In this picture is my plastic cup from Dunkin, and this is an item that can commonly be found in land pollution or just liter in general. Dunkin is a very popular coffee place in New England, these types of cups can be found anywhere. They are often thrown out of cars on highways, or in overflowing trash cans, and just left in public areas to blow away or fall on the ground. People do not pick up after themselves…
Consumerism relates to environmental issues because it is killing our environment more and more every day. Since demand for items, products, and services is increasing, production needs to increase as well in order to keep up. With production going up there is an increase in buildings/factories that are needed to make the actual product, or even opening up another location if it is a service. Each building or factory adds more pollution to the air, which decreases the air quality…
Here is a rock with some geology found on our campus over behind Featherman Hall.
