Research Draft Workshop: Polar Bears: Melting Away From Under Their Paws – Audrey Palacios

1) The amount of information that was presented in your essay was laudable.  Having read your essay, I can say that I now know more about polar bears than I ever did. 2) Do you have any concerns with regard to your draft? 3) Yes, you put forth your opinion that polar bears are at [...]

Akariss Workshop Draft 2

Overall: The essay is written with passion, and it shows in your writing. You have made it clear that you are for organic farming compared to factory farming. I did however notice that you did not use any in-text citations and I was wondering if that was due to time, or if you were not [...]

Response #15: Video – “Planet Earth: Caves & Ice Worlds”

Our world is filled with interesting and remarkable places that are hidden beneath the earth’s surface and where the weather is unsuitable for humans.  I had the opportunity to watch the BBC series “Planet Earth Vol. 2: Caves/Deserts/Ice Worlds” and I was pretty intrigued by what I seen.  Although I only watched caves and ice [...]

Research 4: 2nd draft

 The modern age is unique to those who will live to see it, and for the same reason is identical to every age that has come before it. That reason is the requirement for the people of any age to tackle the problems that come with it. For thousands of years those problems were of [...]

Response # 14: Website – “The Green Guide”

“The Green Guide” is a website (http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/green-guide/) a part of the National Geogrpahic.  The site has very useful information about living green and healthy.  It gives information on being green in home and garden, travel and transportation, food, and home purchases to conserve energy and save the environment.  Within the website, there are many newsworthy [...]

Response # 13: “City of the Future”

What is more green than having a whole city conserve energy?  Carolyn Fry’s article, “City of the Future,”  gives insight on an development in Sweden that incorporates renewable energy.  West Harbour in Malmo was previously a wasteland.  Now it is a city development that uses renewable energy from its natural resources for example the sun, [...]

Research Draft 2: Alaska is the Energy Frontier

Research Draft:  Alaska is the Energy Frontier The current use of unsustainable resources to supply a growing energy demand will lead to an energy collapse unless better methods are developed to power our world.  According to Energy and the Environment by Robert Ristinen, in 2005 86% of the energy used in the U.S. came from [...]

Part 4 – Research Draft #2: Polar Bears: Melting Away from Under their Paws

Polar Bears (Ursus Maritimus) are one the few animals that can survive in the one of world’s harshest environments.  This significant animal is a vital source to understanding what is occurring in the arctic.  The intensive research of polar bears offered awareness to earth’s major problems that we are concerned about today.  These problems are [...]

Short Essay 3: Book Report- Recreating “The Creation”.

Two completely different societies led by principles as different as night and day, uniting to stand up for one cause…existance.  As science and religion come together to fight the battle between life and death, the truely important principals vital to the success of humanity emerge.  “The Creation” written by author E. O. Wilson, is an intruiging book [...]

Response #12: Captain Moore

Neil Greenman’s article, “Captain Charles Moore,” is an interview about an distubing event that Moore faced 1997.  In 1997, Moore set sail to the North Central Pacific and found something that shocked him.  He found what is called a Pacific Garbage Patch, which contained 100 million tons of trapped trashed that have been pushed around [...]