Both authors criticizes how the culture that Americans practice today affects the environment and the people. ... She also wants people not to use chemicals on their lawns but to let them grow naturally, for the betterment of the people's health. ... Both "Turf War"" and "Better Places,"" show how the cultural practices of people affect our environment and the people who live in the environment. ... Kunstler criticizes about our sensitivity toward the environment--because of the luxuries that we have today, we are becoming desensitized to the beauty of the environment, which is sadly and...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

If a species is brought to a foreign land, it will do whatever it can to thrive in its environment. ... That should not be happening, a species' danger should be determined by its impact on the environment, not where it is from, and invasive species should not be blamed for all of the destruction of the environment (Davis 153–154). ... The official definition of an invasive species, according to the National Invasive Species Center, or NISIC, is a "non-native (or alien), to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmenta...

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• Grade Level: High School

Gaseous fumes pollute the atmosphere, which may cause negative, long-term health effects to nearby populations of animals or people. ... The constant demand of products and resources from the environment used for our developing society only harms nature. ... " So, humans have the power to make changes in the environment through their actions. ... Seeking contentment outside of material goods, decreasing our economic desires and respecting the environment are all actions that enable the prosperity of the earth. ... The issues that are affecting our environment are global warming, air pol...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is vital for humans to protect and value the environment for its own sake. ... Such developments has led to environment degradation. ... Mining in this area has devastated the environment and created financial, legal and cultural problems. ... By ethics of character, human beings are gratified to adapt to the extensionism approach of environmental ethics which entails to uphold the rights of all (that is, all life forms that have the capacity to feel), together without discrimination and moving towards a social and natural environment that supports bodily health, spiritual well- being and ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

It is vital for humans to protect and value the environment for its own sake. ... Such developments has led to environment degradation. ... Mining in this area has devastated the environment and created financial, legal and cultural problems. ... By ethics of character, human beings are gratified to adapt to the extensionism approach of environmental ethics which entails to uphold the rights of all (that is, all life forms that have the capacity to feel), together without discrimination and moving towards a social and natural environment that supports bodily health, spiritual well- being and ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

The human species depends on our natural environment for a multitude of reasons. ... Dahiya (2006), out of the 25 top selling drugs of 1997, 10 of those were naturally based; and approximately three quarters of the worldwide populous relies on traditional medicine for their health care. ... After the multi-national endorsement on sustainability at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), proposals for initiatives came from all echelons of the government as well as the private sector, but all seemed to put biodiversity conservation in a secondary role as oppose...

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Biodiversity is the measure of life and also the indicator for the overall health of our planet. ... Such dependence between genetic and biological diversity if some changes occurs the it totally affects the environment having an adaptation in the later period of time. ... Why is Biodiversity Important The resource for life is the natural environment. ... As the living world is dependent on the natural environment specifically it's our effort that we can make to conserve our biodiversity and our resources for the future generations. ... When the temperatures are cooler the growing seaso...

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