Research Project Outline: Recycling in America

Thesis – Although recycling in the United States is slowly becoming more popular, there is still work to be done because when compared to most European recycling programs, the US could be doing a lot more for the environment.

(I know my thesis needs work, suggestions would be much appreciated!)

I.   Recycling in the United States
     A. Where it  was
         1. When it began

         2. What caused it to begin
     B. Where it is
          1. What’s changed

          2. Are we doing better?
     C. How far we’ve come
          1. What this says about America

          2. Plans for the future

II.  Recycling elsewhere
     A. When it started

         1. Similarities between this and the US

         2. Differences between this and the US

     B. Other countries that are recycling (statistics)

          1. Doing better than US
          2. Doing worse that US

     C. What are other places doing that the US isn’t?

          1. Practices
          2. Technologies

III. Recycling Culture
      A. Recycling not “accepted” in the US compared to other places

         1. Can’t recycle everywhere

         2. Costs money to recycle

      B. European recycling norm

          1. Bins more accessable
          2. More government help

      C. “Going green” is a new movement in the US

          1. Now in the media (news)
          2. Now in entertainment (movies, tv, etc.)

 

IV. Education
     A. Children

          1. What they learn in school

          2. What they practice in school

     B. Adults

          1. What they learn, and from where
          2. What they actually practice

     C. Sub topic

          1. point
          2. point

V. What you can do
      A. Find out whats available to you

         1. Programs

         2.

      B. Activism

          1. Getting involved locally
          2. Encouraging others to get involved

      C. Anything!

          1. Find something to contribute
          2. What doing the most damage is people doing nothing

Outline for Research Paper- Global Cooling

I.  Introduction: Thesis: Although the earth has previously been in a state of warming, current evidence shows global cooling is in effect because of historical climate change patterns, temperature evidence, and visual evidence.

II. Body:  A.Historical climate change paterns

1.  ~30 year climatic cycles of global warming and cooling

a. solar activity

b.  volcanic activity

c. oceanic activity

2. 1770-1850 Little ice age

B.  Temperature Evidence

1. ecording setting cold in 2007-2008

2. “urban heat islands”

a. distorts temperature data

1. false data for global warming argument

3. warmest year 1998

a. cooling since 1998

b. predicted to continue into 2030

C. Visual Evidence

1. Weird Weather

a. China – coldest winter in 100 years.

b. Baghdad – first snow in recorded history

c. U.S. – most snow in 50 years