Environmental studies and Forestry From online sources, provide contemporary examples of environmental activism. Has the initiative or activity of the group or individual been effective? Why or why not? Environmental activism involves groups or individuals coming together to work together in the field of social scientific collaboratively, political or conservation with their primary purpose being to address the concerns of the environment. The collaboration forms a green movement, green living as well as environmental sustainability and has got a common agenda, which is to protect and preserve the environment. These groups and individuals share ideas and ideologies coming up with ways of solving problems that are encountered in the case of the environment. This, therefore, means that environmental activism has different parts that rely on the primary definition considering that it is segmentary, polycentric, and also networked. For segmentary environment activism, it is the one that has got diverse groups with common interest coming together. Polycentric, on the other hand, means that people and groups have got multiple and, most of the time, temporary centers of influence. Environmental activism is…

Butterfly Diversity in New York & Hong Kong   I have chosen to compare and contrast the diversity of Lepidoptera (butterfly) in New York State and Hong Kong. I chose this taxonomy group as I’ve always found Lepidoptera to be quite beautiful but also biologically fascinating with how they developmental throughout their lives. I decided to compare Lepidoptera in New York State and Hong Kong as they are both regions that have large populated cities but also marsh/farmlands but are on opposite sides of the world.   Below I have listed the 5 common species of Lepidoptera in New York State & Hong Kong:   New York: Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral’s) – Geographic Range: Red admiral’s are found in temperate regions of North Africa, North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and island regions of Hawaii, and the Caribbean. Habitats: Mostly semi-shade forest habitats, gardens, parks and only very rarely completely open terrain Characteristics: features a black forewing with white spots at the tip, and a bank of bright red-orange on the trailing edges.[unique_solution] Lycaena phlaeas (Cooper Butterflies) – Geographic Range:…

Sustainable Foods Appetizer Tomato basil soup – Tomatoes contain antioxidant vitamins A and C, which help cells in the body from dangerous free radicals. Tomatoes also have a low carbon footprint making them environmentally sustainable (Sorensen and Kristian 237). Main Course Garlic herb baked chicken with sweet potatoes and asparagus – Chicken has a lower carbon footprint compared to beef. Chicken produces 6.9 kg CO2 making it the least emitter of carbon dioxide compared to similar sources like turkey (Dunkley and Dunkley 22). Sweet potatoes have a minimal carbon footprint at approximately 0.095 kg co2 (Liu 386). They are also rich in antioxidants and have high fiber content that promotes gut health. Asparagus is a vegetable packed with nutrients and can easily be found at the local markets in Pullman, Washington. Dessert Skinny pineapple cheesecake bars – This is a low carb dessert. Also, pineapples are locally available and also loaded with nutrients and antioxidants (Liu 385). Alteration for Allergies The common food allergies that people report are dairy products, seafood, nuts, and lactose (Liu 386). If attendees indicate food…

Case study of Frontier Agriculture Limited and the Red Cross Company, United Kingdom. Introduction. Frontier Agriculture Limited is the largest for profit agricultural company in the United Kingdom. At first, it was dealing with primary agriculture whereby they used to plant crops and rear animals hence getting their returns from the sale of these agricultural products. Due to the increase in the demand of such products as a result of demographic adjustments, Frontier Agriculture Limited was gained a lot of popularity and hence their sale per unit value increased accordingly. Demographic adjustments lead to the faster growth of the company from offering low value products to a multicompany having customers from many corners of United Kingdom. Currently, Frontier Agriculture Limited has majored in crop and animal research where they study the anatomy of these organisms hence aiming at bringing more grades of them to the market. The company has a management of over one thousand people and very many subordinate employees. It has a large customer base which has made it very popular. The reason as to why Frontier Agriculture…

 Executive; an arm of the Government The essay entails the Executive as the arm of the Government. It indicates the member that makes up the Executive and the history.  The evolution of power, roles and the functions of the Executive is also covered. The Government of States comprises of three arms that make up the Government.  They include; the Executive, the judiciary and the legislature. (Wilson et al. 2018). The Executive is in charge of the daily activities of the states, including the management of several affairs. However, it is not in charge of making the laws of the land state but instead of implementing. The Executive mainly comprises of the president, the vice president, the cabinet, departments that makes up the Executive, the independent agencies, board commissions and the committees. The United States was first written in 17th September the year 1787 in the Philadelphia convection. The convection took approximately four months. That is from 25th May to 17th September. It was the end of this period that the treaty was signed and agreed that the Government should have…

LITERACY AND LITERACY SPONSORSHIP Introduction Literacy is the capacity to acknowledge, comprehend, interpret, synthesize, pass a message, and reckon by the use of textual materials that relate to varied contexts. Notably, communication is the primary goal of using literacy. Similarly, Deborah Brandt elaborates on literacy sponsorship, which is perceived as the engagement of localized or distant agents that could also be either concrete or abstract to promote, inform, enable, model, recruit, suppress, and control literacy. The primary aim of literacy sponsorship is to attract a remarkable value in its use to relay an encoded message to the target audiences. To shed light on the application and implications of literacy and literacy sponsorship, this project focuses on a case study analysis that is based on selected literacy works. Case Study Analysis of Literacy and Literacy Sponsorship Brandt asserts that literacy sponsorship occurs spontaneously from the authors’ environments (Brandt, 1998). This claim is built on the premise that literacy communication is often inspired by the need to relay a particular message with the intended readers to understand to pave the way for…

The Start of the Anthropocene Geologists, evolutionary biologists, and earth scientists divide the history of the Earth into epochs, periods, and eras. These disciplines use the environmental history of planet Earth to classify geological periods. For a long time, the world was in the Cenozoic era, the Quaternary period, and the Holocene epoch, which refers to the last 12,000 years of world history. The Holocene epoch is one of the most stable ones in the history of the world. During this era, the world has witnessed essential developments in human history covering all world civilizations, advancement in agriculture, and the start of the Industrial Revolution. However, from 2000, there is a discussion about the emergence of another epoch, the Anthropocene. The development is critical because it tries to explain the changes taking place on planet Earth because of human activities. The term Anthropocene is a combination of two Greek words Anthropos (meaning humans) and “-cene,” the suffix that describes in the names of geological epochs. The idea began to take shape in 2000 and has evolved widely and diversely ever…

Research Essay: How Does Conservation of Biodiversity Promote Economic Development in Australia? Biodiversity is a hot topic that emanates from the current state of affairs of climate change. For too long, the literature on the interrelationship between economic statuses of nations and environmental conservation has been very scanty. However, in the late 20th century, researchers began to make a connection between poverty levels and the state of biodiversity conservation in respective geographic locations. The nexus between poverty and biodiversity degradation has been one of the many focuses of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal.  Australia is one amongst the developed nations whose state of biodiversity is worth studying, given the current efforts put by the government to promote the indigenous practices and biome. At all levels of governance, the country has enacted tacit legislations to protect the integrity of diversity. In as much as the overall research points that Australia’s biodiversity has reported a steady decline, the current legislations stand out as bold steps that can promote economic benefits associated with protecting biodiversity. From the year 2011, Australia has been…

Tourism Introduction Tourism is the second-largest source of income after agriculture, making it an essential sector in the Kenyan economy. However, for most of the African nations such as Kenya, international arrivals have been a significant boost for the tourism sector. For instance, in the year 2013, Kenya received over one million foreign tourists making Kshs. Ninety-six billion (Kihima, 2015). Despite the significant step by the Kenyan government to promote domestic tourism, numerous factors such as poor road networks tend to affect the sector leading to low revenues. Security is one of the major threats affecting the performance of tourism in Kenya. With the rising cases of terrorism and political unrest in the country, both the foreign and domestic tourists always want to be assured of their security when visiting tourist sites (Mburugu & Rotich, 2015). Also, poor infrastructure, as well as lack of quality hotels in some counties, prevents travelers from visiting such regions. In Kenya, the majority of the sites, reserves, and game parks are in the arid and semi-arid areas of the country, and in most cases,…

 water plays a significant role in the overall human experience yhjWater is an essential commodity that human beings need as it is one aspect that supports life, not only for human beings but also for plants and other living organisms. It is for this reason that human beings will do whatever it takes to ensure that they safeguard all their water catchment areas and also preserve the excess in their disposal. Apart from water being a fundamental aspect that supports life, human beings have found other essential uses of water that are beneficial to their lives. Among the many other significant uses that are essential to human life include hydropower generation. Hydropower generation plays a vital role in the daily running of human life as it helps power and boosts almost all activities human beings undertake. For this reason, water plays a significant role in the overall human experience. The fact that human in various activities uses water, it means that there are instances where the commodity can be scarce. For this reason, human beings have devised mechanisms that help…