Used cigarettes, plastic bags, paper, and other trash line the streets. Smoke, automobile exhaust, and dust form a thick smog, stripping the air of its cleanliness and light. This intense scene is commonplace in major cities, such as Los Angeles, California, and Beijing, China. However, pollution, defined as the presence of a substance or thing that has a harmful or poisonous effect on the environment, negatively impacts every city in the world. Despite its normality, pollution remains a significant problem that is continuing to grow. If intentional actions by the population are not taken, including proper trash disposal, recycling, and conservation of energy, this serious issue will continue to increase and further consequences will ensue. …show more content…
“Watching smoke stacks choke the sky / Always makes me want to cry.” (Roper) Roper represents the effects of industrialization and the detrimental effect of air pollution on the natural environment with the metaphoric death of “the sky.” Roper then inquires why “The factories won't even try / To find a safer, better way / To put their poisonous waste away.” This is Roper’s call to action, for she indirectly states there is a better and sufficient way to rid of the waste, while creating a more sustainable …show more content…
“I played in this stream as a child, / When the ravine seemed so endless and wild. / The water was clear and smelled so clean.” Roper, recalls her own childhood experience of playing in a clean, uncontaminated stream. However, Roper then claims that “It was so long ago that it seems like a dream” and now “This stream is too dirty for my child./ The water is scummy and smells vile. / The place where I played seems so foul and decayed, / And I shed the first tear as the dream starts to fade.” Roper's dramatic shift of language indicates a change of tone. The same place that was so “endless and wild” is now “scummy and smells vile.” Roper expresses her disappointment “as the dream starts to fade.” Nevertheless, Roper raises awareness to the issue of water pollution by creating a stark contrast and emphasizing the negative effects it has on the natural environment. By creating this awareness, Roper sends a message to the reader to take necessary action before it is too
Nature has a powerful way of portraying good vs. bad, which parallels to the same concept intertwined with human nature. In the story “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the author portrays this through the use of a lake by demonstrating its significance and relationship to the characters. At one time, the Greasy Lake was something of beauty and cleanliness, but then came to be the exact opposite. Through his writing, Boyle demonstrates how the setting can be a direct reflection of the characters and the experiences they encounter.
Water is a powerful medium for introspection. This truth is evident in the short story, 'Greasy Lake,' by T. Coraghessan Boyle. In this story, water serves as a catalyst for self-reflection, as it propels the protagonist into a certain degree of conflict, and ultimately works to reveal and confront the character?s inner struggle.
For years, the environment has getting destroyed resulting in the melted Arctic ice caps due to global warming because of the pollution that goes into the atmosphere. It won’t stop there; if waste continues to accumulation at this rate, the earth will become a desert or covered by seawater. The world is a very delicate ecosystem and pollution is taking a toll on
“How can you buy or sell the sky-the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. Yet we do not own the freshness of air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? We will decide in our time” (Chief Seattle: 1855). In the Documentary “Flow – for the love of water” it visualizes the global crisis we face on Mother’s Earth as it pertains to the diminishing of fresh water. The Documentary portrays along with the help of experts that this global crises is affecting each and every one of us in today’s society including animals. The film shows us that water is constantly being wasted, polluted, and privatized by big co operations. Prime examples of these greedy companies were mentioned in the film such as Nestle, Thames, Suez, Vivendi, Coca Cola and Pepsi.
In the piece The Fall of Water by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, the clashing worlds between the activists and corporate organizations is perfectly balanced through a replication of the piece Fall of Rebel Angels. Similar to the concept of angels and devils walking the Earth, each side is trying to either preserve or take water away as a natural resource. This piece addresses the politics of water waste and questions our social values. The artists use appropriation to reveal activists in the piece fighting barbarically against Dasani, Coca Cola, Perrier and other large corporations. Shockingly, the police are also seen in the bottom defending the interests and greed of these corrupt organizations. Hiding among the overload of waste, a victim
and is existing surely because of humans themselves- overpopulation. “Overpopulation is the problem” and causes other externalities such as pollution, deforestation, and a greater handful of biodiversity losses. In addition, overpopulation causes economic and political factors such as more consumption per person and the reduction of resources that can be provided per person. This contributes to the strain on ecological systems and the economic and population growth. With overpopulation, many resources become finite and an umpteen amount of ecosystems are being destroyed. Overpopulation relates to the impact of humans on pollution. Obviously with more human life, there is more necessity for jobs such as factories that give off fumes, automobiles, and the use for burning fossil fuels. In greater extent, this leads to an environmental factor in that it accumulates chemicals in food chains such as mercury, arsenic, and copper. It can lead to political problems as well, when trying to interact with other countries and stop the problem of global pollution and eventually endin...
However, this was not the lone problem. According to White, Stallones, and Last, understanding the history and defining the extent to which the problem exists within the society’s environment and the crucial ecological footing in also important making their community’s wellbeing public (White, Stallones, & Last, 2013). It was interesting to see Onondaga town in the video, especially the neglected project of eliminating the mercury pollutants in Lake Onondaga that would raise a great concern for the current inhabitants of the town and the future generations. However, the people of Onondaga are intent on ensuring that all the mercury is drained from the lake to make the water safe for human consumption and supportive to the ecosystem it previously upheld. Therefore, it is essential that the older generation learns of their past faults, and to help foster understanding for these concerns into the new generation to help evade these anxieties as well as creating healthier societies to sustain the future
After reading the novel, The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, it was difficult to imagine how one could transform the novel into a satisfying film. How could one imitate such descriptive settings and emotions without the advantage of Paul Bowles' wording? Also the novel does not have the plot of a typical movie, even an action or love story, and the ending is not conclusive. Could actors today play the deep and complex characters as they are portrayed in the book? These were some of the complications I considered when deciding how I would produce the movie.
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I walk alongside the watershed filled with the bewitching hue of the sheen across the medium-sized body of water. I walk this path every day on the way home and I had noticed the change the water had taken within the last few months. I still regret not saying anything to anyone, maybe if I had we wouldn’t be in this situation. Instead of saying anything to anybody I decided to figure everything out on my own. I had to come up with a plan to do something, and I had to figure it out soon. The more I thought about it, the more I doubted that only one kid could fix the situation. Even though I had doubt I still tried to think of something I could do, I was sure the water wasn’t potable, by animals or humans! One day, when I walked by there were
Air pollution refers to the concentration of harmful chemicals that have been added to the atmosphere. Such as emission in the environment, usually from heavy traffic, power generated industry and coal smoke. Large amounts of these chemicals may be harmful and can impact public health (Lu et al., 2015).
Until 10 years ago, air pollution was thought to be just an urban or local problem until it was discovered that the pollutants could move across continents and oceans. Air pollution is the fundamental factor that causes greenhouse gases, hence climate change and global warming. Air pollutants are the waste products generated from industrial and other processes. They usually come in gases, though aerosols (particles suspended in air, emitted as or formed by transformatio...
Jacques-Yves Cousteau once said, “Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today” (“Population,” Internet). With the current statistics, Jacques could not be more accurate. Every second, 4.2 people are born and 1.8 people die, which would be a net gain of 2.4 people per second (“Population,” Internet). At this steady rate, the environmental health is spiraling downwards, and it is safe to assume humans are responsible for this. As the population increases, harmful effects on the land, water, and air also do.
Solid waste pollution will always be an issue as long as human population increases everyday .solid waste is not only cause by household only, the industries as well have hand on environment pollution. And due to improper disposal system solid waste end up on the road. Solid waste have a huge effect on human life and can also cause death in animals as well, as people clean their houses everyday litter their trash everywhere this problem will not stop. But the most dangerous waste are those coming from the industries, because those waste end up in stream, rivers where it poisonous and have bad impact on the marine life. Industrial waste are the source of toxic metal and hazardous waste that effect soil characteristic and productivity of soil when dumped in ground. And the problem lies where some of the waste do not decompose. These solid waste are hazardous, Pesticides poisonous which is not health and life threatening to both humans and animals. People are very much aware of recycling to reduce pollution yet they still fail in doing so. Silt build in freshwater water ecosystems, caused by the unnecessarily agricultural activities smothers aquatic organisms. To reduce solid waste they should be recycled in such a way that do not harm the both the environment, water, air and human health. There are animals such as
The number of landfills in the United States is decreasing, but the amount and volume of waste being thrown into the new landfills is increasing (Russell 4). Because of this escalating amount of garbage, methane, which contributes to global warming, is an outcome of these landfills (Russell 7). As a result, our planet is suffering because of this epidemic. The garbage being put in the landfills could be recycled, but not enough businesses, schools and cities are promoting the “going green” trend.... ... middle of paper ...