Research Proposal and Outline: Steak: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner?

Meat consumption in the US has established itself over time as a status symbol rather than a necessity. There has never been a better time for environmentalists to become vegetarians. Evidence of the environmental impacts of a meat-based diet is piling up at the same time its health effects are becoming better known. Although vegetarianism [...]

Research Proposal and Outline: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

     For centuries chemists have been inventing synthesized organic compounds to try to mimic and increase the potency of certain plants with natural healing properties. These potent, petroleum base substitutes are considered a modern marvel in medicine, aiming at specific ailments with few unintended direct effects (side effects). However, one unintended effect of this modern [...]

Asking for help from classmates

Hi everyone.  I am looking for some clarification on the research project we are to do.  I am confused about what the syllabus says about a research proposal.  Does our major research paper include a proposal, or is the whole thing a research proposal?  Or is it just supposed to be 2000-2500 word research paper?  [...]

Proposal Essay #1: Clean up the litter to save our critters!

             If you have driven, walked, lived, or just looked anywhere near Farmer’s Loop Road in the spring, you know that there’s a problem with trash in the area. When the beautiful white winter snow melts, it reveals all of what winter has left behind; junk, junk, and lots more junk. There are always loose [...]

Book Review Essay #1 Final Draft Tropic Survival

In a world full of many different habitats, mankind has always been the newcomer that destroys and fights over control of the beautiful untouched wilderness. In the novel, Eye of the Albatross by Carl Safina, explains the different situations where humans have overtaken newfound areas and completely change the lives of certain marine animals. Safina [...]

Proposal Essay Rough Draft: Clean up the litter to save our critters!

           If you have drove, walked, lived, or just looked anywhere near Farmer’s Loop Road in the spring, you know that there’s a problem with trash in the area. When the beautiful white winter snow melts, it reveals all of what winter has left behind; junk, junk, and lots more junk. There are always loose [...]

Cause/Effect Essay: Fluoridated Water

Why Fluoride should be supplied in water sources. Having fluoride in water is the easiest source and is cost-free for people who want to help their teeth. The Center for Disease Control recognized fluoridation of water as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. Although there has been a debate [...]

Response#9:Electric What?

     The article “Electric Bugaboo” by Tim Dickinson describes the evolution of leftist environmental groups and the division of ideology within this movement. This division is a difference between the radical and the practical members who both strive to implement their beliefs and remain in control of the movement. Any intelligent reader immediately notices this [...]

Book Review Essay #1 Rough Draft Tropic Survival

In a world full of many different habitats, mankind has always been the newcomer that destroys and fights over control of the beautiful untouched wilderness. In the novel, Eye of the Albatross by Carl Safina, explains the different situations where humans have overtaken newfound areas and completely change the lives of certain marine animals. Safina [...]

Response#8:Future City

     Carolyn Fry’s article, “City Of The Future” demonstrates the reality that a low impact city operating on renewable energy is not only possible, but it is also practical. The city of Malmo, Sweden, a former industrial city looking for renewed development demonstrated a seriousness of purpose by committing themselves to develop a city whose [...]