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    climate. Human activity has overwhelmed the atmosphere and is the major driving factor in global warming. Pollution has been one of the major issues in the Earth’s climate. Pollution has been around since the beginning of human history. However, problems started to arise since the Industrial Revolution. Although the Industrial Revolution introduced amazing technology, it also introduced new sources of air and water pollution (history.com). By the middle of the twentieth century, the effects of…

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    persuade people to change the way they live. Has Carson succeeded in her attempt to change people’s behavior involving environmental issues? There are many ways that Carson has made changes in how people think about the problem of pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides. You may ask, how is Carson successful in her attempt? Carson has spread so much awareness of the problem that she talks about in Silent Spring. Eliza Griswold from the New York Times tells us (2012), Silent Spring has sold…

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    either from a problematic situation or a better way of doing something is presented. Here, both occurred. Drugs were being wasted down a sink or toilet making an environmental impact and said drugs were made easily accessible to employees after ‘wasting’ had occurred, tempting abnegation. Gdula and Barczak (2014) point out why environmental impact of pharmaceuticals is of great concern, “Pharmaceuticals and biomolecules, such as drugs, have a huge influence on living organisms. [T]hey can cause…

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    Environmental justice is very ambiguous term as it denotes the need for not only environmental sustainability but also social liberation. Regrettably, not every citizen, politician or business owner is apprehensive about our wilting global environment. To this very day, there are scholars and politicians that contend that climate change and global warming is the rhetorical vehicle for which liberal propaganda can be transported. Consequently, these same leaders in their lofty positions deny that…

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    The issue of the environment, a topic of discussion that seems to be receiving more and more traction with each passing day, is all anyone seems to be talking about. Today it is hard not to be bombarded with images and news of environmental degradation this way and that. What that exactly means for humans, other species, and the world as a whole, is an ever-growing question that has yet to be fully answered. By conducting a survey, I was able to gather information regarding how the students in…

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    Silent Springs Ms. Rachel Carson began a new movement. Rachel Carson brought to light the many dangers pesticides such as DDT have on the environment, animals, and humans. This environmental movement offered new insight about the harm pesticides have on all living organisms. In Silent Spring Rachel Carson starts an environmental movement by informing the public of the dangers of pesticides, which causes a shift in views towards pesticides and the harm they do to the environment. Rachel Carson…

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    Scotland's Pestel Analysis

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    The PESTEL framework on an environmental scan highlights six critical factors for management in Scotland to consider when approaching the general business environment. It is common to conduct a PESTEL assessment before any serious decisions are made or any large projects are undertaken. The Department of Health, responsible for the NHS, public health and social care, was among the leaders of New Public Management in the UK (Day and Klien 2000: 238). According to Dr Bobby Mackie, At the time of…

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    several times, competed in a local aesthetics competition in which I always took the first position. The interest grew to a stage I decided to undertake a study in Urban and Regional Planning in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Nigeria, a profession that sees to environmental beauty and aesthetics, at the same time, managing…

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    relevance or importance of environmental issues that are affecting populations locally and worldwide is growing and creating problems. Climate change, population growth, pollution, fossil fuels, alternative energy sources and many others are having an impact in our lives. Governments are implementing laws and policies aiming to reduce adverse impact to the environments. Scientists are busy studying and collecting data, new students enroll every year to study the environmental sciences. This…

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    condition of the environment has risen to the attention of psychologists in recent years, their curiosity concerning what personality traits entice a person’s awareness, concern, and intentions to act on environmental needs. An individual’s self-awareness, or self-construal, towards the environmental decay brought on heavily due to destructive human behaviors, could stem from how the individual views themselves and their actions in relation to others and the environment (Hinds & Sparks, 2008).…

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