Persuasive Speech

As of right now,there is much wrong with the world. Wars are being fought, crime, rape and racism are still undoubtedly alive. This upsets countless people, movements have been made while others brawled back. With much crisis going on, numerous people seem to forget where it is all happening; Earth, mother of all things. Species whom have been around longer than humans are impelling extinction, the polar ice caps are melting, and landfills are overflowing. It is a terrifying thought to consider that the ones at fault for all of this is mankind. Each individual has a role in addressing environmental sustainability, and most are not doing their part.

Being as it is, I am a human who has been creating pollution my entire life. The things I’ve done knowingly and unknowingly up to this point have definitely has a negative impact on the earth. Just learning about the harm I’ve caused has made start seriously contemplate my actions and think about changes I can make in my daily life by doing simple things like recycling, consuming less beef, and walking instead of driving. While these things will have minimal impact on my daily life, they could mean the very continued existence of species, as this class has taught

The article by Bambury echoes the scientists warning that human beings should stop destroying the environment citing that it will adversely affect their survival. The article states that humans are stewards of the planet Earth and if they destroy it, they will bring misery to themselves. Besides, the study criticizes humans terming them as a species that may phase out other forms of life out of the planet Earth.

So, I offer this statement in the belief that universal human dignity and a thriving biodiverse planet are not only achievable but also inherent. It is my hope that these words raise awareness and help people live a reflective and intentional life by committing to the processes, already underway, to mitigate the climate change. Unfortunately, debates, conferences, and discussions about the environment have too often been dictated, dominated, and manipulated by the extremes, and the dogmatism of fossil fuel companies, which in turn fuels bigotry. I hope this statement advances and improves the quality and tenor of the dialogue about how to protect the environment in the 21st century. From there, we take action to leave this world better than we found it. But now is the time to take bold and unprecedented! “The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.” Abraham

"Save the Planet," "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," "Go Green." Quotes like these have become a commonality in today's age. We all are familiar with the large efforts to help preserve the environment. In "Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments," Thomas E. Hill Jr. sums up his essay by stating, "The point is not to insinuate that all anti-environmentalists are defective, but to see that those who value such traits as humility, gratitude, and sensitivity to others have reason to promote the love of nature" (688; par. 4) This excerpt provides the thesis behind Hill's argument. The author found that

Two of our fellow seniors, Curtis Robinson and Sumayyah Singletary, have taken the initiative to plan an unofficial class trip. The following is a message from them:

“When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet.”(Thich Nhat Hanh) We as the human race have entered a new age of the Earth: the Anthropocene, a term that became popular in the early 2000s. It means “ Man New”, because of the new world we have created and the amount of extinctions, pollution and alterations in the world’s functions that has come from our expansion. Due to the large amount of waste a small portion of the world produces, it affects the whole world in terrifying ways. People that argue that overpopulation is the largest issue have to understand that it is not the majority of the world that creates so much waste

The world, just like my childhood fantasy, includes people. The people in my vision were positively impacting my environment. Every day was sunny with clean air and happy attitudes. I was disappointed to know that unfortunately, humans are the most polluting species. People contaminate the world by not caring for life. Resources are misused. Human behavior toward each other is harmful either mentally, physically, or emotionally. Per Harvard Business Review.org, roughly half of the 4.4 billion people on

In the decade of the 1970s, the United Nations organized several important meetings on the human environment to study a very serious problem . We humans are destroying the world around us . We are using up all of our natural resources . We must learn to conserve them, or life will be very bad for our children and our grandchildren .

Underneath this paragraph, a picture shows how the celebrity, who is riding the private jet, is being hypocritical about his actions even though he does not seem to notice that he is harming the environment. This picture was meant to be for Al Gore, director of the World-Famous documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” This documentary show cases the effects that polluting gases have in wildlife and natural catastrophes around the world. The whole point behind this picture is to show the hypocrisy of Al Gore. He wishes to convince great audiences around the world to change their way of living and to strive to be better to help save the environment. The paradox, is that how can he teach one thing, if he is not going to do it? At his conferences, he tells the public to stop polluting the world and try to make a difference in order to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide there is in the atmosphere. However, he is not a good example when he comes off the stage and one looks at his real life. The picture shows the truth about him and the environment. The luxury his life-style requires damages a lot to the environment. He truly states, ``I’m here to talk about global warming and reducing energy usage``. One can perceive that both of the vehicles he is using to transport him self, are the most fuel inefficient there has ever been in our century. The artist has drawn exactly what happened in Sunday, August 26, 2007 in

Why are we discussing it? Why the burden of saving the earth is on us? These are some counter-questions people ask to save themselves from the scrutiny. But it is a solid fact that humans are the ones who destroyed the earth and they shall be responsible for giving it back to our future generation as pure as we found it. Now, how can we say that for sure? And if it is really that damaged, what can we do to save it? In this essay, I want to reflect on some important facts that prove we really need to do something for ‘mother earth’.

What would you do if you woke up and thought, “The only thing we did to our world is destroy it.”As depicted in the text “Silent Spring” and “Nobel Speech”, pollution is the most significant effect people have on the environment.

So as I now stand here, ladies and gentlemans and all the people from all over the world, please, lend me your ears for just a few minutes(pathos--direct address). Some people now believes that the world is unsavable, but I think they are wrong because, as a human being living in this world, we can do so many things to save our planet.(logos--concede).

Paragraph 1: Throughout the years, we humans have created many problems that later will have a huge change in our earth if we do not do anything to change. As we all know our earth can create and destroy anything at any moment, and unfortunately we humans are not doing anything to stop it. When man first started to industrialize they did not know all the pollution that was being thrown out by the factories would harm the environment. The pollution threw out tons of carbon dioxide, and other harmful gases into our atmosphere all the

I hastily walked to the podium and even forgot to take the speech that I had prepared. “The debates among countries are constructive. I find out that each bloc seems to have their draft resolution ready. However, has any of you ever considered that is the conflicts between two blocs really irreconcilable? What is our universal goal? I paused for a while and continued: “The environmental damage that caused by developed countries cannot be ignored, but nowadays developing countries are also responsible for environmental