The Nature Conservancy

What is considered litter? Before one can answer that, one must ask whether litter is an actual issue to the environment. According to Jean Scheid, from greenliving.lovetoknow.com, litter affects everything, from storm water drains to wildlife. Globally, litter kills life. In fact, according to Haley Wilhite from The Nature Conservancy, she states that plastics account for the deaths of more than one million seabirds, and 100,000 marine mammals every year. Some mammals rendered completely disabled from birth till death due to the buildup of plastics. One major area in particular that seems to be neglected is oceans. The Pacific Ocean holds the largest landfill in the world; estimating roughly the magnitude of Texas, and approximately 33 feet deep of plastics, buoyant waste, and other non-biodegradable material (Bush, 534). How does this affect people? Scheid also states in her article that roads and highways can become dangerous when truck beds are not fastened down properly, causing debris to tumble out of the vehicle without the driver consciously knowing, leaving most passengers worried on unsafe roads. Not to mention how much it costs to clean; in…

company because his employees as well as himself failed to execute simple matters such as turning a proposal in on time or planning a trip properly. Based on Stent’s problems with the trips it was clear that he did not emphasize the technical or task aspects of the job. This is shown through Zhang’s quote, “But as soon as the trip started so did the problems. One VIP group was traveling in rough terrain where normally we would use four-wheel-drive vehicles. Instead we sent a minivan that…

worthy job, which is financially stable. My parents are very proud of my sister obtaining her medical degree. Then there was me, I got C’s and B’s in my first year in college and I had no direction in my life as a business major. When I had the opportunity to trek through the lust rainforest of Sumatra, I know instantly I wanted to work in the environment. Our tour guide told us the severity of how endangered these ecosystems were due to palm oil production. Though first griming, our tour guide…

Greetings to The Nature Conservancy (South Florida office), I am Alexander Fah Sang, a recent graduate from Northwestern University. I have a background in media, marketing, communications, social media, and analytics/ Big Data. I have worked in both the profit and non-profit sector, currently my job with VM Productions is somewhere within the middle. My first foray into the non-profit sector involved a class project, where myself, and my fellow classmates consulted on transcultural art…

affects a place where nature is the ruling factor (Wharton 7). Edith Wharton 's Ethan Frome depicts a town that is heavily affected by nature and through her rich language, Wharton creates a world that is abundant with imagery, but lacking in the development of characters. It 's people are a product of their environment and thus cannot escape it 's role in their lives. Thus nature in the novel is overpowering its characters. Due to these traits, this book is primarily a naturalistic text. Ethan…

Imagine the Mona Lisa, one of Leonardo da Vinci most acclaimed works, hanging in every museum around the world. Given the recent technological advancements in 3-D printing we are now able to recreate works of art that are physically indistinguishable from the original works. Our capacity to replicate art has changed. Some praise these advancements as proof of the extent of our creativity. Whereas others feel a bit uneasy when it comes to making something of this “one-of-a-kind” nature…

floating in the air for many years. “Are zoos cruel to wild animals?” The general public leans more on the cons then the pros for this particular subject, to the media, the zoo’s reoccurring mistakes that were the zoo’s fault, and past time stories of disastrous events in zoos. The battle between the pros and the cons of this event is everlasting and a conclusion that will never be met. A zookeeper, for instance, is an individual who will defend a zoo until the end of time. Veterinarians is…

Nature is derived from our understanding to what has already been here before us. Nature can be the plants, animals, land, and other sights or creations of the planet Earth. Just look at our community that has natural things that have already been there. When I go to an area that I believe to be nature, I go to the Greenway Park; specifically an area by the Arboretum here in our town of Yakima, WA. This particular area is nature to me because of all the things born here, not put here by humans.…

The study on the Lincoln’s Children Zoo is not the only study that shows the extreme economic impact zoos and aquaria have. There are many other people that have researched, and show how zoos are economic generators for the communities. Based on the information interpreted by Thomas (2011), “Looking just at Texas, a study determines that AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums generate $884.2 million in economic activity annually for the Lone Star State. They also employ 8,998 people and provide…

and warmth as well as cause painful burns. Later in his life, the Creature takes shelter in a hovel next to the DeLacy’s home and by observing them learns language, history, and how to act appropriately in society, as evidenced by ceasing to take food when he realizes it causes the family additional hardship and then helping them by secretly cutting firewood. The Creature continues to hone his language skills by reading a copy of Paradise Lost that he finds in the woods, but also skews his…