There has been a loss of respect for mother Earth; humans have developed the filthy habit of littering anywhere possible. For example, “one ton of 100% recycled paper save the equivalent of 4,100 kilowatt-hours of energy, 7,000 gallons of water, 60 pounds of air emission and three cubic yards of landfill space”. Based on the facts there has been proven that global warming is actually becoming an Ecology threat. I want to give the reader an insight of how we humans are destroying the planet Earth. The planet Earth is only getting worse; therefore we humans must practice more sustainable acts. Did you know that office building use approximately 19 percent of all energy consumed in the United States, and although the U.S. is only 5 percent …show more content…
Eventually, this will cause the native people a hard time to hunt them. We are facing temperature that we had never experienced before. Many people don’t believe that the ozone layer and atmosphere are decaying. According to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the temperature in the U.S. has increased by 2 degrees in the last 50 years and precipitation has increased by 5%. In the near future we will be flooded by water and then we will want to save the planet, but eventually it will be too late. I have acknowledged that not many people are making an effort to be a Good Samaritan. Just looking at local cities, the lack of recycling effort resident shows impacts drastically around the world. Imagine these local cities, plus thousands/millions more around the world, refusing on doing an ecological act of recycling and reusing materials. These acts might not look bad for one person, but if you sum all the people doing it around the world, it adds up to an enormous number. A lot of those people doing all those filthy acts often believe that global warming is fake and that if they don’t dispose an item properly, they assume that nothing will happen to the ecosystem. Also, the people around the world don’t see the bigger picture that by having a large home/mansion is slowly killing the environment. Why? Because the larger the house the more wood is required to build it, and use more quantity of other products that are not appropriate for the environment.
As a nation we all participate in daily consumption of food, clothing, shelter and some sort of transportation. to survive. We are destroying our environment with waist. On average Americans disposed over 200,000 tons of edible food daily. Pollute our air and water, destroy our forest, just so we can drive the newest car or have the latest crafted oak furniture We use top soil to build malls, so people can consume even more. In "The shadows of Consumption, Peter Dauvergne explain the coast of consumption by globalized corporations, trade, and finance." (Dauvergne, Peter. The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. ).
The amount of waste that’s produced by the lack of concern for the environment is huge. We as Americans don’t see it as a total problem because we’re doing different things that we don’t pay attention to. We as people need to learn the concept of not wasting anything to harm the people and other things around us.
Jessica Ann Olson, argues Al Gore’s points from, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about it. Olson plans to use Al Gore’s facts on global warming to support her college essay. Certainty, statistics reflect the impact of our poor choices and the environmental effects.
We have become a very wasteful society where it seems as if everything is disposable; as a society, we need to be conscious of just how much waste we produce and what we are able to do to reduce that amount to protect our environment.
All of these factors have significant effects on the environment globally, and will lead to many issues not only environmentally but also in the way we live and how countries interact. Although some readers may object, saying that we can prevent these things if we start taking actions now. Many scientists who have studied the environment have stated that the results of our actions are irreversible, and we can only maintain the level of environmental disparity. With this knowledge in mind, I call everyone to take actions to limit the amount of greenhouse we emit and try to reduce waste by recycling. While most people have been told this countless times by a countless number people, now is the time to act. Because while we can’t reverse these actions we can prevent the world from becoming an even worse place than it will already become. Because in 100 years due to environmental issues we have created the arctic and the world will be a worse place than it is
In today's world of waste, litter and greed people forget about the need to recycle. The damage that humans have caused on the earth in many different ways has caused huge negative impacts and it now turning around to harm us as well. All of the damage caused has made Mother Nature angry, has made her react to our waste less and careless behavior. She is causing earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and many other natural disasters in response to all of the damage we have committed against her beautiful earth. It's a shame because she is trying to get through to us and trying to show us the importance of turning our actions around and treating her better, but some people just don't seem to get it. What everyone around the world needs to do is start changing the way they think about the world. While it is often believed that nothing bad will ever really happen as a result of carelessness and waste, it is now very clear that this is just not the case. The waste has caused damaged and destroyed rainforests, natural life, global warming, shortages in water,
Per Helfand, Bereck, and Maull, (1970), “Physically, pollution occurs because it is virtually impossible to have a production process that involves no water; economically, pollution occurs because polluting is less expensive than operating cleanly” p. (19). Now what implications does this have on the environment. As individuals, we got use to the luxuries of a car or factories that make our goods. Now what if soon enough we stop having clean air because we would rather have our goods. Our egotistical ways will only lead us to what can possibly be our death. In a survey made in Washington half or Americans say they recycle 75% or more recyclable items. And only 8% say they recycle all recyclables. If we were to check the homes of the people
Climate change is a growing concern in today’s world. We often hear about worldwide temperature rises, and how they are caused by pollution. We are warned about some of the potentially catastrophic consequences of rising temperatures in the future. However, climate change has already begun to occur. (NASA, “Climate Change Effects: The consequences of Climate Change”). Therefore, there is significantly more talk about solutions to climate change. These solutions will reduce the causes of climate change, and also prevent any future damage or destruction caused by climate change. However, we must first understand how climate change is caused, and how it affects the Earth, in order to see how these solutions will help solve it.
We are systematically cutting down the last forest that provides their shelter to farm cattle; we dump toxic chemicals and sewage into the waters in which they live; we wear the tusks of the last few of their species on our arms, and
Ecology is the study of living organisms and their relationship with their natural habitat. It considers the living organisms from according to various dimensions of composition, age, and amount among other things. The ecosystem is considered in a hierarchical form, going from the simplest most basic ecosystems to more complex structures called communities.
When teaching controversial topics in science, it is important to be aware of multiple perspectives and arguments of all sides. This paper will cover pedagogies that are used to teach young adolescents and young adults about the controversial topic of global warming. A major aspect of global warming that is necessary for young adolescents and adults to understand is climate change. The climate can change for a variety of different reasons, and it is crucial for students to understand what environmental factors affect climate change and why. Many students hear the term “global warming” and are fearful because they may have some common misconceptions and have associated a negative connotation to the term. As educators we must address the student’s misconceptions and help them to understand how global warming has the potential to be harmful to the environment, but with the proper care and consciousness of those in society, the causes behind global warming can be greatly reduced. In this paper I will address how to make students aware of global warming and address any misconceptions they may have about it; provide ways to guide student thinking towards solutions and ways that they as individuals can help reduce global warming; and finally to address possible outcomes that could be a result of global warming. The teaching methods I will focus on will be aimed for (and adjusted appropriately for) middle grades students, high school
Global Warming has been such a highly controversial topic over the past 4 decades, being the cause of many debates between both scientific and political parties. Being a student with a very strong passion for chemistry as a subject and the chemical side behind large scale environmental issues, I believe there is sufficient evidence to suggest that human activity has had a negative effect on Greenhouse Gas emissions and has become the leading cause of the increased rate in which climate change is occurring.
Since the industrial revolution, greenhouse gas emissions, namely carbon dioxide, have been on the rise. Greenhouse gases are generally created when fossil fuels are burned. Many daily activities require burning fossil fuels—warming houses, driving cars, and using electricity. As written in Horizons, Canada emits some of the most greenhouse gases globally, and will be especially susceptible given its latitude (Cranny et al. 17). Global warming will damage the wildlife and environment. “Humans depend on the environment and adapt to it, but they also change it dramatically to suit their needs and wants,” (Cranny et al. 13). Although fossil fuels are burning at an increased rate, there are ways to reduce emissions—a carbon tax or a
World facing one of the biggest problem is desertification due to environmental changes human abuse of forest resources as fuel and avail land for residence agriculture cultivation. Wood is considered to be main source of fuel of urban and rural population of India. Use of fossil fuels results in air pollution which is a major problem and directly resulting in smog and degradation of human health and plant growth. The impact of global warming on the environment extensive and affects many areas. Due to warmer temperatures are causing the ice to melt in Arctic and Antarctica will increase sea level and change the composition of surrounding sea water.
As we know, many resources of the earth are exhaustible and nowadays we are living in the urban renaissance that required a lot of resources all the time. Most of the people are using the resources of the earth with the least amount of knowledge of the dangers that may happen to our world. People are being selfish and ignoring the fact that our behavior and practices are the biggest threat for the safety of the earth. (Sustainability, 2001)