Essays on Environmentalism

The first two chapters of the book Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken, introduces the environmental movement he explores in the book. The book is about the many non-profit groups and community organizations, dedicated to many different causes, which Hawken calls the “environmental and social justice...

It is not inaccurate to say that historically, first-world individuals have often used third world peoples in order to further propagate their ideals, or to increase their economic gain. The interaction between the “civilized” Westerners and Amazonian Indians is no different. As environmentalism took root...

Thoreau and Environmentalism: Then and Now For two years beginning in 1845, Henry Thoreau lived in the Walden woods where he wrote the book that established him as one of America’s first environmentalists. Though coming from a time when conservation of the environment was far...

Prompt 1: Anthropocentric Environmentalism According to Genesis, “humans occupy a privileged position in all creation” (DesJardins 98). Naturally, those who subscribed to Western Christian philosophy assumed this position as well, considering themselves the closest thing to the Creator, as they were created in His image....

As natural resources rapidly deplete globally, only extreme areas in the Arctic, areas of Africa, and the ocean floor remain, in what Michael Klare refers to “the world’s final frontier.” These virtually unexplored areas of the earth are now sought after by the largest, most...

In the middle of the twentieth century, as the world shifted focus from war to a race into the future, advances in chemical engineering and other technologies allowed mankind to confront many perceived obstacles on a scale unprecedented in the history of mankind. With manufacturing...

In Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, she starts off with a tale about a town that is experiencing detrimental affects on their land and plants. A once beautiful and lively town, is now has a deathly overcast overtop. She goes on to explain that the...

Silent Spring is an ‘ecological science’ book written by Rachel Carson and distributed by Houghton Mifflin on September 27, 1962. It reported the unfriendly impacts on nature of unpredictable utilization of pesticides.  In excess of six million duplicates of the book have been sold in...

Psychologists take different approaches when attempting to understand human behavior. For instance, psychologists taking the biological approach assume that differences in behavior can be understood in terms of genes, brain structure, and hormones, which can predispose a person to particular health conditions. The biological approach...

The word Tundra means treeless plain, it is the coldest region in a biomass. It is known for its low temperatures, poor nutrients and short period of plant growth. It covers one fifth of the earth’s land. It’s located in the Arctic Circle, In the...

Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken, introduces the reader to the environmental movement explored by him. The book gives information to the reader about the many non-profit groups and organizations working on many different environmental causes, which Hawken calls the “environmental and social justice movement.” It...