First, the lorax is a fictional movie and book created by Dr. Seuss. It’s a story about a man that sees an opportunity to make money by cutting down trees and making thneeds. A substance that can only be made by cutting down trees but what the onceler doesn’t know is that he is damaging the ecosystem by cutting down the trees. The lorax tries to explain that to the onceler but he doesn’t seem to care about the ecosystem. So slowly the bears fish and birds relocate because the…
From the time when industrialization, technology developed human population began to destroy the nature for their benefits in trades, construction, supplies etc… Some examples of that idea includes the fictional environmental video “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss of 1972 and the real story of “Easter’s End” both have a similar background. The article “Easter Island’s End” shows how nature can get destroyed by human’s greed and their excessive desire to satisfy their lives. And, on the other hand the video “The Lorax” illustrated that human greed can cause environmental big problems. The video “The Lorax” also proves the fact that nature is important for living. Not only that the video and the article have a similar stories but also they both have some same key environmental issues in them. For example pollution, deforestation, and habitat loss were the key environmental problems in both the article and the video.…
Aldo Leopold presents many interesting aspects regarding ecology and conservation within his writing of the Land Ethic, Round River, and “Think like a Mountain”. One statement that stood out among the rest was “Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish the right hand and chop off his left". The land is much like the human body—if one part is damaged or sick, the effects can be witnessed elsewhere. Like a cancer that attacks the cells, the effect of pollution, overhunting, and over farming can spread far beyond the site of initial damage. Further, Leopold points out the flaws of solving the conservation dilemma. So little is known about the environment and how it functions, and how each part makes such an impact on other seemingly unrelated parts. We cannot go about tinkering and toying with different aspects and take out species of plants and animals assuming that they will not impact the overall health of the surroundings. No matter how small, each element impacts that around in one way or another. It may provide nourishment, its decay may enrich the soil, or it may provide a vital service to another species. Again like a human body, removing a species is like removing an organ or a gland. We may be able to live without it, but something will be changed, a scar will remain, and the overall being will be weakened. Leopold points out that we have yet to think in terms of the seemingly unimportant pieces and only focus on those species and habitats in which we see value and beauty. We spend time preserving the species that are economically valuable to the population and don’t worry about the ones that are costing us economically. Like the wolves in “Think like a Mountain,” species causing economic damage (through things like slow growth, crop damage, or killing of livestock) are viewed as more expendable, less important pieces in the puzzle. We must have some responsibility for those species as well because they provide vital services to…
Because humans can control the environment and have bested threats to their mortality, humans become disconnected from the balance of nature. Leopold (1981) discusses how the mountain may fear the pack of deer that is uncontrolled by wolves and in this analogy correlates this example to that of human beings, no longer fearful of natural threats, over grazes the land until there is nothing left. Like humans, in our quest for safety and security, mankind has avoided the wolf and are now the deer, unabashedly scouring the land of grass and trees, unable to see that the mountain and forests may not be able to keep up with the loss (Leopold, 1981). Mankind, according to Leopold (1981) has become further disconnected from nature as he has become more…
We are destroying our environment only to change our surroundings into what we think is more esthetically pleasing. I agree with Thompson’s evaluation of the Nacerima culture and behavior. We cannot exist on only man made products. By altering our environment we are changing the quality of the very things we need for our survival. Everything that we do has an impact on something else. The cars that we conveniently drive every day are contaminating the air in which we breathe. Not convinced? Just take a look at global warming. We are responsible.…
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding expresses his argument that all living things have a desire to exercise control over another living thing, through utilizing the liminal process.…
The Lorax, a famous book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1972, was a controversial story, which was later made into a film, portraying a greedy corporate man who endangers the environment due to his selfish needs. Once reading or seeing the Lorax, one may make a connection to the Tragedy of the Commons, which is when individuals act on meeting their own needs while hurting limited resources. For example, in the Lorax the greedy corporate man, known as the Once-ler, discovers truffala trees, which he had seek for his entire life, and discovers that by chopping down these trees he can make thneeds, which are items that everyone needs, and make a profit. Once the Once-ler gets a taste of the money, he continues to harm the environment and continues to chop down trees without replacing them or thinking of the long term consequences. The Once-ler exploits the land so much that he destroys all of the truffula trees and this leads to all the animals: brown barbaloot bears, swomme swans and humming fish, migrating to land where potent water, clean air, and food was available.…
-You can equate the ideas in “The Lorax” to real life because it is deforestation and that occurs every single day. It affects many animals and it removes the trees, replacing them with “pollution” shops and factories.…
New Hampshire, with 78.4% forest cover, is currently the second most forested state in the country with Maine being the first. However, the forest cover has been steadily declining since the 1980s. “This loss is about 17,500 acres per year, mostly due to land development” and “Every day, the average person in the USA will consume about 4.5 pounds of wood, that 's a little over a third of a two-by-four. Over the course of a year, that adds up to a 16-18" tree, a hundred feet tall” (Forest Service). Each year, the nation plants more than 5 new trees for each American. Wood is a renewable resource. As long as forests are not converted by development, harvesting trees does not result in an increase of carbon in the atmosphere. Today there are certain foundations and things to do to prevent deforestation. Although we need wood to cut down for certain things, we plant three trees for every tree we cut down. This is called the 3 to 1 Ratio by Society Protecting New Hampshire Forest’s.…
It is rather difficult to comprehend out society today. We strive to define ourselves as individuals yet many times we conform to the norm in an effort to fit in. We look for the best in technology with cellphones, televisions and vehicles, sometimes forgetting to just enjoy the simplicity of nature. It is bitter sweet really, watching our world advance so quickly in technology, but with that leaving the natural world behind. Today, human connection with nature is sparse and as Richard Louv argues in “Last Child in the Woods”, this is a sad truth that continues progress in severity. Richard Louv appealed to both logos and pathos, with use of anecdotes, hypothetical examples and imagery, in a sheer effort to illustrate the separation between people and nature, explaining that while nature is just at our fingertips, we fail to pay attention to it’s purifying effect on humanity.…
It is said, that forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet (WWF). Reducing the number of trees and the surface area of a forest is called deforestation. Deforestation is one of the biggest problems in today’s economic system. There may be a lot of positives behind the idea of cutting down trees; however they are all outnumbered by the negatives. If one is not careful with the removal of a forest, it may lead to more deserted areas.…
As our society turns our focus to the earth’s environmental status, the controversy between whether new age clearcutting is a viable method to be used in the forestry industry is a trending topic between environmental groups and forestry corporations of the world. While one side, environmentalists, argue that clearcutting is the death of a forest, increases erosion, and nearly eliminates wildlife habitats, the accuracy of these statements is false. Clearcutting, a method of Silviculture, is effective when used to meet various forest management objectives such as assurance of successful regeneration and effective utilization of commercial timber, because it allows shade intolerant tree species to regenerate, successfully control forests insects…
An estimated 13 million surface of forests were lost each year between 2000 and 2010 due to deforestation. In tropical rainforests particularly, deforestation continues to be an urgent environmental issue that jeopardizes people’s livelihoods, threatens species, and intensifies global warming. Forests make a vital contribution to humanity, but their full potential will only be realized if we halt…
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss has held special personal meaning to me throughout my life. As a child, it was the storybook that I always asked my parents to read to me before bed. I enjoyed the plot, rhymes, and colorful imagery. I even practiced with it when learning to read. However, at a young age I never truly understood the deeper messages in the plot or the morals embedded within. In time, I have come to recognize two of the main underlying lessons that are impactful to me; environmentalism and greed.…
The desruction of the world’s forests in inevitable as our need for land and food grows.…