Analysis Of Robin Nagle 's Work

Heather Roger claims our current garbage disposal methods are short term and etiquette. Rogers’s position is clear that we need to minimize the use of landfills and create better means to discard trash. In supporting Rogers’s environment views I think that we need to create a more economic and environmental friendly garbage disposal system. Heather Rogers and Lars Eighner both acknowledge the issue with society’s throwaway mentality. Eighner proves that we throw away perfectly working stuff, having survived off others discarded materials. Eighner argues against excessive waste we create but does not have any prospected solutions. Whereas Rogers acknowledges the obvious need to minimize our consumption of waste but argues the need

In “Picking Up” Robin Nagle enthusiastically describes why New York City’s Department of Sanitation is so significant to our day to day city life. This department picks up about 11,000 tons of trash as well as 2,000 tons of recycling daily. If it was not for them the city would be completely unlivable. As the anthropologist-in-residence for New York City's Department of Sanitation, Robin Nagle explains with many explanations why The Department of Sanitation is so vital and why they are just as important as any police officer or fireman out there. If it was not for those men and woman who remove our trash and recyclables, our city would be completely over run with trash. Not only is this completely disgusting, but there are so many diseases

Junior Guard Jonathan Norfleet has taken the basketball scene by storm this past season. Maybe he was being taken for granted before but after this season everyone should know his name. Norfleet led Salem all the way to the semifinals in this year’s playoffs. Norfleet has put everyone on notice after he stepped up in many big games this season. Most notable battles were against conference foes in Green Run and Maury where we saw Norfleet is capable of playing with the best talent around. Norfleet has received most of his recognition from the AAU side.

In Portland, Barbara worked as a housecleaner and faced the harsh reality of not many people having appreciation or sympathy for lower class workers. To illustrate, as she kneeled on her hands scrubbing she felt ashamed when the house owner said, “Can you do the same thing in the entryway while you're at it”? Society

Sanitation, even in healthcare facilities, is a problem. In southeast Asia, 42% of healthcare facilities don’t have adequate toilets. In sub-Saharan Africa, 36% of healthcare facilities don’t even have soap

Jefferson City, Tenn. – At 5:45 a.m. Nick Guerra is doing what he loves most, running. Whether it is Carson-Newman Cross Country training or a physical fitness test for Army ROTC.

“Justice for Janitors” Campaign was a movement to remember and rejoice about. This movement was one that not only helped those for the better, but this helped the nation and brought them together under one overall action, to give where it was due. The movement to help multiple low-waged janitorial workers come together into the SEIU to become a better asset as a whole. This helped them achieve several things that were wanted and needed. For example, they achieved a great base of support from the communities and the public, social and economic support and justice, as well as from the community, political and the religious leaders who jumped on board to support the movement.

Anthropologist Robin Nagle performed applied research in the NYC Department of Sanitation. Robin's applied research involved asking around the different workers as well as following them on their routes. Robin became a sanitation worker to gain a better perspective. On the job she found stigma associated with Sanitation Workers. This case of Applied Public Anthropology was used to raise public awareness of the treatment of sanitation workers and their importance to our

Nagel believes that a myriad of the public have been impelled to believe that their lives are meaningless or absurd due to the face that what happens now won’t’ matter in a million years. Nagel argues that our lives will not matter in a million lives and therefore the lives we live are absurd. Nagel disputes that even if this is true, that shouldn’t give us the perception that our lives our absurd. He explains this by restating that our lives will not matter in the future and in that case then what happens in the future does not matter now. I agree his premise because we won’t be alive in the future, a million years, so it is irrational to live life on a daily basis as if it did. Nagel concludes that due to above

In our homes waste caused because we don’t pay attention; we are inattentive and ignorant. For some of us, it just isn’t important. (Jones, Dive!)

Watch this TED Talk video by Francis de los Reyes:‘Sanitation is a basic human right’ and post a comment on the discussion forum in relation to the role of government in funding these sorts of projects.

There are some reasons for the problem. The first reason is that the effects of the thrown rubbish are very dangerous and extremely harmful. According to Miller (1987), global industrial organizations produce over 80,000 different chemicals (para. 5). Basically, garbage is old, dirty and wet, so that it is a perfect place for bacteria and other viruses to stay in. Rubbish growth in cities has been a problem all over the world for centuries. Landfills have always been regarded as sources of illnesses and unpleasant smells. The harmful wastes from the garbage spread through the ground from paint, chemicals, petrol, batteries, and other toxic materials that have been thrown away into the garbage. The toxic chemicals get into the water pipes and spread through the people’s drinking water. Another reason of that problem is that people have created all these disasters, which are connected with environmental pollution. The more modern technologies are created, the more unbelievable become wastes and remains of what is produced. From this, man is responsible for what he or she created and for the following consequences. Anxieties about the environment have made people more aware of their environmental footprints or the kind of waste they leave behind during their existence. The difficulty is that an average person leaves an incredible amount of wastes in his or her lifetime. According to Lovejoy (1912), all biodegradable substances, contained in

My main concern about waste disposal is toward poverty. In every society, for it to work effectively the waste disposal has to be handled properly. The lack of proper waste disposal can contribute for the underdevelopment of the community. For instance, in poorer community that does not have resources to dispose of the trash properly create a series of problems. For example, when there are a lot of trashes in a community, it will prevent investors to invest in a community, the housing market, schools and stores will decline, in consequence the houses will loose its value. This will create a ripple effect because people will start immigrating toward a better place where it is much cleaner. Families will try to move to a better place where their kids can have a better future. I ask myself who wants to live in a dirty environment? I hope nobody. That’s why I believe that the government should help the poorest communities about the ways to handle waste disposal, and better educate them about recycling.

American citizens throw away millions of tons of garbage each year, and this trash has to go somewhere. While there are projects underway to clean and reuse this refuse most of it gets dumped into huge landfills. These landfills are disgusting festering blisters on our country's landscape. But people continue to consume and throw away more and more in the name of convenience. As they see it, when things get old, throw it away and get a new one. They blame the government for the trash problem, but the truth blame should be placed on themselves.

It is evident that even students of elite schools throw garbage on the ground even in the presence of garbage bins. This shows our attitude towards cleanliness and hygiene.