food and water resources. The growing population leads to increased agricultural activities to feed the demands of the population. There has since been a controversy on the severity of the increase in agricultural activities, creating concern on freshwater pollution because these activities are inevitable. On one hand, this is an essential detrimental cycle, so it is inevitable. On the other hand, with the advancement of technology and new ways to prevent water pollution , is pollution really inevitable
Wendell Berry’s called Bringing it to the table on Farming and Food is a short collection of essays mainly written from the 1970s through 1990s. The first essay in the book is called Nature as Measure which was written in 1989. He writes about how in the 1940s a farmer could take pleasure at looking at his farm. He says America was once a place where it was known as the place where someone driving through it would like it but now it has become a depressing experience to drive through. A few small
There are various forms of transport including land, water, and air. Land is the most used because development and design of infrastructures in transport industry are highly dependent on social developments, as well as the
Water Introduction In this essay the topic of water will be presented in the form of a five-page report. This will be separated into 3 sections; discussion, analysis and conclusion in reference to the different aspects of the questions imposed, which include; what is water? , when do we need it? , and why is it important? In the discussion part of this paper I will introduce the category by giving a brief explanation of what water is and the various purposes it serves in our day-to-day lives
paper, metal, etc. But it also has new roles only it can fill. It can be used to make bottles, cans, supermarket bags, plastic bottles, etc. The word plastic itself comes from the word ‘plasticos’, which means to be shaped or molded by heat. In this essay I will talk about whether new technologies will solve the global problem of our increasing need for plastic and how science plays a role in this aspect. Plastics are polymers. Polymers are very large molecules that are made up of thousands of atoms
to biodiversity; the destruction of habitats, population growth, pollution, invasive species and overexploitation, climate change is having an adverse effect on biodiversity. The link between biodiversity and climate change has been established for quite some time now. Ecosystems are already showing negative impacts under current levels of climate change. This essay will argue that climate change is a huge
Introduction “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”- Martin Luther King Jr. Environmental racism is a problem that must be addressed to help Latino, African American and indigenous communities be protected from the placement of hazardous industries and toxic waste areas in the United States. Some areas are more affected by industrialization than others and most of the time they are the people of color that have no other choice but to live in such horrendous conditions
culture as a metaphor about perseverance against insurmountable odds. When I read the essay “The Land Ethic”, by Aldo Leopold, I thought this pertinent to describing the current state of our conservation on the land, and where we have landed since the essay was written. I. Summary of “The Land Ethic” In 1949, Biologist, Aldo Leopold presented the public with new views on how we treat the land around us in a persuasive essay, a part of his book “A Sand County Almanac”. Coming out of the time of Gifford
Global Warming The term global warming is used to refer to the gradual addition in the temperatures of the earth surface as well as the atmosphere. Environmental experts have raised the alarm over the steady rise of earth’s temperature in the last 50 years. It is worth noting that global warming is attributed to the collection of not only Carbon dioxide but also other greenhouse gases and other environmental pollutants in the atmosphere that absorbs solar and sunlight radiation and bounces back to
Technologies has affected multiple aspects of the healthcare industry. Not only that it is used to create new medicines, ways of diagnosing, and treating diseases; but it has also drastically improved the efficiency of those processes. The aim of this essay is to further elaborate the advantages of technologies on human health. Firstly, technologies have allowed pharmacists to come up with new medicines. According to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), there were 22 new approved medicines in 2016,