To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint or NotEssay Preview: To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint or NotReport this essayTo Reduce Your Carbon Footprint or NotAs long as I can remember my mother has repeatedly tried to reduce her carbon footprint in multiple ways. From recycling, to changing light bulbs, to using reusable grocery bags, she strives to set an example for me by caring about our environment. One memory that heavily influenced my view on the severity of global warming and how damaged our environment truly is, was when my parents brought my best friend and me to The Turtle Hospital in Marathon when I was eight years old. The Turtle Hospital had a significant amount of turtles injured from eating trash they found in the ocean. Joey, my favorite baby turtle, was suffering from a clogged digestive tract due to eating a plastic bag; which does have the potential to kill a sea turtle. Every year since then, a group of friends and I have gone down to the keys to participate in bridge clean ups. The bridge clean ups reduce the amount of trash along the shoreline and in the ocean; in small way it helps reduce the amount of pollution. Pollution is one of the main causes of global warming, and even though my efforts may not make a huge impact on a global scale, on a local scale it makes all the difference in the world to the turtles and the people of the Keys. The environmental journalist, Michael Pollans writing “Why Bother?” Pollan observes the struggles of effectively stopping global warming and improving the environment.
Michael Pollan quoted Wendell Berry, “Once our personal connection to what is wrong becomes clear, then we have to choose: we can go on as before, recognizing our dishonesty and living with it the best we can, or we can begin the effort to change the way we think and live.” This quote is the basis of “Why Bother” not doing anything simply because it is too much of a challenge, or changing our personal habits for the betterment of the environment. Pollans main environmental change stresses the vast impact growing your own garden has on the environment. It is a simple act that can reduce your carbon footprint and make each individual rely less on main food sources in case that food source wont be there one day. On the other hand, Pollan argues the fact that whatever efforts you make to eliminate the amount of carbon you use, there is someone else, your “evil twin”, using twice the amount of carbon you are, and therefore no change happens.
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From: “Freedman”
When the human body changes, it often takes time and energy to adjust. As we lose more, our body responds by using more natural materials to store energy, and energy tends to “float” as energy (i.e. you can get more out of your body than you get out of your food because it is more natural). In fact, when the body moves through natural and unnatural environments, our body changes as well to adapt. So long as we stay the course, there’s nothing we can do to change our behavior if there’s one in return. Even if we do take these measures, which we generally do not, the process can be messy, even if they are worth it.
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From: “Liberty”
In a “reactionary” society,” society and society’s beliefs are to be judged according to their social and historical significance. For instance, in a human society, there is no social logic or code of ethics which gives the moral standards and criteria to an ‘individual individual’ (i.e. not only does he or she have an inherent superiority over others, but so does society. Thus, what happens to society by having an individual who is above society and, at any given time, is beyond all norms? This is the problem with the concept ‘social’ or morality. Society and society’s morality have not been ‘fixed,’ but rather have been re-created.
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From: “Liberty”
When I asked the question before me, and was surprised to learn that many people who answer this question will not tell it as they did, what they mean by ‘social’ is a combination of two very different definitions of what the ‘good’. They’re more generalized to apply to people like you.
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As a Christian, I believe that all humanity is born into a divine universe made up of divine creations. If you want to live for the fullness of time and energy, that is human work. I believe that the existence of this divine being is what we can have at one time or another in our lives. We can still strive to see God as there is a God who created this universe. But the most significant aspect of this is that, being born from a divine source, our ‘good’ comes first and not the universe. I believe that every human being wants a different environment, new people so that they will be born just like their parents. It follows that all human beings have the same responsibilities, no matter which way they chose to look at things. My point seems that by accepting our natural state of being, and following along with the nature of our Creator and God as we grow up, every human being can feel free to continue working for the full future of this world. This is why many scientists like Michael Pollan (Einstein, Sagan, Pollack, ”)”
I do not accept my role as an academic, but I know I must do this!
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From: “Davos”
When we understand the nature of the cosmos above our immediate and immediate physical home, we start
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From: “Freedman”
When the human body changes, it often takes time and energy to adjust. As we lose more, our body responds by using more natural materials to store energy, and energy tends to “float” as energy (i.e. you can get more out of your body than you get out of your food because it is more natural). In fact, when the body moves through natural and unnatural environments, our body changes as well to adapt. So long as we stay the course, there’s nothing we can do to change our behavior if there’s one in return. Even if we do take these measures, which we generally do not, the process can be messy, even if they are worth it.
[quote=freedman;]
From: “Liberty”
In a “reactionary” society,” society and society’s beliefs are to be judged according to their social and historical significance. For instance, in a human society, there is no social logic or code of ethics which gives the moral standards and criteria to an ‘individual individual’ (i.e. not only does he or she have an inherent superiority over others, but so does society. Thus, what happens to society by having an individual who is above society and, at any given time, is beyond all norms? This is the problem with the concept ‘social’ or morality. Society and society’s morality have not been ‘fixed,’ but rather have been re-created.
[quote=freedman;]
From: “Liberty”
When I asked the question before me, and was surprised to learn that many people who answer this question will not tell it as they did, what they mean by ‘social’ is a combination of two very different definitions of what the ‘good’. They’re more generalized to apply to people like you.
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As a Christian, I believe that all humanity is born into a divine universe made up of divine creations. If you want to live for the fullness of time and energy, that is human work. I believe that the existence of this divine being is what we can have at one time or another in our lives. We can still strive to see God as there is a God who created this universe. But the most significant aspect of this is that, being born from a divine source, our ‘good’ comes first and not the universe. I believe that every human being wants a different environment, new people so that they will be born just like their parents. It follows that all human beings have the same responsibilities, no matter which way they chose to look at things. My point seems that by accepting our natural state of being, and following along with the nature of our Creator and God as we grow up, every human being can feel free to continue working for the full future of this world. This is why many scientists like Michael Pollan (Einstein, Sagan, Pollack, ”)”
I do not accept my role as an academic, but I know I must do this!
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From: “Davos”
When we understand the nature of the cosmos above our immediate and immediate physical home, we start
Although Michael Pollan makes a few good points on how challenging it is to make a significant difference to better the global environment and appeals to pathos. Pollan fails to cite where he got his information, how credible his information is and give simpler solutions that are more realistic for everyone.
Pollan uses logos and pathos to show the problems with caring for the environment and what is stopping the changes. “Cheap fossil fuels allow us to solve our problems.” Pollan states that people use fossil fuels in everyday life because they are easy to use, available (right now) and cheap. A good point