Fierce Climate Sacred Ground is a study conducted by Elizabeth Marino about the effects climate change has had on residents in Shishmaref, Alaska. Within this short text, Marino manages to utilize personal narratives (from Shishmaref citizens) as well as revelations of her own to demonstrate how environmental problems are the product of an ecological, social, and political processes. With this ethnographic study, the author intended to address the issue of climate change and related issues such as flooding in Shishmaref while touching on what can be done about the vulnerability its residents face. The book also illuminates the outcome of political and social decisions regarding climate change so that future responses can be done with a deeper
“The Threshold” by Cristina Peri Rossi is a captivating short story that explores the theme of self-discovery and transformation. The story centers on the protagonist, who is struggling to reconcile her past experiences and her present reality. Through the use of various literary elements, Peri Rossi creates a vivid and powerful story that draws the reader into the protagonist's inner world. One of the most interesting elements of the story is the use of symbolism. The threshold, which is the title of the story, serves as a metaphor for the protagonist's transition from one phase of her life to another.
The Earth is in danger and it can not recover by itself, it needs help from humanity. Ewing shows how the domino effect has worked in a negative way, when it has only been causing environmental problems in his essay “And the Cards Came Tumbling Down”. Quinn inspires by Leopold in his Foreword explains how humanity needs to understand that the Land Ethic going hand by hand with a positive domino effect will help the Earth to recover. Also, humanity needs to be leave behind its ignorance about the myths that the essay “Viagra Brings New Hope for Vanishing Marine Turtles” talks about marine turtles and start to focus on the positive changes that Adelita make to the community. At the same time, one needs to understand that everything has a purpose
In response to Lynn White’s “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis” Thomas Sieger Derr provided a response saying that White’s claims against Christianity were not as solid as he thought. Derr tries to disprove White’s statements by explaining how they are wrong. Many things in Derr’s argument are logical and disprove the claim that Christianity is to blame for our ecological crisis. In the end of an excerpt from Derr’s “Religion’s Responsibility for the Ecological Crisis: An Argument Run Amok” he makes the comparison between White’s argument and the inventor of fire to blame for all of the world’s arsonists.
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on Sandra Steingraber's book, Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment, and analyze Jim Tarters essay of how he expresses his thoughts on this subject. In Jim Tarter’s essay of “Some Live More Downstream than Others: Cancer, Gender, and Environmental Justice”, he generally discusses the relationship among cancer, environmental issues and social justice. As he attempts to inspire those who read his essay to be involved; to care about the environment. He himself was diagnosed with cancer at twenty-seven, but was fortunately cured after many months of treatment.
In "The Race" by Sharon Olds, the meaning of the poem, of despair and faith are conveyed through the use of repetition, imagery, and an anxious tone, in which they provide emphasis to important actions taking place. The use of repetition in this poem helps the feeling of despair to develop. Olds states how, "...ten minutes later they told me the flight was cancelled... my father would not live through the night and the flight was cancelled.
I paid full attention when Matt Null arrived on stage after sitting through the first fifteen minutes of the presentation where his friends introduced him and awarded him with such high praise. Their descriptions of him and his writing left an impression in my mind like he’s an outrageously amazing writer who produced a masterpiece. When he spoke the final word of the first chapter in his novel Honey from the Lion, thus ending the book reading, I was left just as mystified as the audience was until a wave of applause engulfed the room. Null’s novel was an encapsulating piece on the ever-pressing issue of deforestation ravaging the beautiful landscape of West Virginia. Despite being a native of West Virginia himself and his piece being written
Julie Schumacher’s Black Box delves deeper into the mysterious world of depression and the effect illness has on, not only on the patient, but also on the people that care for them. Even though many assume this book is about a plane crash, Black Box’s actual plot is just as serious and terrifying. Even though some may dispute the validity of depression as a medical disorder, an experiment performed on depressed teens concluded that “The regions in [the] bilateral ventral prefrontal cortex that show decreased functional connectivity from the bilateral hippocampus in adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD)” (Geng et al. 6). With such a sensitive topic it is surprising, yet refreshing that this young adult novel probes depression at
He argues that we should treat our land with care and respect as we now treat one another, for we will be ushering a new era of change the is all for the better. The second half of the essay begins with "The Ecological Conscience". Starting off by stating “Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land” and going on to describe how our fight for land is improving it is moving far too slow. This transforms into the
A natural science informed historical approach is a method some may utilize to gain an understanding the long and complicated history the relationships between Earth, the environment, and humans. However, to develop a grasp of the current debates over climate change, environmental racism, and other ecological issues, a Marxist analysis points out the overwhelming role capitalism plays in affecting the environment. These two forms of analyses can be done separately, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Rob Nixon illustrated that in “The Climate of History: Four Theses” (2009) and Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (2011). While Chakrabaty focuses on the discourse shift that takes place in the field of history when more developments are made
In the article, Hope Beneath Our Feet, edited by Martin Keogh, expresses all the tension that we face about where our world has come to. Each article in this book has a diverse amount of insight on personal responsibility. It teaches us several ways we could live a better lifestyle in this time of an environmental crisis. This book is a great way of helping others realize they are capable of so much more than they think. Martin Keogh uses the “Hope Beneath Our Feet” to represent our own possibilities as individuals.
Jay Erskine Leutze came to speak to us today about his book, Stand Up That Mountain and his experiences growing and living in the mountains of North Carolina where he was able to call Belview Mountain his very own backyard. He is basically a conservationist who made a huge effort to save and preserve what we know as much of the Appalachian wilderness that happens to be one of the most beautiful sights on the east coast. I feel as though his book showed several different messages but I believe that one of the biggest points that he added onto at the convocation was the fact that realizing who you are and realizing the importance of the world and environment and creatures around you is the only way to truly understand everything around you. There are many small battles that have to be one before you can win a war and Mr. Leutze demonstrated this
The harsh reality surrounds the fact that as time and technology advances, the separation between people and nature increases as well. Louv, in his rhetoric from Last Child in the Woods (2008), argues why the separation between society and nature is distressing.
Many believed the Dust Bowl and floods of the Great Depression were natural disasters and framed destruction of the Great Plains as the result of weather, not human-created tragedies, even though scientific evidence proved otherwise. However, when the news and government framed stories a consequence of weather conditions they failed to communicate the balance of nature was overturned thanks to the unbridled settling of the land that caused ecological disaster. Although FSA photos and conservation photos of that era documented loss of open places and spaces, Lorentz reminds us that in America’s quest for domination over the land, almost forgotten how much we rely on nature for survival. The news presented only part of the story, devastation. Largely missing from reporting why ecological disaster came about, the connection between water and soil, and how unrestrained use and poor planning led to disaster.
Though in this play, Albee didn’t shed much light on the description of the natural disaster caused by scientific or technological development, nor the consequences caused by the worsening relationship between human and nature. While combine with the play released date and the American society back then along with the details presented in the play, it is likely to draw the conclusion that Albee holds the negative opinion toward science and technology and hopes human obey the laws of nature. In “European and American Ecological Literature ”, Professor Wang Nuo once stated that seeking or exploring the root of the ecological crisis made ecological literature have a distinguished civilization criticism characteristic. (Wang Nuo, 2005:9) It is
