Essays on Clowney

Human population basically depends on the earth’s natural resources to sustain life’s cycle and its growing needs. The product of technology, infrastructures, business firms and financial factors, together with the social and cultural aspects greatly affect the consumption of nowadays. Consequently, the production activities resulted from these various demands are mainly responsible of the environmental impacts that remain a problem of today that needs Consumption comes in two kinds: “the acquisition and use of material things” and “the depletion of the earth’s limited resources” (Clowney & Mosto, 2009). Naturally, society has various demands in response to its ...

Waste problems are one of the leading causes of global pollution. There are various reasons as to why waste problem exists, even if it is one of the longest running issues in the history. In fact, the common way that early humans dispose their waste is to simply dump it into some of the “out-of-the-way” area (Clowney 365). These are mostly organic wastes as the industrial development was far different from today. However, as years go by, the amount of wastes produced by humans seems to be greater than what the environment can handle naturally. Whether organic or ...

Air pollution has been one of the most debated topics. It has been a major concern for most environmentalists. The earth as a planet has been experiencing major damages to its natural fauna and flora. Additionally, global warming has been evidently observed. It is caused by the industrialization across the globe. The emission of carbon to the earth’s atmosphere has been observed in large amounts. The usage of mobile cars, power plants, and even domestic products has contributed to this global phenomenon. The ethics of air pollution are definitely a topic to be discussed. Scientists are very aware of the ...

Jainism and Buddhism preach and believe in respecting living beings that include not only human beings or animals, but plants, insects, water, forests, creatures of the sea and water, and everything that grow. This is the science part of the environment which is balanced by all living creatures including air, water, forests. It is ecological science as it could be verified by observation, experiment, and reason. Every tiny creature, plant, water, air, and insect, plays an important role in the maintenance of the ecological balance, and the argument can be proved (Clowney and Mosto). This essay delineates environmental and ...

Introduction to Christian Thought

Introduction Modern Christians draw their guidance from the teachings of the New Testament doctrines like the Church and Trinity. However, there hardly exists sufficient information uncovering the theological definition, biblical foundation, and practical application of the doctrines (Week 2_3 Source; Insuring Authenticity of Text, 1). In the contemporary world, several churches and Christians have lost faith with the teachings due to lack of a clear understanding of the biblical doctrines and their application in their daily lives (Week 2_1 source; Arguments that the bible is the word of God). Christians incorporate the understanding of the trinity and church in ...

Application Assignment #1

It is surprising that even though expanded polystyrene is so abundant, it is not recycled as much as the other plastics. Expanded polystyrene makes the containers that hold our foods, used as packaging material, used to provide insulation in our homes. Yet, expanded polystyrene is not recycled more. In my opinion, this has to do with the structure of polystyrene. Part of why polystyrene is not recycled more is because it is so light in weight. It makes up only 0.01% of total municipal solid wastes in terms of weight. However, the biggest impediment to recycling expanded polystyrene ...

- Application Assignment Sustainability, as an important aspect of packaging, is increasingly gaining importance. This is fueled material advances, consumer demand and legislation. The argument that paper-based packaging is the best alternative is not only valid but also necessary. Unlike other packaging material, paper-based packaging uses renewable materials; trees. Unlike other products used for packaging, paper based products are the most recoverable. As such, they can be recycled which enhances the sustainability of using paper-based packaging material. Throughout the life cycle of paper-based packaging products, they are responsible in that even when they are not recovered for ...