Environment Essays

Los Angeles: Dream a Different City, a 2007 film, highlighted the efforts made by the residents of Los Angeles to address the main problem they are facing – air pollution in the form of smog. This pollution is primarily caused by the smoldering of large quantities of coal and vehicular emissions. The film aimed to […]

The Toulmin model is made up of six elements. The elements include: claim, ground, warrant, backing, rebuttal, and qualification. Qualification provides the specifications outlining limits to a claim, backing and warrant. Rebuttal represents exceptions due to a claim. This is represented by counter-examples and counter arguments. Backing is offering support to justify a position. Warrant […]

Borneo, the largest island state in world, is gifted with abundant natural riches and resources which include exotic species of plants and animals, rare minerals, wonderful mountain sites, and spectacular rain forests (Schultz). Most of its land area has been occupied by Indonesian provinces of Eastern, Western, Central and Southern portions of Kalimantan. Heidi Schultz’s […]

Terry Tempest Williams offers a comprehensive interpretation of the term “art” in her work, “A Shark in the Mind of One Contemplating Wilderness,” which goes beyond the typical definition of a visually appealing item made by human ingenuity that involves choosing and shaping materials.In discussing the state of biodiversity, Williams highlights the ongoing conflict between […]

My interest in architecture has led me to study the topic of building policies, as they are the foundation of any modern building, in particular those policies set in Wales as these will show me how these laws and regulations can directly affect my environment. I will also conduct an interview with a Planning Officer […]

Tourism Trends The travel and tourism industry is the world’s largest and most diverse industry . In a report of World Tourism Organization entitled International Tourism, it has pointed out the desire to standardize the definitions in the tourism industry throughout the world. This shows that tourism is an industry at its mature stage. Standardization […]

Have you ever heard of John Muir and Gifford Pinchot? These two men expressed different beliefs over preservation and conservation. John Muir was America’s most famous conservationist. While Gifford Pinchot was one of America’s leading preservationist. Both of these men spent most of their lifetime defending the natural resources and the wildlife around the world. […]

The Water Resource Plan highlights the issue of decreasing fish populations, which has become increasingly worrying in recent times. According to National Geographic News (2003), only 10% of large fish remain in the ocean, although this statistic is disputed by some fishermen. Environmentalists caution that without action, overfishing could lead to numerous species becoming extinct. […]

AP Environmental Science Silent Spring The book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was one of the first books to truly spark the environmentalist movement. It describes in great detail the little things we as humans are doing to damage our planet and all of its life; particularly through the use of pesticides. Little did we […]

The large scale impacts of Tourism include environmental, socio-cultural and economic impacts. Impacts can be positive, as well as negative, but should never be underestimated. The concept of sustainability is factored into these tourism impacts, when the size of the impacts become large enough to drastically alter economic, socio-cultural and environmental areas of a tourist […]

In the year of 1977, 1. 3 million elephants lived in Africa. Twenty years later only sixty thousand remained. In that same time period Kenya’s elephant population decreased by 87%. By the year 2006 there was only ten thousand elephants living in the wild in Africa. Elephant poaching is still a continuing threat to the […]

In modern life, one has to face many critical problems. Global warming is the most controversial problem. It is not also scientific problem but also common problem because it affects our lives directly. In recent researches, scientists have proved that global temperature raised 0. 60C ± 0. 2oC from 1901 to 2000 and 0. 74oC […]

Located in the Himalayan foothills spanning Assam, India and extending to Bhutan, the Manas National Park is renowned for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife (Wikipedia, 2008). While visitors are welcome, reservations and police escort are mandatory. Tourists have various options to explore the Manas National Park, ranging from boating, jeep riding, to trained elephant […]

“Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans. ”-President Richard Nixon […]

The Body Shop International plc is a global manufacturer and retailer of naturally inspired, ethically produced beauty and cosmetics products. Founded in the UK in 1976 by Dame Anita Roddick, we now have over 2,100 stores in 55 countries, with a range of over 1,200 products, all animal cruelty free, and many with fairly traded […]

The water resource problem in this video is the overfishing of the ocean. Overfishing of the ocean has shifted the entire ecosystem. The ocean today has far less fish life than it used to. One estimate shows only one-tenth of the sharks, tuna, cod and other large predatory fish swim in the ocean. around the […]

The subject of global warming has been debated for years. Factories, power stations and vehicles produce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases trap warm air in the atmosphere. Most climate scientists believe these gases are responsible, at least in part, for temperature increases on Earth. The debate centers on the extent to which […]

Introduction Sydney Airport, located between Botany Bay and Australia’s largest city center, faces multiple environmental challenges that necessitate careful monitoring and resolution. To tackle these problems, Sydney Airport adheres to the Sydney Airport Environment Strategy. As the busiest airport in Australia, it serves more than 8 million international passengers and 15 million domestic passengers every […]

Introduction PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR) is a joint venture company between Newmont Gold Company (USA), which owns 80 percent of the shares, and PT Tanjung Serapung (Indonesia) holding 20 percent. PT. NMR is located in South East Minahasa, some 80 km south of Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi. PTNMR operated an open pit […]

This following report is based on the environmental impacts and issues Hong Kong Disneyland has on the hospitality and tourism industries. Disneyland was first opened in Los Angeles in the year 1955 and is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. It was aimed for entertainment and family and is one of the most […]

Environmentalism has become a great concern in all sectors of business, evidenced by the recent jump in energy prices, and empirical data provided by several different environmental and scientific agencies. The Hotel industry is no different, in fact, it would benefit greatly from the recent push for all businesses and business sectors to “Go Green. […]

Dell’s mission statement is: “The Dell company” Dell aims to incorporate environmental stewardship into their business operations, while delivering excellent products and services at an affordable value, all while prioritizing the best customer experience. This is a commendable mission because it recognizes Dell’s current position and emphasizes the significance of including customers, products, and services […]