupying a pivotal position as the best amelioration model to the constantly increasing unemployment rate spurred by a plethora of factors, some controllable while other beyond the controllable level.

Many people, because of the current crisis in the global economy, shy away from entrepreneurism ascribing their actions to the unhealthy business environment created by these crises. However, even as these challenges might exist, an entrepreneur should be more than willing ...

Greenpeace is a non-governmental organization that protects and conserves the environment. This organization addresses issues that affect the environment such as global warming overgrazing and deforestation. In this blog we will address the issue of global warming and energy. Global warming is the average increase in temperature due to increased concentration of greenhouse gases. These greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor and chlorofluorocarbons. The gases are caused by natural activities like volcanic eruption and human breathing, human activities is the other cause and includes deforestation, burning of coal, fossil fuel and natural gas (Spencer, 2010, p. ...

3 April,2011

Question one

Gerald Graff believes that apart from the intellect gained in classroom, there are other kinds of intellect that is not academic in nature. Graff argues that a person doesn’t need to sit in a formal class environment to be regarded as an intellectual. He says that debating on such issue that are not academic such as fashion, sports or pop star requires almost the same level of intellectual ability as discourses in academic fields.
Graff’s argument looks convincing indeed. He narrates his own success story. How he rose to an ...

Group cohesion is a very important aspect in any organization. While forming our permanent group in college, cohesiveness is a very critical aspect. There are two dimensions that are normally considered in group cohesiveness, i.e. task related and emotional or personal dimensions. Task cohesiveness occurs when a group comes together so as to share tasks and work together so as to accomplish the goals of the group. So as to be able to succeed in this dimension, members need to be able to develop goals and objectives (Levi, 2010). Personal or emotional dimension on the other hand, pertains ...

The world commission on environment defines sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising on the ability of future generations to survive. (OECD, 1987)

Sustainable development emphasizes on the importance of quality of life and ensures that the decisions made by individuals and corporations today, take into consideration the social, economic and environmental issues without negatively impacting on the future generations’ ability to sustains itself. It’s thus built on these three major pillars that must be taken into consideration when developing a long term plan to meet the goals and objectives of sustainable development (Environment: Canada, 2002).

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In the current times the society is facing many problems of different nature. Some of these problems include for instance; homelessness, racism, poverty, educational issues, environmental problems, child abuse, and drug abuse. Environmental and economic issues can be said to be the major problems that the society experiences today. In order to deal with these problems, strategies have to be laid down on how they can be minimized. ...

Abstract

A thorough critique of “Enhancing students’ scientific and quantitative literacies through an inquiry-based learning project on climate change” by Aaron M. McCright is the focus of this paper. It encompasses a summary of the study and findings as well as the ethical considerations and overall effectiveness of the article. The framework for critiquing a quantitative article served as a guide in the writing of this research critique, which emphasizes the significance of interdisciplinary teaching and learning in the higher learning context, particularly as it pertains to climate change and the environment. Integrating social science with natural science is one ...

Through academic training, human interactions as well as work experience, people gain different sets of information that ultimately constitute their knowledge. However, even if this statement is universally true for all human beings, the extent to which the ways of gaining knowledge are used by each person is very relative. Following this premise, it is true to convey that information – and therefore knowledge – is asymmetrical, which further implies that the nature and the amount of knowledge possessed by every human being are different. In certain situations though, knowledge might carry an ethical responsibility, that is, the duty to prevent ...

Jennifer Egan’s novel A Visit from the Goon Squad discusses, among other things, the passage of time, the dangers of obsolescence, and the way cultures grow and change as the years go on. Egan approaches the social trends and fads of American culture in A Visit from the Goon Squad with a jaundiced eye, allowing readers to understand the fleeting and often ignored nature of very serious problems in favor of trivia and pop culture. In the stories “Great Rock and Roll Pauses,” “Pure Language,” and “Black Box,” the environment of the Earth, as well as its culture, ...

The wellbeing of the world should be the bother of every individual. The world almost sunk following lack of adequate facilities to manage waste. Different governments in the world need to come up with adequate plans or strategies that would help them in defining ample waste reduction in specific countries. Ensuring clean environment is one idea that would solve the problems that are associated to excessive waste that is being releases to the atmosphere at current times (Maczulak 138). An outstanding example of countries with exclusive waste problems is the Republic of China. Solving the problem in China would ...

With the proven harmful effects of too much reliance on the burning of fossil fuels to generate the not only much needed by essential electricity—since everything that we use today seems to be operated by this energy source, more and more government and non-government-related organizations are looking for alternative ways to generate electricity. Burning of fossil fuels usually lead to the dumping of huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is actually a not very potent greenhouse gas. There are a lot of more potent greenhouse gases that could promote the entrapment of heat from ...

PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT ‘BRAZIL ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION OF RIPARIAN FORESTS IN SÃO PAULO’ (TF-55091) April 16, 2014 (http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/04/25/000442464_20140425103812/Rendered/PDF/871050PPAR0P0880090Box385188B00OUO090.pdf)
What was the problem the World Bank loan addressed - summarize it in your own words, don't copy and paste from the report.
The city of Sao Paulo is home to two critical environmental biomes, the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado. Since the city is very populous and has a lot of agricultural activities, these two ecosystems are threatened by both large scale agriculture (15% of national agricultural produce) and small scale agriculture.
The aim of this project was to ...

“O Me! O Life!” is a free verse poem written in the traditional Walt Whitman style. It explores the old age question that has pre-occupied human existence for ages, the question of life and its meaning. Whitman manages to weave together his free verse form with a dark imagery that portray an individual at odds with their self and their purpose in life. This paper seeks to analyze how Whitman uses his free verse form and literary devices to create a vivid imagery of an individual on a quest to find satisfaction in their existence.
The title “O Me! ...

The concept of human beings going to live on mars permanently can be termed as the colonization of mars (Zubrin, 2011, p.233). The idea was taken lightly in the past. Recently, however, the matter has been taken more seriously with more studies of life survival in mars being done. The Martian environment differs slightly with that of earth and any living organism set to live on mars will encounter these changes which will definitely affect them.
Typically, a solar day in mars is a little bit longer on mars than that of earth. In mars, a solar day lasts ...

Voice of the Customer

Questionnaire:
General information
1. Sex
- Man
- Woman
2. How old are you?
- ranges younger18
- 18-24
- 25-33
- 34-44
- 45-54
- 55-65
- older 66
3. How often do you dine in at LaRosa?
- Rarely
- Once in a month
- One time in 2 weeks
- Every week
- Few times a week
4. At what time do you eat at LaRosa more often/make a delivery order?
Rationale: These characteristic helps give a “portrait” of main the consumer, as well as to define “pick hour” and less popular hours.

Quality satisfaction

5. How are ...

In the context of this film, a surrealistic body horror is displayed which was directed and written by David Lynch, an American filmmaker. The story portrayed in this movie is all about Henry Spencer who was left taking care of his own grossly deformed child in a landscape which was desolate. Spencer is shown experiencing hallucinations and dream of his lady and child in the radiator. The surrealistic imagery as well as sexual undercurrents is clearly portrayed in this film making them the main styles used in elaboration of the intended message. The main themes and purpose of the ...

Health promotion takes various approaches. In practice, health promotion involves increasing the control that individuals, communities, and populations have on healthcare. Such increase is attainable through addressing various factors that determine health. Health promotion activities aim at improving health outcomes within individuals, communities, and populations. In a bid to attain this objective, governments, stakeholders, and other interested parties have developed benchmarks for promoting health. Ottawa Chatter and Jakarta Declaration are amongst the benchmarks for promoting health. In the Ottawa Charter and Jakarta Declaration, various health promotion principles or aspects have been addressed (Dixey et al., 2013). The following analysis ...

Lasting from 1946 until 1991, the Cold War was the longest of the 20th century s many wars and in many ways the most complicated. The last four links above document aspects of the initial phase the drawing of lines in the sand, so to speak and allow us to see something of the atmosphere of the immediate postwar years. In early 1946 George Kennan wrote a close analysis of Soviet aims and methods of achieving those aims and proposed a multi-phased strategy for the United States. 

The timeline in the first link above provides headings and a list ...

There are varied definitions of common property that exist in various contexts. Its application and use is, therefore, determined by the specific context. Our definition of common property is in relation to real tangible property. Common property in this context of real properties can be defined as a property that is collectively owned by public or a community to which every member of the community has equal right to use and access. Sometimes, the government can own common property. Where government owns common properties, all citizens have a right to use it in various activities. The ownership and product ...

Breaking the Law For the Sake of Justice details an incident where 2,500 protested illegally trespassed onto the property of a Washington D.C. coal-burning plant to protest that fact that these types of plants contribute to 40% of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. Feeling that a significant amount of environmental damage was being caused by the plants, the demonstrators felt a social need to break the law. It was their belief that breaking the law in this instance would benefit society and be for the greater good by discouraging the use of coal by power plants ...

Multi-various Religious thoughts and language usages existing in developing nations are an issue leading to conflicts. The Mahayana Buddhism and Shintoism predominantly followed religions in Japan in its pathway has prescribed the mind to apply moral values in every walk of life; whether it is a work place, family or the society.
The concept of the Japanese word ‘Wa’ advocates the mind in principles of harmony in togetherness, to keep away from the selfish individualistic thoughts obstructing the good values in ‘team spirit’ and productive ‘team work’ strengths. Likewise, words like ‘Kao’, ‘Omoiyari’ are positive thoughts promoting practices relating ...

On 7th January 20011, USA today reported the upholding by a Washington District Judge of the 2008 decision by government scientists of the US Fish and Wildlife Service to include the ‘Polar Bear’ as threatened in the endangered species list. The Scientists had contended that polar bear’s existence was threatened because of widespread melting of ice, a vital part of the natural habitat of the bear, due to global warming. The Polar Bear has thus become the first animal to be declared “threatened” due to global warming under the “Endangered Species” Act.
But why should anyone have any ...

Introduction

The theory of knowledge obligation is an essential key to the educational philosophy. From a philosophic point of view, neutral question is the question that is obvious interpreted from a questioner who has not vested any interest on the answer. In other words, the questioner will accept the answer that is given out or emerges from anyone. Neutral question is a leading question in the argumentative essay that is well distinguished in the legal world of philosophy. In this case, witnesses are asked questions that are designed and produce a certain answer that will settles the questioner’s prove ...

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The mother-daughter relationship – probably one of the robust bonds of the nature, is displayed in a distorted manner in The Rocking Horse Winner of D.H. Lawrence and also Amy Tan’s ‘Two Kinds.’ Both these short stories explain how the parental-love and the relationship between the parent and children get strained. This essay attempts to explore the ways in which parental-love has been portrayed in both these short stories.
An atmosphere that is full of unconditional love, ease and permanence is one that is optimal for the growth and development of a ...

Tropical Deforestation

The tropical forests are an ecosystem located in the inter-tropical zone, between 23°S and 23°N. The tropical forests contain the most important biodiversity in plants and animal species. The tropical forests are very important to the planet as a source of oxygen for the planet.
The deforestation is a phenomenon that exists since the human is on earth. From eighteen century the deforestation in all the regions of the world and especially in the tropical forest increases its rate due too many factors as: agriculture, wood, mineral extraction and cities expansion. The deforestation is conducted both by ...

1. The name of the film is Casablanca. The director is Michael Curtiz. The two leading actors are Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund.
2. The leading characters are Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund, Victor Laszlo, Captain Louis Renault, Major Heinrich Strasser, Signor Ferrari and Sam. Other important characters are Ugarte and Carl. The story takes place in Casablanca in French Morocco during World War II. France is occupied by Germans and people from all over Europe are coming to Casablanca in order to try to get to Lisbon from where they can continue their ...

It’s Contestations in Contemporary Organizations

The Notion of Corporate Social Responsibility and It’s Contestations in Contemporary Organizations
Every action or business operation of an organization is in some way related to social factors. As such, it is unavoidable for a company to lay sincere focus towards being a responsible and active corporate citizen. In order to thrive under this social dependence, corporations need to collaborate with scientists, activists and thought leaders to make Environmental Justice economically feasible. While corporate social responsibility was once considered to be philanthropic activities that could only be afforded by corporate giants, the view of the business community has ...

Sustainability has no clear line of definition as it means a lot different things to different people. To some, it could be a way of living with regard to the extent they can bear. Others could define it as the production styles they use in their flow of business, or a business as a whole. It could imply the responses to policies especially in the question of to what extent the environment that should be consumed over time (Ana Markulev, 2013).
Sustainability entails the ability to do an activity continuously. In sustainable development, the current needs are met without ...

Anne Jacobs’ “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” as equipment for living

Anne Jacobs was born in slavery in California, although the dawn of slavery came upon her when she was twelve after her mistress death. In writing the narrative, she explicitly analyzes the life she had as a slave, putting forward several points. The narrative provides the equipment for living for the slaves at the time of writing. At a time when life took different turns, scholars led by Kenneth Burke came together to write several material that would give the perfect recipe for life. In the most famous essays, Kenneth describes literature as the instrument for living implying many ...

Chapter 3

Many people do not support the idea of going green if this will lead to an increase in prices of goods. Increase in prices reduces the purchasing power of people and as a result, people may prefer not going green. This is where the government should intervene for the benefit of the whole society.
Recycling does not work. Even though there are recommendations that many items be recycled, there are no companies that can help recycle the various products and if they exist, the citizens are now aware of how they can recycle these products. Hugging a tree is ...

Health promotion takes various approaches. In practice, health promotion involves increasing the control that individuals, communities, and populations have on healthcare. Such increase is attainable through addressing various factors that determine health. Health promotion activities aim at improving health outcomes within individuals, communities, and populations. In a bid to attain this objective, governments, stakeholders, and other interested parties have developed benchmarks for promoting health. Ottawa Chatter and Jakarta Declaration are amongst the benchmarks for promoting health. In the Ottawa Charter and Jakarta Declaration, various health promotion principles or aspects have been addressed. The following analysis aims at identifying the ...

Barack H. Obama, the 44th and second consecutive president of the United States, made his second inaugural speech in Washington DC on January 21, 2013, based on the official theme “Faith in America’s Future” to commemorate the United States’ perseverance and unity. The spirit of the speech was classical American. In clear tone and riding high on victory, it emphasized hard work, collective actions, self-reliance, and being liberal.
Beginning his speech by embracing the fundamental rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the President later contrasted the same by claiming that “individual freedoms ultimately require collective ...

In the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, the author chronicles the attempts by her and her family to spend an entire year eating nothing but locally grown food. Toward this end, Kingsolver concludes that it is entirely possible, though difficult in the process of adjusting and acclimating oneself to these new conditions, to eat only natural food, adjusting one's diet to the local growth available in the season. The author clearly links the wholesomeness, freshness and healthiness of these organic and local foods to the ubiquity and assembly-line perfection of the supermarket in one particular passage, which ...