In “Antarctica has warmed before” the author states, “Scientists drilling deep into Antarctica have uncovered evidence of a once-warm land, including pollen and algae, buried below the sea floor” (Easton, 2008, para. 1). This may not sound good, because it means that the earth has a problem. In “Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration underscores a Warming World,” the author claims, “satellite imagery from the national Snow and ice data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder reveals that a 13,680 square kilometer (5,282 square mile) ice shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of Antarctica” (2008, para. 1). South Pole’s ice shelf has been breaking down because of climate change. Recently, ice shelf collapses’ speed has rapidly gotten faster throughout the decade. If this problem keeps going through, even as people try to solve this problem, at that time it might be too late. The main reason for the South Pole ice shelf collapses is climate change, and the cause of climate change is global warming; both climate change and global warming have a connection that makes the earth environment bad. The earth is our living area, so humans should protect the earth from global warming. If humans try small activities at home to save the earth, the earth will no longer be hotter and hotter.
In “Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration Underscores a Warming World,” the author states “the Wilkins Ice Shelf is a broad plate of permanent floating ice on the southwest Antarctic Peninsula, about 1,000 miles south of South America. In the past 50 years, the western Antarctic Peninsula has experienced the biggest temperature increase on Earth, rising by 0.5 degree Celsius (0.9 degree Fahrenheit) per decade” (2008, para. 4). The Wilkins ice shelf is different from the other ice because it is more gradually thickened than the others, so if shelves break down, it affects rising global sea levels How do shelves come to melt? According to Easton (2008), ice break down will bad because catastrophic climate change might be going badly. The climate change is due to global warming. In Wikipedia encyclopedia, they had define about global warming, “Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century, and its projected continuation” (n.d.). Actually, Antarctica is the coldest area in the world, but now the ice is melting; it could be affected by earth’s environment and humans. Now, humans faced with global warming. Henzell (2006) writes that global warming is caused by human activities. People have to protect the earth; instead now they have made it much worse than before. Most governments and global associations are focused on this problem and are trying to solve it. But it is hard to care about all problems for them; that is why people should figure out how to save the earth from global warming.
First of all, people should use renewable resources more than nonrenewable resources. This opinion is very important because renewable resources give us opportunities for saving the earth’s environment. Humans knew about those fossil fuels which are oil, gas, and coal, those are very useful and expensive resources. But they cause bad smoke to flow into the atmosphere. They gives bad influence to the ozone hole. It can increase greenhouse gas emission. In “S. Korea to reduce gas emission,” the author states that “The measures are designed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and to increase environment-friendly alternative energy.” (Yoon, 2007, para. 4). South Koreans are trying to solve global warming, so they have chosen specific ways to reduce fossil fuels and use nonrenewable resources, such as solar, wind and water energy. This should be a better way to save the earth from global warming because there are advantages; for example renewable resources don’t cause any kinds of pollution, because those don’t need any strict production systems for use in human life, and generally, people don’t need to worry about resource exhaustion.
Second, people have to take care of the earth’s natural resources. In “World Environment Day 2007,” the author states “The estimates were that the Greenland Ice sheet would take 3000 years to disappear, with half going in the first 1000 years, and resulting in a 7m sea-level rise. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which helps feed the Ross Ice Shelf, is seen as less vulnerable, but its melting could already be inevitable, which would contribute an estimated 6m to sea levels” (Henzell, 2007, para. 3). Ice melting is not only Antarctica’s problem but also Greenland has the same situation as Antarctica does. Now, both north and south hemispheres have the same problem; it will have double the sea level rise as the rest of the ocean. Also this article mentions that “we now know that ice sheets are home to 90 per cent of the world’s fresh water and, if they melted, sea levels would rise by nearly 70m” (Henzell, 2007, para. 2). Ice sheets provide something for people to live well, and are also a kind of helpful nature. Nature is based on the earth’s environment; it is one of the important basic resources. It helps people eat and live. Although it is helpful material to us, nature has been gradually destroyed by human’s hand. For example, forests give us many kinds of supplies, such as wood and fresh air, and people should prevent ocean pollution because global warming can easily destroy the ocean.
Third, people have to reduce greenhouse gas emission. In “Environment: Problems and Solutions,” the author states “Greenhouse effect. If there were no greenhouse gases, especially water vapor, the earth would be a cold and lifeless planet with an average surface temperature of -18℃(0℉) instead of its current 15℃ (59℉)” (Miller, 1994, p. 107). This article mentions that suitable greenhouse gas is needed in the earth’s ecosystem. If the atmosphere has too much greenhouse gas, the earth gets hotter, but a smaller amount of greenhouse gas will produce a colder earth. Generally, greenhouse gas is an essential resource. Kang (2007) claims, “Meteorological experts have warned of a possible global disaster in the next 50 years unless greenhouse gas is reduced to the level of 1990. Rising sea level and climate change, nonetheless, are believed to continue even after cutbacks on emissions of greenhouse gases” (para. 1). Although greenhouse gas is necessary, the amount of greenhouse gas emission causes of global warming. In addition global warming is main cause of climate change. If each house changes an electric-light bulb to a glow lamp, that should reduce greenhouse gas emission by 68Kg per year, and using public transportation might save the air pollution. Those actions should be helpful to save the earth from the global warming.
Opponents people who have an idea for the benefit of global warming, claim that global warming has given us an economic advantage. In “Global warming has economic, health benefits too, says Redwood,” the author states, “‘we will benefit from the better weather for tourism, agriculture and outdoor sports. Fewer people will die of the cold and from snow and ice in the winter.’ But he said that he was ‘sceptical’ about the scientific theory of global warming, but acknowledged that the world’s climate did appear to be getting hotter.” (2007, para. 2-3). This is kind of silly because global warming is not a support for business. It is a real problem, and humans are directly faced with global warming. Also this article says, “we do need to increase the water supply in the drier south of the UK and make sure we have enough water stored in case we have longer drier periods” (2007, para. 5). If this water supply market place gets bigger, it might give the earth a big problem. People should protect the earth from global warming. If the earth gets hotter and hotter, this business market will grow; it means nobody can live on earth anymore.
In conclusion, global warming is no longer just an environment problem, but is the biggest problem for humans; if people don’t solve this problem, humans can’t live on earth. Those solutions are very familiar ways, because everyone knows well about those problems. Those are definitely basic and serious problems. The earth is in human’s own hands; also there is nothing more important than the earth. The points of these facts are that we can just do small things, which we can do. It is first step to save the earth. Don’t try to solve a big problem, only focus on what you can. It is the best way to save the earth. The earth is not a supplier; it is our life and settlement, so people should protect the earth by themselves. This is human’s job and responsibility.
References
Antarctic Ice shelf Collapses. (2008. March 27). Hobart Mercury. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from Lexisnexis.
Antarctic Ice Shelf disintegration underscores a warming world. (2008, March 25). National Snow and Ice Data Center. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://nsidc.org/news/press/20080325_wilkins.html
Bone, J. (2007, November 12). A global warning for UN chief from the ice floes at the foot of the world. The Times London. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Climate change. (n.d.). UNEP. Retrieved June 7, 2008, from http:www.unep.org
/Themes/cimatechange/about/index.asp
Easton, P. (2008, May 13). Antarctica has warmed before.Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://www.stuff.co.nz/4523864a10.htm.
Gava, J. (2007, May 31). Cut gases or cop the cold shoulder. All-round Country Edition. Retrieved June 12, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Global Warming. (n.d). Wikipedia. Retrieved Jun 4, 2008,from http://en.wikipedia.org. wiki.Global_warming.
Global Warming has economic, health benefits too, says Redwood. (2007, March 13). Birmingham Post. Retrieved June 4, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Henzell, J. (2006, October 25). Human actions linked to Antarctic warming. The
Press Christchurch New Zealand. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Henzell, J. (2007, June 5). World Environment Day 2007. The Press Christchurch New Zealand. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Kang, M. (2007, May 31). Sea: A solution to climate change. The Korea Herald. Retrieved June 12, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Miller, Jr., G.T. (1994) Environment: Problems and solutions. Belment, CA: Wadswoth Publishing Company.
Yoon, W. (2007, December 17). S. Korea to Reduce Gas Emission. Korea Times,. Retrieved June 12, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
practice Final
HeeJin Shin
EAP 2
Writer’s Workshop
Practice Final
June 17, 2008
Bad effect of using chat
Have you ever talked with someone by using Internet chat? Nowadays the Internet is the most important supplier in our society. People can do everything in the Internet life, such as receiving information, doing work and becoming globalize. It helps our life become more comfortable. The chat community also belongs in the Internet society. Lee (2002) claims that recently most schools have a similar situation; teachers say that students’ homework was mostly written with shortened words, poorer capitalization and punctuation and strange character like &, $ and <3. It can bring some problems to society. In life, communication is important but if among people there is a communication gap, it produces a break in harmony between each generation. People should figure out how to chat with to children and how they can solve this problem.
The primary reason in that young students might have writing skill. In “The death of the sentence: is the writing on the wall?” the author states “Most prose that young people read nowadays, Yagoda says, is unedited – blogs, text messages and instant messages. Consequently, ‘the things that suffer most are spelling and punctuation. They put a comma, not a period, where there is a pause.’ ” (Weeks, 2008, para. 36). It also explains that young people have come to have grammatical problems in their writing skill. Actually, people have the essence of their own languages. If young people maintain their grammatical problems, after decades people will suffer form a communication problem.
In addition, in the United States, there are a number of international students how using chat influences their second language study. According to Almeida d’ Eca (2003), “Integrating chat in EFL/ESL can be powerfully motivating and bring enormous excitement to what is generally a difficult process – learning a language” (para. 3). It can be a helpful a way to learn a language; however, it can be a big risk because chat language is not perfect sentences. Practically, international students want to look more like a native speaker, but chat language has lots of hidden meanings so sometimes it might be hard to understand for the language learner.
It is very hard to figure whether chat is good or bad, but mostly it is close to a bad effect. It can be part of progress in communication. But that is not enough. If chat only produces more flexible communication that would be a good, but the problem is chat also produces confusion of communication.
References
Almeida d’ Eca, T. (2003, June). The use of chat in EFL/ESL. TESL-EJ. Retrieved June 16, 2008, from http://tesl-ej.org/ej25/int.html.
Lee, J. (2002, September). Nu shortcuts in school R 2 much 4 teachers. NY Times. Retrieved June 16, 2008, from http://tinyurl.com/5p7vtb.
Weeks, L. (2008, June 15). The fate of the sentence: is the writing on the wall?. Washington Post. Retrieved June 16, 2008, from http://tinyurl.com/6bp4kz.
EAP 2
Writer’s Workshop
Practice Final
June 17, 2008
Bad effect of using chat
Have you ever talked with someone by using Internet chat? Nowadays the Internet is the most important supplier in our society. People can do everything in the Internet life, such as receiving information, doing work and becoming globalize. It helps our life become more comfortable. The chat community also belongs in the Internet society. Lee (2002) claims that recently most schools have a similar situation; teachers say that students’ homework was mostly written with shortened words, poorer capitalization and punctuation and strange character like &, $ and <3. It can bring some problems to society. In life, communication is important but if among people there is a communication gap, it produces a break in harmony between each generation. People should figure out how to chat with to children and how they can solve this problem.
The primary reason in that young students might have writing skill. In “The death of the sentence: is the writing on the wall?” the author states “Most prose that young people read nowadays, Yagoda says, is unedited – blogs, text messages and instant messages. Consequently, ‘the things that suffer most are spelling and punctuation. They put a comma, not a period, where there is a pause.’ ” (Weeks, 2008, para. 36). It also explains that young people have come to have grammatical problems in their writing skill. Actually, people have the essence of their own languages. If young people maintain their grammatical problems, after decades people will suffer form a communication problem.
In addition, in the United States, there are a number of international students how using chat influences their second language study. According to Almeida d’ Eca (2003), “Integrating chat in EFL/ESL can be powerfully motivating and bring enormous excitement to what is generally a difficult process – learning a language” (para. 3). It can be a helpful a way to learn a language; however, it can be a big risk because chat language is not perfect sentences. Practically, international students want to look more like a native speaker, but chat language has lots of hidden meanings so sometimes it might be hard to understand for the language learner.
It is very hard to figure whether chat is good or bad, but mostly it is close to a bad effect. It can be part of progress in communication. But that is not enough. If chat only produces more flexible communication that would be a good, but the problem is chat also produces confusion of communication.
References
Almeida d’ Eca, T. (2003, June). The use of chat in EFL/ESL. TESL-EJ. Retrieved June 16, 2008, from http://tesl-ej.org/ej25/int.html.
Lee, J. (2002, September). Nu shortcuts in school R 2 much 4 teachers. NY Times. Retrieved June 16, 2008, from http://tinyurl.com/5p7vtb.
Weeks, L. (2008, June 15). The fate of the sentence: is the writing on the wall?. Washington Post. Retrieved June 16, 2008, from http://tinyurl.com/6bp4kz.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Argument Eassay
Save the Antarctica from the Global Warming
In “Antarctica has warmed before” the author states, “Scientists drilling deep into Antarctica have uncovered evidence of a once-warm land, including pollen and algae, buried below the sea floor.” (Easton, 2008, para. 1). This may not sound good, because it means that the earth have a problem. In “Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration underscores a Warming World,” the author claims, “sSatellite imagery from the national Snow and ice data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder reveals that 13,680 square kilometer (5,282 square mile) ice shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of Antarctica” (2008, para. 1). South Pole’s ice shelf has been breaking down because of climate change. Recently, ice shelf collapses’ speed has rapidly gotten faster throughout the decade. If this problem keeps going through, even as people try to solve this problem, at that time it might be too late. The main reason for the South Pole ice shelf collapses is climate change and the cause of climate change, is global warming; both climate change and global warming have a connection that makes the earth environment bad. The earth is our living area, so humans should protect the earth from global warming. If humans try small activities at home to save the earth, the earth will no longer be hotter and hotter.
First, people have to reduce greenhouse gas. The greenhouse gas emission is the main cause of global warming. The ozone protects earth’s biological life from the ultraviolet rays. However, greenhouse gas emission makes a big hole in the ozone. It means that ozone breaks down and humans might be faced with strong solar energy. It could cause serious skin cancer for human. If each house changes an electric-light bulb to a glow lamp it should reduce greenhouse gases by 68Kg per year. If ozone disappears, everyone can live more in the earth.
Next, people should use renewable resources more than nonrenewable resources. The fossil fuels such as gases, oil, and coal, bring smoke and through the greenhouse gases emission. Even though fossil fuels have bad effects on the earth, those are the most useful resources in the world. However, renewable resources, which are from sun’s resources like solar energy, wind power, and waterpower, should be a better way to save the earth from global warming because solar energy didn’t occur air pollution and generally, people don’t need to worry about energy exhaustion.
Third, people have to take care of the earth’s natural resources. Nature is based on the earth’s environment; it is one of the important basic resources. It helps people eat and live. Although it is very helpful material to us, nature has been gradually destroyed by human’s hand. For example, forests give us many kinds of supplies, such as wood and fresh air, and people should prevent ocean’s problems because the ocean can easily be destroy for global warming.
My opponents, who have an idea for the benefit of global warming, claim that global warming has give us an economic advantage. In “Global warming has economic, health benefits too, says Redwood,” the author states “We do need to increase the water supply in the drier south of the UK and make sure we have enough water stored in case we have longer drier periods” (2007, para. 5). If this market place gets bigger, it might give the earth a big problem. People should protect the earth from global warming. If the earth gets hotter and hotter, which business will grow, it means nobody can live on earth anymore.
In conclusion, global warming is no longer just an environment problem but is the biggest problem for human; if people don’t solve this problem, humans can’t live on earth. Everyone knows well those problems. The earth is in human’s own hands; also there is nothing more important than the earth. The earth is not a supplier that is our life.
References
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses. (2008, March 27). Hobart Mercury. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Antarctic Ice Shelf disintegration underscores a warming world. (2008, March 25). National Snow and Ice Data Center. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://nsidc.org/news/press/20080325_wilkins.html.
Bone, J. (2007, November 12). A global warning for UN chief from the ice floes at the foot of the world. The Times London. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Climate change: what it is. (n.d.). Environmental protection Agency. Retrieved June 7, 2008, from http://epa.gov.climatechnage
Easton, P. (2008, May 13). “Antarctica has warmed before”. Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://www.stuff.co.nz/4523864a10.html.
Global Warming has economic, health benefits too, says Redwood. (2007, March 13). Birmingham post. Retrieved June 4, 2008, from LexisNexis.
In “Antarctica has warmed before” the author states, “Scientists drilling deep into Antarctica have uncovered evidence of a once-warm land, including pollen and algae, buried below the sea floor.” (Easton, 2008, para. 1). This may not sound good, because it means that the earth have a problem. In “Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration underscores a Warming World,” the author claims, “sSatellite imagery from the national Snow and ice data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder reveals that 13,680 square kilometer (5,282 square mile) ice shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of Antarctica” (2008, para. 1). South Pole’s ice shelf has been breaking down because of climate change. Recently, ice shelf collapses’ speed has rapidly gotten faster throughout the decade. If this problem keeps going through, even as people try to solve this problem, at that time it might be too late. The main reason for the South Pole ice shelf collapses is climate change and the cause of climate change, is global warming; both climate change and global warming have a connection that makes the earth environment bad. The earth is our living area, so humans should protect the earth from global warming. If humans try small activities at home to save the earth, the earth will no longer be hotter and hotter.
First, people have to reduce greenhouse gas. The greenhouse gas emission is the main cause of global warming. The ozone protects earth’s biological life from the ultraviolet rays. However, greenhouse gas emission makes a big hole in the ozone. It means that ozone breaks down and humans might be faced with strong solar energy. It could cause serious skin cancer for human. If each house changes an electric-light bulb to a glow lamp it should reduce greenhouse gases by 68Kg per year. If ozone disappears, everyone can live more in the earth.
Next, people should use renewable resources more than nonrenewable resources. The fossil fuels such as gases, oil, and coal, bring smoke and through the greenhouse gases emission. Even though fossil fuels have bad effects on the earth, those are the most useful resources in the world. However, renewable resources, which are from sun’s resources like solar energy, wind power, and waterpower, should be a better way to save the earth from global warming because solar energy didn’t occur air pollution and generally, people don’t need to worry about energy exhaustion.
Third, people have to take care of the earth’s natural resources. Nature is based on the earth’s environment; it is one of the important basic resources. It helps people eat and live. Although it is very helpful material to us, nature has been gradually destroyed by human’s hand. For example, forests give us many kinds of supplies, such as wood and fresh air, and people should prevent ocean’s problems because the ocean can easily be destroy for global warming.
My opponents, who have an idea for the benefit of global warming, claim that global warming has give us an economic advantage. In “Global warming has economic, health benefits too, says Redwood,” the author states “We do need to increase the water supply in the drier south of the UK and make sure we have enough water stored in case we have longer drier periods” (2007, para. 5). If this market place gets bigger, it might give the earth a big problem. People should protect the earth from global warming. If the earth gets hotter and hotter, which business will grow, it means nobody can live on earth anymore.
In conclusion, global warming is no longer just an environment problem but is the biggest problem for human; if people don’t solve this problem, humans can’t live on earth. Everyone knows well those problems. The earth is in human’s own hands; also there is nothing more important than the earth. The earth is not a supplier that is our life.
References
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses. (2008, March 27). Hobart Mercury. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Antarctic Ice Shelf disintegration underscores a warming world. (2008, March 25). National Snow and Ice Data Center. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://nsidc.org/news/press/20080325_wilkins.html.
Bone, J. (2007, November 12). A global warning for UN chief from the ice floes at the foot of the world. The Times London. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Climate change: what it is. (n.d.). Environmental protection Agency. Retrieved June 7, 2008, from http://epa.gov.climatechnage
Easton, P. (2008, May 13). “Antarctica has warmed before”. Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://www.stuff.co.nz/4523864a10.html.
Global Warming has economic, health benefits too, says Redwood. (2007, March 13). Birmingham post. Retrieved June 4, 2008, from LexisNexis.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Summary response
Solution for Global Warming
In Bone’s (2007) article, “ A global warning for UN chief from the ice floes at the foot of the world,” he explains that Ban Ki Moon, who is the secretary-general of the United Nations, went to Antarctica because he wanted to gather information about Antarctica’s ice collapse problem. He had been to visit Antarctica before, when he was South Korean foreign minister. He thought that Antarctica is very impressive and beautiful even though it has a problem. The author discusses the fact that most scientists believe that the reason for Ice melting is climate change. The collapse of ice shelves belongs to the Antarctic Peninsula area. This ice is much stronger than the other. If shelves break down, that could raise the sea levels by over five meters. Some scientist predicted this problem a decade ago but at that time nobody cared what he said. But now this is most serious problem in the world.
It is a fact that Antarctica’s ice is beginning to melt and it means that global warming is getting worse. Most governments and global associations are focused on this problem and are trying to solve it. But it is hard to care about all problems for them. People should figure out how to save the earth from global warming, like reducing greenhouse gas, using renewable resources, and saving the earths resources.
First, people have to reduce greenhouse gas. The greenhouse gas is the main cause of global warming. It has destroyed the ozone. If ozone is broken, people can’t live more safely. If each house changes an electric-light bulb to a glow lamp, that should be reduce greenhouse gas by 68Kg per year and using public transportation might save the air pollution. Those facts should be helpful to save the earth from the global warming.
Second, people should use renewable resources more than nonrenewable resources. In the world the most expensive and useful resource is fossil fuel; however, it causes bad smoke to flow atmosphere. However, everyone uses it. It gives bad effect to ozone and world nature. If humans utilize renewable resources such as solar, wind and water energy, those should be a better way to save the earth from global warming and we don’t need to worry about energy exhaustion.
Last, people have to take care of the earth’s natural resources. Nature is an important resource around us. It helps people eat and live. Although it very helpful material to us, but nature has been gradually destroyed by human’s hand. People have to plant seeds in the ground. It looks like small work, but if everyone does it one time, it is going to make a big difference.
In conclusion, those facts are just one thing to save the earth. The point of there facts is that we can just do small tings, which we can do. It is the first step to save the earth. Don’t try to solve a big problem, only focus on what you can. It is the best way to save the earth. The earth’s owner is human; there is nothing more important than the earth.
Reference
Bone, J. (2007, November 12). A global warning for UN chief from the ice floes at the foot of the world. The Times London. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis .
In Bone’s (2007) article, “ A global warning for UN chief from the ice floes at the foot of the world,” he explains that Ban Ki Moon, who is the secretary-general of the United Nations, went to Antarctica because he wanted to gather information about Antarctica’s ice collapse problem. He had been to visit Antarctica before, when he was South Korean foreign minister. He thought that Antarctica is very impressive and beautiful even though it has a problem. The author discusses the fact that most scientists believe that the reason for Ice melting is climate change. The collapse of ice shelves belongs to the Antarctic Peninsula area. This ice is much stronger than the other. If shelves break down, that could raise the sea levels by over five meters. Some scientist predicted this problem a decade ago but at that time nobody cared what he said. But now this is most serious problem in the world.
It is a fact that Antarctica’s ice is beginning to melt and it means that global warming is getting worse. Most governments and global associations are focused on this problem and are trying to solve it. But it is hard to care about all problems for them. People should figure out how to save the earth from global warming, like reducing greenhouse gas, using renewable resources, and saving the earths resources.
First, people have to reduce greenhouse gas. The greenhouse gas is the main cause of global warming. It has destroyed the ozone. If ozone is broken, people can’t live more safely. If each house changes an electric-light bulb to a glow lamp, that should be reduce greenhouse gas by 68Kg per year and using public transportation might save the air pollution. Those facts should be helpful to save the earth from the global warming.
Second, people should use renewable resources more than nonrenewable resources. In the world the most expensive and useful resource is fossil fuel; however, it causes bad smoke to flow atmosphere. However, everyone uses it. It gives bad effect to ozone and world nature. If humans utilize renewable resources such as solar, wind and water energy, those should be a better way to save the earth from global warming and we don’t need to worry about energy exhaustion.
Last, people have to take care of the earth’s natural resources. Nature is an important resource around us. It helps people eat and live. Although it very helpful material to us, but nature has been gradually destroyed by human’s hand. People have to plant seeds in the ground. It looks like small work, but if everyone does it one time, it is going to make a big difference.
In conclusion, those facts are just one thing to save the earth. The point of there facts is that we can just do small tings, which we can do. It is the first step to save the earth. Don’t try to solve a big problem, only focus on what you can. It is the best way to save the earth. The earth’s owner is human; there is nothing more important than the earth.
Reference
Bone, J. (2007, November 12). A global warning for UN chief from the ice floes at the foot of the world. The Times London. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from LexisNexis .
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Summary response
HeeJin Shin
EAP2
Writer’s Workshop
Summary Response
May 27, 2008
Antarctic Ice Shelf broken.
In the National Snow and Ice Data Center (2008) article “Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration Underscores a Warming World” the author state that recent satellite imagery describes how the ice shelf come to collapse due to catastrophic climate change in the south pole. The Wilkins ice shelf is the widest and oldest of floating ice on the southwest Antarctic Peninsula. But satellite images explain how the Wilkins ice shelf comes to collapse. Also the author discussed the fact that the Wilkins ice does not affect the rising of the sea level but if it collapses, the other ice will fall down, so that will affect the rising of the sea level. Most scientists say that Antarctic’s ice shelf is an important resource in the world, so people should prevent more ice from breaking up.
Maybe it’s apparent that the ice shelf collapse is a big problem. Human are faced with global warming. Now the earth is getting hotter and hotter so it brings lots of environmental problems. People have to protect the earth, which will get hard to do, but the earth is our living space, so we should keep it clean. Some causes make global warming, such as broken ozone, destroyed forest, and polluted ocean.
First, we have to prevent the breakdown of ozone. The ozone is around the earth; it also helps us to breathe and protects us from ultraviolet rays. Recently, most countries live in an industrial society, so people waste smoke that causes the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the main reason for global warming and also the broken ozone. If ozone is disappears, everyone can live more in the earth. Nobody can live on earth anymore.
Second, we should protect forest. Trees provide fresh air, but humans destroy mostly forests. Forest is an important resource in the world. It gives us many kinds of supplies, such as wood and fresh air. However, if people would try to plant seeds in the ground, it would do one important thing; save the forest
Last, we should save the ocean. The ocean pollution is a serious problem in the environment. Human are lived in an agriculture society, which at that time didn’t use chemical resources. Nowadays, most farmers are using chemical resources such as pesticide. If this chemical resource flows to water, that makes it possible for water pollution.
In conclusion, those reasons are very familiar causes, because everyone knows well about those problems. Those are definitely basic and serious problems. The earth is in human’s own hands; also there is nothing more important than the earth. Humans should focus on environmental problems and solve them.
Reference
Antarctic Ice Shelf disintegration underscores a warming world. (2008, March 25). National Snow and Ice Data Center. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://nsidc.org/news/press/20080325_wilkins.html
EAP2
Writer’s Workshop
Summary Response
May 27, 2008
Antarctic Ice Shelf broken.
In the National Snow and Ice Data Center (2008) article “Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration Underscores a Warming World” the author state that recent satellite imagery describes how the ice shelf come to collapse due to catastrophic climate change in the south pole. The Wilkins ice shelf is the widest and oldest of floating ice on the southwest Antarctic Peninsula. But satellite images explain how the Wilkins ice shelf comes to collapse. Also the author discussed the fact that the Wilkins ice does not affect the rising of the sea level but if it collapses, the other ice will fall down, so that will affect the rising of the sea level. Most scientists say that Antarctic’s ice shelf is an important resource in the world, so people should prevent more ice from breaking up.
Maybe it’s apparent that the ice shelf collapse is a big problem. Human are faced with global warming. Now the earth is getting hotter and hotter so it brings lots of environmental problems. People have to protect the earth, which will get hard to do, but the earth is our living space, so we should keep it clean. Some causes make global warming, such as broken ozone, destroyed forest, and polluted ocean.
First, we have to prevent the breakdown of ozone. The ozone is around the earth; it also helps us to breathe and protects us from ultraviolet rays. Recently, most countries live in an industrial society, so people waste smoke that causes the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the main reason for global warming and also the broken ozone. If ozone is disappears, everyone can live more in the earth. Nobody can live on earth anymore.
Second, we should protect forest. Trees provide fresh air, but humans destroy mostly forests. Forest is an important resource in the world. It gives us many kinds of supplies, such as wood and fresh air. However, if people would try to plant seeds in the ground, it would do one important thing; save the forest
Last, we should save the ocean. The ocean pollution is a serious problem in the environment. Human are lived in an agriculture society, which at that time didn’t use chemical resources. Nowadays, most farmers are using chemical resources such as pesticide. If this chemical resource flows to water, that makes it possible for water pollution.
In conclusion, those reasons are very familiar causes, because everyone knows well about those problems. Those are definitely basic and serious problems. The earth is in human’s own hands; also there is nothing more important than the earth. Humans should focus on environmental problems and solve them.
Reference
Antarctic Ice Shelf disintegration underscores a warming world. (2008, March 25). National Snow and Ice Data Center. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://nsidc.org/news/press/20080325_wilkins.html
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Summary response
HeeJin Shin
EAP 2
Writer’s Workshop
Summary Response
May 27, 2008
Meting down Antarctica’s ice
In Peter’s (2008) article “Antarctica’s Wilkins ice Shelf eroding at an unforeseen pace” the author explains Antarctic has a problem, which is Wilkins ice shelf is going to melt. Also this problem will make some problems, like changing the region and raising the sea level. The Wilkins ice Shelf is annually getting smeller; it is a big issuer of a global problem and he discusses the fact that Wilkins Ice Shelf is different from the other ice because it is more gradually thickened than others. This ice shelf helps the other ice keep standing. Also he says scientists have to discover some way to change the strange climate and ocean conditions that might be the cause of Antarctica’s ice melting.
Nowadays, the earth has lots of environmental problems such as Antarctica’s ice melting. Actually, Antarctica is the coldest area in the world, so they have a large ice area. But now the ice is melting and it causes an environmental problem. The biggest problem of ice melting is global warming. Now the earth is getting hotter and hotter. This is the main reason for Antarctica’s ice melting. People have to prevent this problem or how global warming will influence the earth.
First of all, Global warming destroyed Environment. Now the earth’s temperature is going up annually, and this explaining why Antarctica’s ice is going to melt, which is the reason for the sea level rise. This is the problem for animals and humans. If ice is melting, Antarctica’s animals are losing their area. And the sea floods some islands. However, the rising sea level is annually getting higher. This is the most serious problem of global warming.
Next, Global warming make catastrophic weather. Powerful hurricanes, strong tornados, and big tsunamis are caused by strange weather. Last winter Florida had some strange event, which was suddenly that the temperature went down, so lots of tropical animals and plant were dying. It could explain why earth now has confusing weather. It is also a risk of the earth.
Last, Global warming brings Health Risks. Malaria is an epidemic disease from mosquitoes. The earth temperature is going up; that also brings mosquitoes’ rate going up too. Global warming also provides health problems for humans. If people do not prevent this problem that will became the most serious problem.
In conclusion, global warming is no longer just an environmental problem but is the biggest problem for human, If people don’t solve this problem, humans are going to be killed and animals exterminated. Humans live on the earth; it is our settlement, so people should protect the earth by themselves. This is human’s job and responsibility.
Reference
Spotts, P. N. (2008, March 28). Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf eroding at an
unforeseen pace. CSMONITOR.com. Retrieved May 8, 2008,from http://
www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Antar…www.csmonit
or.com%2F2008%2f032%2Fp25s10-wogi.html&partnered=309791
EAP 2
Writer’s Workshop
Summary Response
May 27, 2008
Meting down Antarctica’s ice
In Peter’s (2008) article “Antarctica’s Wilkins ice Shelf eroding at an unforeseen pace” the author explains Antarctic has a problem, which is Wilkins ice shelf is going to melt. Also this problem will make some problems, like changing the region and raising the sea level. The Wilkins ice Shelf is annually getting smeller; it is a big issuer of a global problem and he discusses the fact that Wilkins Ice Shelf is different from the other ice because it is more gradually thickened than others. This ice shelf helps the other ice keep standing. Also he says scientists have to discover some way to change the strange climate and ocean conditions that might be the cause of Antarctica’s ice melting.
Nowadays, the earth has lots of environmental problems such as Antarctica’s ice melting. Actually, Antarctica is the coldest area in the world, so they have a large ice area. But now the ice is melting and it causes an environmental problem. The biggest problem of ice melting is global warming. Now the earth is getting hotter and hotter. This is the main reason for Antarctica’s ice melting. People have to prevent this problem or how global warming will influence the earth.
First of all, Global warming destroyed Environment. Now the earth’s temperature is going up annually, and this explaining why Antarctica’s ice is going to melt, which is the reason for the sea level rise. This is the problem for animals and humans. If ice is melting, Antarctica’s animals are losing their area. And the sea floods some islands. However, the rising sea level is annually getting higher. This is the most serious problem of global warming.
Next, Global warming make catastrophic weather. Powerful hurricanes, strong tornados, and big tsunamis are caused by strange weather. Last winter Florida had some strange event, which was suddenly that the temperature went down, so lots of tropical animals and plant were dying. It could explain why earth now has confusing weather. It is also a risk of the earth.
Last, Global warming brings Health Risks. Malaria is an epidemic disease from mosquitoes. The earth temperature is going up; that also brings mosquitoes’ rate going up too. Global warming also provides health problems for humans. If people do not prevent this problem that will became the most serious problem.
In conclusion, global warming is no longer just an environmental problem but is the biggest problem for human, If people don’t solve this problem, humans are going to be killed and animals exterminated. Humans live on the earth; it is our settlement, so people should protect the earth by themselves. This is human’s job and responsibility.
Reference
Spotts, P. N. (2008, March 28). Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf eroding at an
unforeseen pace. CSMONITOR.com. Retrieved May 8, 2008,from http://
www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Antar…www.csmonit
or.com%2F2008%2f032%2Fp25s10-wogi.html&partnered=309791
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Wal-Mart
Green-Washing in Wal-Mart
In “Green Washing,” the author states that “Green washing is the practice of making and unsubstantiated or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a products, service, technology or company practice” (2007, para. 1). Nowadays, people have lots of environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution and soil pollution those reasons are causes of environmental problems. All reasons are related with humans so people want to solve environment problems. However, some people are doing well for the environmental problem, but some do nothing for the problem or the going wrong way for the problem. When people start working for the environment, the first time people would be carefully approaching problem so few problems work out, but some environmental work is gradually departing the wrong way. It shows that a few people who worked for the environment, are working the wrong way. But those people don’t know whether they are going the wrong way or not. So people should pay attention to whether now they are going Green or Green Washing.
According to Whatis.com’s article (2007, para. 2), “Green Washing can make a company appear to be more environmentally friendly than it really is. It can also be used to differentiate a company’s products or services from its competitors by promising more efficient use of power or by being more cost-effective over time,” it explains that most companies want be Green companies. This is a company, which is the most popular grocery store in the world, Wal-Mart. According to “Wal-Mart Stores” article, it all opened in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. And today, there are 941 stores across the United States (n.d). Wal-Mart had a slogan, “We save people money so they can live better”. It is their purpose for customers. However, Wilson (2008) writes that Wal-Mart is not a more Green company anymore, but has crossed are to Green Washing Company. Even though, the Wal-Mart tried to solve the environmental problem, some ways are mistakes so this reason has made Wal-Mart go to Green Washing. These days, Wal-Mart tries to be more close to customers but it can be hard to focus on their environmental problem. So they should change some problems of product in its store.
First of all, Wal-Mart should reduce the carbon dioxide level. Carbon dioxide is a cause of air pollution. Lots of products include chemical resources by carbon dioxide. If carbon dioxide flows into the air, it causes air pollution. In Lohan’s article “Don’t Buy Wal-Mart’s Green washing,” he tells us that, “In 2005, Wal-Mart published a calculation of its own carbon footprint, revealing that its U.S. operations were responsible for 5.3 million metric tons of CO2 emissions,” (2007, para. 8). Thus, Wal-Mart’s carbon emissions have a heavy level of effect in the air. Also Lohan (2007, para. 4) claims “Although the retail giant announced goals to cut CO2 by 2 million metric tons in six years, at their current growth rate, their new stores will use more energy than any of the energy saving measure they are going to employ”. These days, there are lots of causes for air pollution, now Wal-Mart is just the smallest cause, but if they don’t reduce carbon emission, it would be biggest problem of air pollution. So Wal-Mart should have a carbon dioxide standard level. Wal-Mart should change shopping style. And should reduce the use of carbon dioxide in the products in its store.
Second, Wal-Mart should start focusing on customers. According to Harvey (2008, para. 5), “Cutting emissions at the point of a product’s use in much harder than cutting a manufacture’s own emissions, because it depends on changing consumer behavior. Reckitt Benckiser is to tackle this by providing information on how to use the products in a more environmentally friendly fashion”. It tells us that customer behaviors affect stores behaviors. In Harvey (2007, para. 6), he claims that “persuading people to cut emissions could also help Reckitt Benckiser’s sales.” If a store wants to be showed Green company and wants more profit, they should be focused on their customers. For example, in Korea most markets have specific events for their store’s customers such as opening a class about saving the environment. The customers learned how to save money and energy, because some customers don’t know how to save the environment. This class teaches about information of life style and how to live better than before. This is one of the most popular events in the Korean markets. It means, markets pay attention to their customers’ behavior. If a market wants to become a green market, the most important resource is customers. If American markets are focus on their customer’s behavior, it should be helpful to their store’s business.
Third, Wal-Mart should organize its own recycling system. In Korea, when people go to a market, they should buy the plastic bag. Each bag has a 50 cent cost. It was started in 2000; this time Koreans say it is very hard on customers because customers should bring reusable bag every shopping trip. The first time, the plastic bag has a 20 cent, cost so people thought it can be available to buy. But after a time, markets are going up for plastic bag’s cost so now it is 50 cents. And if you buy plastic bags and then return it back, they return 25 cents for each bag. This system influences customer’s behavior, so most Korean customers use reusable bags. It is very common in Korea. According to Magestro (2005, para. 5), “The number of plastic bags deposited into U.S. landfills has doubled in the past 15 years, and the 1.63 million tons thrown away in 2003 alone would fill Ohio Stadium to the top six times.” Therefore, Wal-Mart should encourage customers to use reusable bags. If people waste plastic bags, it will be a cause of soil pollution. So Wal-Mart should organize its own recycling system; furthermore, customers should too. Actually, this is related to a focus on customers. If Wal-Mart encouraged people to do recycling system, that would be helpful to both Wal-Mart and customer.
Opponents say Wal-Mart is doing well in its Green Mission. They want to solve the environmental problem, so they have tried several ways. In “Wal-Mart: greenwashing or good business sense?” the author states that “Last summer Fortune reported that by eliminating excess packaging on their private-label line of toys, kid connection, Wal-Mart saved $2.4 million a year in shipping costs, 3,800 trees, and one million barrels of oil. Fortune also reported that the sandwich balers installed in the stores to recycle and sell plastic have added $28 million to the bottom line” (Hollis, 2007, para. 9). However, it is just an outside problem. Wal-Mart won’t pay attention to its own store’s problem. Wilson (2008) claims that “Students from two local elementary schools are collecting plastic shopping bags as part of a contest called the ‘Wal-Mart Kids Recycling Challenge,’ and company officials are hoping more schools join in” (para. 2). If Wal-Mart didn’t waste plastic bags; they wouldn’t need to collect them from elementary school students. It will improve the appearance of Wal-Mart’s image. Some people wondered why they had to collect plastic bags again. In the beginning, Wal-Mart tried to reduce plastic bags. They don’t need to do this campaign.
In conclusion, Wal-Mart has tried to solve the environmental problem; it is a good attitude. Nevertheless, the environment is still having a problem. It shows that Wal-Mart has lots of problems with their store. They should focus on their store’s problem. Wal-Mart tries to change their old habits. In Korea there are many kinds of markets. Korea had Wal-Mart stores, but now they don’t exist. This is a reason; Korea’s markets are trying to change many things for the environment, but Wal-Mart can’t change the same as a Korean market. It shows that Wal-Mart should transfer to a basic form. If people want to change something, they will transfer the basic foundation; however, they left out the first step; they aren’t faced with the basic problem. Whether it changes or not, it is related to the environment. There are basic methods, such as reducing carbon dioxide level, focusing on customers, and organizing recycling system. Those reasons would make better Wal-Mart also a shorter way to Green Company.
References
About Us. (n.d.).Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Retrieved April 28, 2008, from http://www.walmartstores.com/aboutus
Carlisle, J. (2006, December). Is Wal-Mart Going Green of Just Green-Washing Its Terrible Image?. Organic Consumers Association. Retrieved March 25, 2008, from http://www.organicconsumers.org/article/article_3657.cfm
Harvey, F. (2007, October 31). Reckitt’s plan to green-up its customers. The
Financial Times Limited. Retrieved March 27, 2008,from Lexis Nexis database.
Hollis, N. (2007, October 17). Wal-Mart: Greenwashing or Good Business sense?.
WWW.MB-Blog.com. Retrieved April 28, 2008, form hhttp://www.mb-blog.com/index.php/2007/10/17/wal-mart-greenwashing-or-good-business
Lampert, A. (2007, July 25). Quebec producer eye big opportunity; Retail
giant invites natural-foods firms to participate in ‘Green Fair’ in Montreal.The Gazette. Retrieved March 27, 2008, from Lexis Nexis database.
Lohan, T. (2007, September 12). Don’t Buy Wal-Mart’s Greenwashing. AlterNet.
Retrieved April 28, 2008, from http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/62427/
Magestro, D. (2005, October 10). Plastic Bag Obsession. WWW.Thelantern.Com.
Retrieved April 28, 2008, from http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2005/10/13.opinion/
Mui, Y. (2007, September 25). Wal-Mart Aims To Enlist Suppliers In Green
Mission. The Washington Post. Retrieved March 27, 2008, from Lexis Nexis database.
Wal-Mart’s Green Mansions. (2008, March 17). CNN Money.com. Retrieved
March 24, 2008, from http://www.money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/Newstex/IBD-0001-23838784.htm
What is GreenWashing? (2007, September 19). Whatis.com. Retrieved April 28,
2008. from http://www.money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/Newstex/IBD-0001-23838784.htm
Wilson, A. (2008, January 17). Green-Mart or Green-Washing? Vcreporter.com.
Retrieved March 24, 2008, fromhttp://www.vcreporter.com/cms/Story/detail/green_mart_or_green_washing/5626/
In “Green Washing,” the author states that “Green washing is the practice of making and unsubstantiated or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a products, service, technology or company practice” (2007, para. 1). Nowadays, people have lots of environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution and soil pollution those reasons are causes of environmental problems. All reasons are related with humans so people want to solve environment problems. However, some people are doing well for the environmental problem, but some do nothing for the problem or the going wrong way for the problem. When people start working for the environment, the first time people would be carefully approaching problem so few problems work out, but some environmental work is gradually departing the wrong way. It shows that a few people who worked for the environment, are working the wrong way. But those people don’t know whether they are going the wrong way or not. So people should pay attention to whether now they are going Green or Green Washing.
According to Whatis.com’s article (2007, para. 2), “Green Washing can make a company appear to be more environmentally friendly than it really is. It can also be used to differentiate a company’s products or services from its competitors by promising more efficient use of power or by being more cost-effective over time,” it explains that most companies want be Green companies. This is a company, which is the most popular grocery store in the world, Wal-Mart. According to “Wal-Mart Stores” article, it all opened in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. And today, there are 941 stores across the United States (n.d). Wal-Mart had a slogan, “We save people money so they can live better”. It is their purpose for customers. However, Wilson (2008) writes that Wal-Mart is not a more Green company anymore, but has crossed are to Green Washing Company. Even though, the Wal-Mart tried to solve the environmental problem, some ways are mistakes so this reason has made Wal-Mart go to Green Washing. These days, Wal-Mart tries to be more close to customers but it can be hard to focus on their environmental problem. So they should change some problems of product in its store.
First of all, Wal-Mart should reduce the carbon dioxide level. Carbon dioxide is a cause of air pollution. Lots of products include chemical resources by carbon dioxide. If carbon dioxide flows into the air, it causes air pollution. In Lohan’s article “Don’t Buy Wal-Mart’s Green washing,” he tells us that, “In 2005, Wal-Mart published a calculation of its own carbon footprint, revealing that its U.S. operations were responsible for 5.3 million metric tons of CO2 emissions,” (2007, para. 8). Thus, Wal-Mart’s carbon emissions have a heavy level of effect in the air. Also Lohan (2007, para. 4) claims “Although the retail giant announced goals to cut CO2 by 2 million metric tons in six years, at their current growth rate, their new stores will use more energy than any of the energy saving measure they are going to employ”. These days, there are lots of causes for air pollution, now Wal-Mart is just the smallest cause, but if they don’t reduce carbon emission, it would be biggest problem of air pollution. So Wal-Mart should have a carbon dioxide standard level. Wal-Mart should change shopping style. And should reduce the use of carbon dioxide in the products in its store.
Second, Wal-Mart should start focusing on customers. According to Harvey (2008, para. 5), “Cutting emissions at the point of a product’s use in much harder than cutting a manufacture’s own emissions, because it depends on changing consumer behavior. Reckitt Benckiser is to tackle this by providing information on how to use the products in a more environmentally friendly fashion”. It tells us that customer behaviors affect stores behaviors. In Harvey (2007, para. 6), he claims that “persuading people to cut emissions could also help Reckitt Benckiser’s sales.” If a store wants to be showed Green company and wants more profit, they should be focused on their customers. For example, in Korea most markets have specific events for their store’s customers such as opening a class about saving the environment. The customers learned how to save money and energy, because some customers don’t know how to save the environment. This class teaches about information of life style and how to live better than before. This is one of the most popular events in the Korean markets. It means, markets pay attention to their customers’ behavior. If a market wants to become a green market, the most important resource is customers. If American markets are focus on their customer’s behavior, it should be helpful to their store’s business.
Third, Wal-Mart should organize its own recycling system. In Korea, when people go to a market, they should buy the plastic bag. Each bag has a 50 cent cost. It was started in 2000; this time Koreans say it is very hard on customers because customers should bring reusable bag every shopping trip. The first time, the plastic bag has a 20 cent, cost so people thought it can be available to buy. But after a time, markets are going up for plastic bag’s cost so now it is 50 cents. And if you buy plastic bags and then return it back, they return 25 cents for each bag. This system influences customer’s behavior, so most Korean customers use reusable bags. It is very common in Korea. According to Magestro (2005, para. 5), “The number of plastic bags deposited into U.S. landfills has doubled in the past 15 years, and the 1.63 million tons thrown away in 2003 alone would fill Ohio Stadium to the top six times.” Therefore, Wal-Mart should encourage customers to use reusable bags. If people waste plastic bags, it will be a cause of soil pollution. So Wal-Mart should organize its own recycling system; furthermore, customers should too. Actually, this is related to a focus on customers. If Wal-Mart encouraged people to do recycling system, that would be helpful to both Wal-Mart and customer.
Opponents say Wal-Mart is doing well in its Green Mission. They want to solve the environmental problem, so they have tried several ways. In “Wal-Mart: greenwashing or good business sense?” the author states that “Last summer Fortune reported that by eliminating excess packaging on their private-label line of toys, kid connection, Wal-Mart saved $2.4 million a year in shipping costs, 3,800 trees, and one million barrels of oil. Fortune also reported that the sandwich balers installed in the stores to recycle and sell plastic have added $28 million to the bottom line” (Hollis, 2007, para. 9). However, it is just an outside problem. Wal-Mart won’t pay attention to its own store’s problem. Wilson (2008) claims that “Students from two local elementary schools are collecting plastic shopping bags as part of a contest called the ‘Wal-Mart Kids Recycling Challenge,’ and company officials are hoping more schools join in” (para. 2). If Wal-Mart didn’t waste plastic bags; they wouldn’t need to collect them from elementary school students. It will improve the appearance of Wal-Mart’s image. Some people wondered why they had to collect plastic bags again. In the beginning, Wal-Mart tried to reduce plastic bags. They don’t need to do this campaign.
In conclusion, Wal-Mart has tried to solve the environmental problem; it is a good attitude. Nevertheless, the environment is still having a problem. It shows that Wal-Mart has lots of problems with their store. They should focus on their store’s problem. Wal-Mart tries to change their old habits. In Korea there are many kinds of markets. Korea had Wal-Mart stores, but now they don’t exist. This is a reason; Korea’s markets are trying to change many things for the environment, but Wal-Mart can’t change the same as a Korean market. It shows that Wal-Mart should transfer to a basic form. If people want to change something, they will transfer the basic foundation; however, they left out the first step; they aren’t faced with the basic problem. Whether it changes or not, it is related to the environment. There are basic methods, such as reducing carbon dioxide level, focusing on customers, and organizing recycling system. Those reasons would make better Wal-Mart also a shorter way to Green Company.
References
About Us. (n.d.).Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Retrieved April 28, 2008, from http://www.walmartstores.com/aboutus
Carlisle, J. (2006, December). Is Wal-Mart Going Green of Just Green-Washing Its Terrible Image?. Organic Consumers Association. Retrieved March 25, 2008, from http://www.organicconsumers.org/article/article_3657.cfm
Harvey, F. (2007, October 31). Reckitt’s plan to green-up its customers. The
Financial Times Limited. Retrieved March 27, 2008,from Lexis Nexis database.
Hollis, N. (2007, October 17). Wal-Mart: Greenwashing or Good Business sense?.
WWW.MB-Blog.com. Retrieved April 28, 2008, form hhttp://www.mb-blog.com/index.php/2007/10/17/wal-mart-greenwashing-or-good-business
Lampert, A. (2007, July 25). Quebec producer eye big opportunity; Retail
giant invites natural-foods firms to participate in ‘Green Fair’ in Montreal.The Gazette. Retrieved March 27, 2008, from Lexis Nexis database.
Lohan, T. (2007, September 12). Don’t Buy Wal-Mart’s Greenwashing. AlterNet.
Retrieved April 28, 2008, from http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/62427/
Magestro, D. (2005, October 10). Plastic Bag Obsession. WWW.Thelantern.Com.
Retrieved April 28, 2008, from http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2005/10/13.opinion/
Mui, Y. (2007, September 25). Wal-Mart Aims To Enlist Suppliers In Green
Mission. The Washington Post. Retrieved March 27, 2008, from Lexis Nexis database.
Wal-Mart’s Green Mansions. (2008, March 17). CNN Money.com. Retrieved
March 24, 2008, from http://www.money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/Newstex/IBD-0001-23838784.htm
What is GreenWashing? (2007, September 19). Whatis.com. Retrieved April 28,
2008. from http://www.money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/Newstex/IBD-0001-23838784.htm
Wilson, A. (2008, January 17). Green-Mart or Green-Washing? Vcreporter.com.
Retrieved March 24, 2008, fromhttp://www.vcreporter.com/cms/Story/detail/green_mart_or_green_washing/5626/
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