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Personal Responsibility and Action in Response to Social andEnvironmental Problems
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that, far too often, individuals make the assumption that there is little or nothing they can personally do about the vast number of social or environmental issues that have an impact on the health and well-being of the planet and all of its inhabitants. The problems seem too large for one very small person to make a dent in. To make the decision that one’s own action, regardless of the realm in which it is taken, will ultimately be meaningless is to assure that it will be just that. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWsocenv.doc

Personal Statement/Admission to Graduate School
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A 3 page paper in which the writer offers a student advice on how to write a personal statement for admission to graduate school for a master's in real estate development. The writer dwells heavily on a vision of wanting to develop green communities. No bibliography.
Filename: khsprest.rtf

Perspectives on the Ozone Layer Depletion
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(6 pp) We have been hearing bout the depletion in the ozone layer for quite some time now; long enough in fact that we may start to wonder if it is so much hype, or continues to have basis in reality. We that thought in mind, we shall gather information concerning this depletion from three separate disciplinary perspectives. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BBozdepl.doc

Pesticide Effects On Wildlife
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7 pages in length. Pesticides have proven indispensable in contemporary society, however, they have also wreaked havoc upon the environment. From the small farmer to large conglomerates, the use – and in many cases misuse – of pesticides has created detrimental consequences for wildlife. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCPesticide.rtf

Pharmaceutical Waste in Europe
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In this 5 page paper the pharmaceutical industry is examined with the argument that waste is not dealt with in the most effective manner due to the amount this would cost and the ability of companies to cut costs and remain in the law, or fail to be caught and prosecuted when they breach the law. The paper compares the way businesses have to deal with hazardous waste in the UK where the emphasis is on legislation, and compares this with Italy, where the emphasis is more of a stakeholder approach by the use of the annual accounts. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEhazwas.wps

PHILOSOPHY AND THE ABSTRACT WILD
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This 8 page paper discusses the philosophies evident in Jack Turner's book, The Abstract Wild. Examples, arguements and quotes included and cited. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBwild.rtf

Physical Geography and Socio-Environmental Responsibility
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A 14 page research paper on this science of global environmental change. The writer defines physical geography, presents an historical overview of it, and attempts to explain reasons for physical geography's neglect of certain relevant social issues concerning the environment. It is noted that this example represents a basic misunderstanding of the relationship between science and the philosophy of science. Contemporary perspectives and a look at the future direction of physical geography are provided as well. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Physgeog.wps

Phytoremediation
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10 pages in length. The more contaminated man makes his planet, the more frantically he seeks ways to reverse the damage. Historically, toxic soil has been unearthed and redistributed into landfills; tainted sediment has continued to spill into bodies of water, kill the fish and sicken all who eat it; and polluted groundwater has all too often leeched its way into drinking supplies. In short, no method to liberate heavy-metal contamination has proven effective for eradicating its presence - until the discovery of phytoremediation, the process by which green plants are used to break down and/or absorb toxic substances in air, soil, sediment, sludge and groundwater. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCPhytore.rtf

Piers Blaikie’s “At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability, and Disasters”
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This 5 page report discusses Blaikie’s 1996 book and his theories regarding the vulnerability of people in certain circumstances in the wake of a disaster. Blaikie’s years of field work in the Third World nations allowed him to develop his premise that the usual focus on natural hazards as being responsible for provoking disasters is actually out of place in the issues of political ecology and so-called “recovery.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWblaiki.wps

Pittsburgh’s Environmental Trials
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A 6 page paper discussing environmental abuses and concerns in Pittsburgh in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, using three chapters of “Environmental History of Pittsburgh and Its Region.” The chapters discussed here provide valuable information on the course of events surrounding the decades-long controversies concerning Pittsburgh’s environment, but they overstep bounds in seeking to blame any of the causes we know of today. The results are the same, but seeking to point fingers rather than encouraging individuals to work for a common good is counterproductive and obscures lessons from the past that could be useful today. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSenvPitts.rtf