Take a stroll through the dining halls all around campus, discarded plates and food all left for the custodian to pick up and contributing to food waste on campus. In Stony Brook University’s the Statesman article, “Students need to step up to reduce food waste on our campus,” Matthew Yan emphasizes the point that people who are environmentally or economically conscious should be furious about food waste In addition, he claims that wasting food on campus that has being paid for makes no sense. Yan relied on building his credibility by using personal narrative and trustworthy sources, which has the effect of appealing to the reader's emotions regarding the issue. Overall, Yan’s argument was very sound, even though the inclusion of condescending tone and lack of different perspectives somewhat weakened his argument since it might have been a turn off to readers who had different opinions. At the beginning of the article, the author sets the overall flow of the paper by trying to connect with the reader, he does this by trying to link his everyday experience of witnessing discarded …show more content…
The statement shows how the author wants students to be active in combating waste on campus. The author’s tone to some might seem a bit seems a bit heavy-handed since he failed to address the different opinions that people might have on the issue. As a result, he might have lost some people who did not care or who had not given a thought to the problem of food waste on campus. With the addition of steps taken by the university, it would have been helpful for the reader to see how other students stand on the issue. Since the author is heavily favoring one side, to some readers the overall atmosphere might seem overbearing. The inclusion of diverse perspectives on the issue might help ease the overall mood that the reader might
As Americans, we waste more food than many countries even consume. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, “The average American trashes 10 times as much food as a consumer in South east Asia” (Hsu). That is about equivalent to eating 10 meals to a consumer in South East Asia’s one meal. We throw away our left over food just because we are done ea...
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James has been the cause of many debates about whether or not the ghosts are real, or if this is a case of a woman with psychological disturbances causing her to fabricate the ghosts. The story is told in the first person narrative by the governess and is told only through her thoughts and perceptions, which makes it difficult to be certain that anything she says or sees is reliable. It starts out to be a simple ghost story, but as the story unfolds it becomes obvious that the governess has jumps to conclusions and makes wild assumptions without proof and that the supposed ghosts are products of her mental instability which was brought on by her love of her employer
“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both” (Roosevelt). The goal of America’s legal system as we know it is that everyone is given an equal opportunity to stick up for what they may or may not have done, as described by former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Also this is what officials strive for, it is not always the case. Facts can be skewed, distorted, or misrepresented to make one side seem to be guilty without a doubt and to make the other side seem as if they have done nothing wrong. The Crucible by Arthur Miller begins and ends with one-sided accusations of witchcraft. It all results from a group of girls who had been dancing in the woods. After two fall sick, the accusations begin. The girls who were dancing, especially Abigail Williams begin blaming others to look less guilty themselves. Accusations are flying left and right so that soon, hundreds are in jail and over a dozen are executed. Abby’s main goal is to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor, so she can be with John Proctor, a man she previously had an affair with. However, John is not interested in Abby and his
Of course, the most important aspect of recycling in the university is awareness and with students who are currently seriously considering the way they manage their solid waste, the campaign and program becomes even more successful. To do this, the university has also joined the national FIU Recyclemania for two years now and had placed exceptionally well (FIU, 2011). It is very important in any environmental effort that the stakeholders are made aware of the benefits of the efforts so that the program earns propriety and becomes a culture instead of just an obligation.
In this passage, the audience truly sees the meaning behind Herbert Kohl's message. His purpose for writing comes back to the fact that people interpret situations differently in every way. Kohl not only wanted to highlight the purpose behind wanting to learn something new but he also wanted readers to be aware that most time it does not come down to the inability of someone who doesn't want to learn but the real reason behind why they don't want to. People have different opinions on topics such as these but Kohl wanted to show that being able to want to stand up for your culture and the meanings behind it are rather important. Behind Kohl's purpose for writing, we see an insight into his past life relating to Wilfredo's. Kohl's reason for
Have you ever felt stuck? Wherever you are, it’s the absolute last place you want to be. In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless feels stuck just like the average everyday person may feel. Chris finds his escape plan to the situation and feels he will free himself by going off to the wild. I agree with the author that Chris McCandless wasn’t a crazy person, a sociopath, or an outcast because he got along with many people very well, but he did seem somewhat incompetent, even though he survived for quite some time.
In the article Food Waste is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says, by Ron Nixon, food waste is described as being a serious matter and an environmental issue. This article describes that food waste is affecting the whole world and the people in it. People in poverty are struggling to have enough to eat while tons of food is being thrown away. “About 60 million metric tons of food is wasted in the United States… about 3.3 metric tons of it end up in landfills”. About a third of all the food made in the world is disposed of and never eaten. Organizations are trying to take action and stop the waste of food. The food that is abandoned is more than enough to feed all of the world’s 870 million hungry people. The food waste
The second our spoons come near our mouths, we instantly start to think about indulging in the deliciousness that is our food; however, we don’t tend to think beyond the taste of our food as we should. Nearly all of us do not take a moment out of our dinner to think in depth about all the details of what went into producing our food. Wendell Berry and Michael Pollan would agree that when people look at their food, they do not stop to think about the life it had, the ingredients that went into it, the effects it may have on our health and the environment, or the shady business behind it all. We have become a prey in this society as we don’t realize how we are being fooled and unknowingly participating in the destruction of the world and ourselves.
Environmental advocate and cofounder of Eatingliberally.org, Kerry Trueman, in her response to Stephen Budiansky’s Math Lessons for Locavores, titled, The Myth of the Rabid Locavore, originally published in the Huffington Post, addresses the topic of different ways of purchasing food and its impact on the world. In her response, she argues that Budiansky portrayal of the Local Food Movement is very inaccurate and that individuals should be more environmentally conscious. Trueman supports her claim first by using strong diction towards different aspects of Budinsky essay, second by emphasizes the extent to which his reasoning falls flat, and lastly by explaining her own point with the use of proper timing. More specifically, she criticizes many
In the text, “Opinion: Ending world hunger by stopping food waste in the fields” by Bjorn Lomborg, it states, “Today, only $5 billion is spent annually on research to improve the seven major global food crops. Just one-tenth of that is targeted to help small farmers in Africa and Asia. Investing an extra $88 billion in agricultural research and development over the next 15 years would increase food yields an additional 0.4 percent each year.” This excerpt conveys that people are already changing their stances and beginning to think about how to prevent food waste in the first place rather than attempting to fix the problem later. If people start thinking about production first rather than belittling it, then losses could be avoided or dealt with more
“Man, I am stuffed! I cannot possibly finish all of this,” a line all too common in America and spoken by millions each day. You are eating dinner and then about halfway through, you realize that your stomach is just about full and cannot take in any more food. The food left over is destine to go in the trash, adding to the annual billions of dollars in food being wasted just in America. Here in the United States, it seems like our food stock is unlimited, but in many countries around the world, a single crumb of food is a pure luxury and is praised. When you think about it, our discarding of perfectly good food is a serious problem and needs to be solved soon. Solving this situation all starts with you. A way to reduce waste is only taking
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.
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell what kind of man you are,” a famous quote by the lawyer, gastronomist, and author, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Although proper recycling is probably the goal of many people, there are some who still overstuff a plastic garbage bag for the trash guys to pick-up. According to Edward Humes in his book, “Garbology, Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash,” newspapers make up point six percent of the nation's landfills, but paper contributes twenty-eight point two percent.” My narrative essay assignment which is designed to record what type of garbage I create and how much accumulates during a pre-determined time frame can result in a positive outcome. Hopefully, this assessment gives me insight into whether my most surely negligible amount of trash makes any difference.
When driving behind your local restaurant you notice a green bin filled to the brim with black plastic bags of unused, perfectly intact food. Witnessing this amount of waste is eye opening to the tragedy happening around the US today, for while you are being fed generous bunches of food, there are people starving. Even at my own school I observe the students and staff dumping a plate full of food into the trash can, without a word. Taking a turn
People should know the negative impact throwing away a water bottle or newspaper, purchasing meat from the grocery store or consuming gasoline has on the environment, and many do not. By informing society about how their decisions affect the environment, we can help save our planet and change our attitude toward the land we live on, the water we drink and the air we breathe” and truly show respect for the stuff that we depend on. The United States produces “about 8.25 billion tons of solid waste each year” (Russell 1). People do not realize the impact they have on our planet and the environment. When people throw anything in the trashcan, they are contributing to the destruction of our planet.