Environmental Science Autobiography On August 24th, 1998, in Camp Lejeune,North Carolina, I entered the world, the first in a long line of children. My Mom, Dad, and I lived in North Carolina for two years, then we moved to Monterey Bay, California. There my sister Annie was born, and we lived there for two years. We then moved to Annapolis, Maryland for three years where my brothers Wes and Will were born. Afterwards we moved to Okinawa for five years, where my brother Jack and sister Lilly were born. I started school at Stearley Heights Elementary, but had to move to Killin Elementary for my Fifth grade year. After Okinawa we moved to Virginia for six months, and as a surprise my Dad got us a Black Lab. Unfortunately while we lived there
At my school, I am an active member of a program called S.E.E.D., which stands for Students Ending Environmental Destruction. As a group, spread awareness about recycling, water conservation and remediation, climate change, and other environmental problems the world faces today. We make sure that every classroom has a recycling bin and informative posters above them. We have hosted movie nights where we provide healthy, GMO-free refreshments and show an educational film that relates to a current issues to spread awareness. We have also convinced our school to install stations that are specifically meant to refill water bottles as it encourages students to stop buying plastic bottles and wasting plastic. Taking care of the environment and educating our youth, the congressmen, women, and voters of tomorrow who will be the deciding factors of the earth’s health, and consequently the people’s health, is crucial to me.
In complete honesty the article "Forgot Shorter Showers," written by Derrick Jenson brought a weird sense of relief to me personally. Everything that the author explained in his work was my common thoughts on issues related to environmental issues. It's not that I don't care about my environment, and this world as a whole, but no matter how "green" I myself am it won't matter in the long run. An individual will not change the overall outcome of everything bad going on in the environmental world. It takes a movement to even start any type of momentum related to not just environmental issues, but any global issue that presents itself. The author couldn't have possibly said it better for me in relation to my own personal opinion surrounding these
The old Native American proverb that states, “We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children” really makes me think about my lifestyle and how it is benefiting the Earth. Being sustainable not only means to take care of the planet for my generation but also for future generations. It is my job to care for the planet as best as I can and to help pass on these good habits to my children. The best ways that I can help my environment are composting uneaten food and old vegetables, donating or reusing old clothes, and recycling plastic and paper products.
...such as recycling and reducing waste has significantly helped our environment and will continue to if future generations practice these same habits. For deforestation, many organizations have strived to plant more trees and add more oxygen to the atmosphere as well as nutrients for the soil. Seeing that although humans create many negative impacts in our global environment, there are many positive arrangements in correcting these issues.
The Citizen Scientist Project is a local project under the Key Biscayne Community Foundation, a non-profit. Through the project I was able to experience first hand how contributing locally to a cause can create a ripple effect and contribute to the greater good for the entire global. The Citizen Scientist Project aims to educate the local people about the environment around them, so that they may be aware of the issues that face our home. I have learned that educating people of issues works better than arguing these issues. Education is the core of understanding anything in life, and in this case it certainly helps people realize the environmental dangers that poses a threat to the society. We enlighten the community by providing citizen science lectures, and administering challenges to the community, challenges in which requires the participants to observe the local environment. People started noticing the trash that lines the beaches, or the excessive amount of nonnative species. The point of this project is to make people think about these environmental issues, and to act upon them. I realized that local projects like the Citizen Scientist Project could be started in countries like Haiti, in order to educate the people about the land around them. Through my United Nation Millennium Development Goal I was able to
I strongly agree with Pope Francis that if we teach younger generations not to be wasteful and show them how to be resourceful, then it won’t be such a struggle in the future. "Education in environmental responsibility can encourage ways of acting which directly and significantly affect the world around us, such as avoiding the use of plastic and paper, reducing water consumption, separating refuse, cooking only what can reasonably be consumed, showing care for other living beings, using public transport or car-pooling, planting trees, turning off unnecessary lights, or any number of other practices.” (211). There are so many new ways to help reduce our use of natural resources that if from a young age we are taught these methods then we could help save our planet. “All of these reflect a generous and worthy creativity which brings out the best in human beings. Reusing something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity.” (211). Again, I agree with the Pope that recycling and reusing makes you feel good because you are making an active contribution to reduce climate
One of my personal goals for the project was to learn as much as I could about the sustainability issue facing us. I did this by participating in all of the projects that were done throughout the semester. The main project that occurred during the semester was the personal sustainability goals that we each set for ourselves. While doing the actions that we pledged to do, we learned different things about sustainability that we never knew before. One of the things that I learned was that, at Clemson, it is hard for students who want to recycle to be able to recycle. There are not the necessary facilities nearby our student housing to place our recyclables. I also learned that some actions that should be done to be sustainable are hard to do in the society that we live in. One of these activities that we do is the needless driving that Americans do in general. Since we live in a moving society, it is sometimes hard to do. An easy thing that everyone can do is to recycle some of his or her wastes. This can be done for most people at little or no extra effort than just throwing your trash away.
All my life, I always had an affinity for the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants. I felt I needed to play a role in the prosperity of the environment. In college, I studied graphic design so I can convey messages to others through aesthetics. Towards the end of my college career, I realized I want to be substantive in the messages I communicate. I know that I cannot fix the entire world, but if I can make a quantitative change, it would make all the difference to me.
I can also make a difference in the community where I live. Last year my class held a car wash to raise money for the Animal Shelter. We went to visit the dogs there and I realized that the money we raised made a difference for some of them.
The way I live compared to a few classmates of mine, I have the most impact on the earth. As well as compared to my whole class I would say that I change the environment more than an average person would. For example my total footprint according to the ecological footprint quiz I took is about 28 acres. With the results that it had given me I suspect that my actions of using a lot of services and the way I use my transportation, are the most impactful way I affect the earth. The reason my mobility on the quiz is one of the highest percentages from the categories is because I drive a good amount, and on top of that I have truck that does not get good gas mileage which in results give off more emissions to pollute the air. I was not surprised with my ecological footprint because I knew I impacted my environment greatly, but did not know the exact or estimated amount. In comparison to my classmates I also was not surprised that we all affected the earth greater than an average person because I knew that I did, so it led me to think that there were people who in similar amount affect the
I think the main thing that goes into this is my car. I drive a 2002 Chevy Suburban that gets about 14 miles per gallon in the city and 16 on the freeway. With Christmas coming up, I am hoping my mom will let me take her Ford Taurus back to Tucson with me because it gets over 20 miles to the gallon. Another problem is that I drive back and fourth going home to Lake Havasu, Arizona almost every other weekend. This is a four-hour drive one-way. The amount of gas I use is way too much. Switching cars with my mom will lower my gas by almost 50%. Another category I can work on is food. Every Wednesday from 10 AM to 2 PM, there is a farmer’s market on the University’s mall. Supporting local food sources is a good way to help the environment and reduce the gas I spend driving to the store once a week. This will also help me choose foods with less packaging in order to reduce
Driving through cities, walking through parks, or longboarding across campus, trash is found everywhere. The beauty that God gave to nature is becoming destroyed by the pollution caused by humans. A simple act of recycling could radically make a difference. GCU has made attempts to promote recycling by providing recycling bins and an informative flyer in every food area. Fixing the problem of people not recycling will both improve the appearance of the grounds we walk on but also will improve the air used to breathe.
Environmental psychology is the study of the interface between human behavior and the physical environment (Burrougus, 1989). The term ‘environmental psychology’ was first introduced by William Ittleson on Conference of the American Hospital Association in New York (Cassidy, 1997). For a time it was variously called as psychological ecology, architectural psychology, and ecological psychology because of its integrative nature. One of the definitions proposed defines environmental psychology as the study of ‘interrelationship between individuals and are complementary between the environment and the person’ (Gifford, 1987). In conclusion, environmental psychology is about how we interact with the world we live in, and
“The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man 's needs, but not every man 's greed” was rightfully said by Mahatma Gandhi. The current economic and environmental issues have caused me to take action in educating myself fully in the matter of environment and society. I began my day without waste, with the mentality of that of an environmental sociologist, truly reflecting on the fact that society and environment are interrelated. The challenge of going a full 24 hours without disposing of anything at all was one that I accepted with whole heartedness. Using my sociological imagination along with the slight change in lifestyle, I was able to conceptualize my interaction with the environment on a local scale and see how I impacted the environment. As the day progressed I came to the conclusion that I impact the environment in many more ways other than just throwing away goods that I have purchased.
... for the desert greatly. I use to not necessarily care about recycling. I use to just care about the money that I would get from recycling. Now I care about what other materials could be made from recyclables, instead of spending money on new material to start from scratch. In our society with our current president good old’ Obama, well need to save all the money we can, although we aren’t doing that great of job. I also gained a ton of respect for our desert because; we practically live in besides our houses. By littering in the desert, in my case cans and bottles, we are slowly harming our desert its plants and animals. I will start to change my ways with the environment slowly but surely.