Analysis Of ' Despair Not ' By Michael Pollan

Pollan begins by telling the story of the lives of four plants. The theme he tries to keep throughout the novel is that “human desires connect us to these plants.” One of the theories he states is that the plant has to want to work with us just as much as we want to work with it. Through the stories of the four plants, he tells of the experiences

In Steingraber’s essay Despair Not, Steingraber explains her opinion on the multiple issues of climate change. She does this first through the use of a tree with two branches as a practical metaphor for the

The article “Why Bother” written by Michael Pollan explains how bad climate change has become; he uses cheap energy and specialization to slow the phenomenon. He proclaims that people are all waiting around on each other to make the first move but no one is moving. He understands how critical the world has become and suggests people now have to start going green. He says that to modify the way climate change has taken charge, the best ways to slow it down is laws and a massive amount of money. Pollan suggests having a personal garden or even a community garden will help reduce the carbon footprint.

An urgent issue, climate change is undoubtedly a sweeping global dilemma of paramount importance. Though most people are aware of this fact, many either choose to ignore it, or acknowledge it, but take no action against it. Those who do choose to take action usually attempt to combat climate change by using the methods that are most commonly discussed: becoming more energy efficient, recycling, and reducing emissions through using more sustainable transportation. Though these actions are helpful, they are not the most efficient way to counter climate change.

Structuring an argument using facts, helps set up curiosity and challenges the reader, to question uncertainty. Facts in a case, also strengthen the author’s claim and it can help weaken unreliable sources. Arguments of facts, also enhance interpretations of opposing views by providing supporting evidence. In Michelle Konstantinovsky’s “In Defense of Michael Pollan (Or, How Sexism Allegations Boost Web Traffic),” Konstantinovsky uses factual arguments to dissect allegations from opposing critics who are questioning Michael Pollan’s liability. These authors, Solan, and Jezebel wrote in public blogs that Pollan is an anti-feminist based on his perception of women’s role in the kitchen. Konstantinovsky also used her

The second is that this is precisely the kind of project that climate science tells us can no longer be tolerated” (McKibben). This allows the reader to follow McKibben’s thoughts into a deeper explanation and understanding of the issue on the Keystone

Michael Pollan describes the effects of climate change and the different things that people can do to help correct this problem in his essay entitled "Why Bother?" He believes that even the simplest changes can create a huge difference. One of the things the he says will help is taking one day out of the week to use as little technology as possible. Things to not use include cars/motor vehicles, cellphones, electricity, and more. Just taking one day away from these things will help reduce pollution. Another thing he says would help a lot is planting a garden. Planting a garden will provide people with their own home grown food which reduces the need for food shipments and commercial growing. This reduced the pollution caused by the vehicle

The essay opens up with McKibben talking about how the political campaign against global warming is flawed because at our current point there is nothing much that can be done to fix it.(Mckibben,1) He then goes to state that humans are the biggest culprit behind global warming and supports this by giving examples such as SUVs and American ignorance.(2,9) He concludes by saying that if ten percent of America were to go green, it still would not save the planet, but ten percent could get the government’s attention to pass laws making everyone go green. (11)

Have you heard what is happening to the environment? Like how Greenland loses is 286 Gigatonnes of ice per year! And as of January 22, 2017, it has lost 3778.7 Gigatonnes since 2002! Why you ask? It’s due to Climate change. Climate change is a serious problem in our world, It can either end it or make it prosper that is why I chose to research it. Climate change won’t just effect on a country or continent, it will affect the whole world, and we are a part of that world. So, I decided to research it to see what we as humanity can do about climate change. To help I asked myself more questions such as “What will happen if we don’t intervene?”, “What is the source of the problem?”, “What are our choices as humanity?” After my research, I believe that there is a way to stop climate change and to do that we as humanity need to work together.

Politicians favor economic gain rather than environmental sustainability Global warming is portrayed by politicians as a hoax, because money is more important than the environment. The purpose of this article is to persuade people to take action against global warming. It is a scientific fact that climate change is real, but not enough action is being taken to stop it.

I was interested in this specific publication because I have always wondered why people aren’t more environmentally conscious and don’t strive to be as efficient as possible. I reasoned that inaction may be caused by a number of factors: perhaps people are ignorant, or perhaps people just don’t care that much because they’re not directly affected by climate change. Another possibility might be that people don’t believe they can make a significant difference in the situation, even if they change their ways, so they don’t bother putting in any effort because they think it wont really matter and no one likes to feel like they’re wasting time.

The past semester a core class I took was Politics of Climate Change. I’ve learned many new ideas and concepts about climate change. Now that I am educated on the matter and can form my own opinion, I was curious about what the people I surround myself with think about climate change. I asked many different people about their thoughts and opinions on climate change. I questioned my tutors, stem major friends, my parents, and siblings. I was most interested with what my mother, Oyindamola Eletu, and my sister, Omobukola Solebo, had to say about this important topic. I was particularly interested in what my immigrant, democratic, and religious mother would say on the tasking situation. My sister is a high school biology teacher in California who graduated from TCNJ in 2014 with a double major in education and biology. After interviewing them both, I began to compare and contrast their views and how they came to them.

In today’s society fossil fuels are the primary source of energy for most of the industrialized world. Utilizing fossil fuels has been very important to the industrialization development throughout the world. Industrialization in many parts of the world, energy has been needed at a much higher density then before and fossil fuels have fulfilled that need. Coal, gas, and oil are the three major sources of fossil fuels in the world. Despite other means of energy such as wind power, hydroelectric power etc., fossil fuels are still the main source of energy across the continent. Fossils fuels are critical to the function of society. “Fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas) are the dominant source of energy today and will be for decades to come.” (Everett, B. October).

Many people are taking action in response to the risks of climate change, but many others are unaware of the problem, unsure of the facts or what to do, do not trust experts or believe their conclusions, think the problem is elsewhere, are fixed in their ways, believe that others should act, or believe that their actions will make no difference or are unimportant compared to those of others.

Throughout the US efforts are beginning to be made to inform the public about climate change and how it will affect them throughout the rest of their lives. Those efforts are being met with criticism though, and there is still a large portion of the population that is under the impression that it doesn’t affect them. There is also the belief that climate change is just a myth, and for every excuse there is that is just another obstacle to bypass. Kusmawan is a chemist from Indonesia that provided a study about just what can happen when local students were educated about the environment and the changes it is experiencing. He discovered that after informing the students about what is happening around them, many of them then used that information to make changes within their own lives. They thought about their usual every day choices,