Ventura Dr. John Schillinger HSCI 132 November 10‚ 2012 Climate Change and Food Borne Illness Climate has always played a significant role in placing food on the tables of millions of families. It seems that we have regressed judging from the way that our ancestors have lived their lives to the way that we have become dependent on mass production of food. We have managed to sabotage our health as well as that of the Earth’s. The changes in weather patterns have gradually impacted agriculture in
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“Climate Change Awareness Begins With Me” TGTAI CONCEPT PAPER Goal: To encourage youth to engage in interactive learning on Global Warming & Climate Change which may be translated into education outreach in their specific communities and/or organizations. Objectives: 1. To encourage youth from youth organizations‚ schools and communities to learn/learn more about global warming and Climate Change concepts (Think Green) and engage in simple Green Solutions at the individual/community level
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Mark Twain famously quoted‚ “The art of prophecy is very difficult- especially with respect to the future”. Simon Caney describes how the earth’s climate is enduring profound changes which to a large extent are caused by human activity‚ resulting in undesirable effects on people’s standard of living especially the weak and vulnerable. (Caney‚ 2010) Scientists claim that climate change heralds unpredictable weather events like raised sea levels‚ that causes floods and in some cases greater risks
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This August‚ a friend of mine who is passionate about climate change and food justice recommended to me the documentary Cowspiracy because it played a huge role in her becoming a vegan. I watched it with my mom‚ and both of us immediately became vegetarians. The documentary discussed‚ analyzed‚ and brought to light animal agriculture’s significant role in climate change. I used to love meat—particularly hamburgers and bacon—but the evidence that the film presented on animal agriculture’s impact on
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the key sources of energy means; fossil fuels are being depleted in a rapid mode which reflects that we need to concentrate over alternative sources of energy that could also prove to be eco-friendly. But‚ before discussing that it should be better to have an idea about the current scenario and where we are standing today in context of availability of energy resources. At present‚ approximately 80 percent of the energy used by us is supplied via fossil fuels which are called non-renewable energy
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Capitalism and the United States monetary system refuse to productively reduce the the increasing rise of climate change for reasons that benefit only a small amount of profit holders. Malm’s Fossil Capital argues that the systematic methods of capitalism have historically and currently‚ constructed a benefit for capitalists in systematic dualism of power that taxes the environment and the people by utilizing stock power‚ a method of using natural resources for power‚ for an endless‚ increasing profit
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Another key sociological approach to climate change is the conflict theory. To acknowledge this point‚ one needs to understand the economic concept of profit-maximization and cost-minimization. People naturally tend to act in their self-interest and that often results in clashes between one another. For instance‚ Should we close down a potable water factory because it is spilling its wastes in a nearby lake? Here is where the sociological perspectives come into place. It is necessary to weigh the
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and Atmospheric Administration‚ has been taking data of the ocean temperature for years to analyze climate change‚ though in a recent leak from a former NOAA scientist‚ the data taken from the ocean were not from buoys‚ which was how they were taking data originally but they weren’t getting the results they wanted. Since they saw that the water was getting colder‚ which contradicted climate change‚ they decided to switch halfway through the experiment to taking data from cargo boats‚ which had a
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The ‘best’ policies that respond to climate change are the ones that go beyond addressing global warming‚ they also need to take greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into account‚ since GHG’s pose a greater threat to society than that of global warming. Thus‚ the best policies will cut emissions and stabilize the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The best policies to address climate change revolve around four categories: economic action‚ innovation‚ performance standards‚ and innovation
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1. A. Fossil evidence has been used to support evolution. Paleontologists have dug up old bones and other things that were preserved in sedimentary rock. All of these things that were found show evidence that there was life long ago‚ however that’s not the only thing these fossils show. Fossils also show that there have been changes in the organisms that have inhabited this earth. The reason it supports that is once we compare the fossils to another organism‚ by using many different techniques‚ we
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