A Simpler Way: Crisis As Opportunity

In recent years there has been great concern over the growing demand for energy, and the lack of non-renewable energy resources to meet the demand in the future. In addition, the question of “sustainability”—the ability to balance social, economic, and environmental needs in energy production to meet both current and long-term requirements—has come to the fore. It is clear that America must expand energy production quickly, and that we must develop renewable, sustainable energy sources to meet long-term demand and protect our future. There are many proposed solutions, such as wind and solar power. But the technology for these resources is not yet fully developed, making them, at best, low-output alternatives. Because renewable sources are

What do you learn from Ben Leach’s article about the issues and concerns regarding the building of wind farms?

As The World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Stay In Denial, by Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan, is a graphic novel about the state of our environment. They use cartoons and abundant sarcasm to convey the message that the attempts people are making to save the environment are not enough to do any real good. Their message challenges both those of Edward O. Wilson and the University of Connecticut in that Jensen and McMillan’s ideas are much more radical and suggest that the ideas posed by Wilson and UConn, such as the importance of recycling and sustainability efforts, are ineffective at saving the environment. We must resolve the challenges posed by Jensen and McMillan so that all of the ideas put forth in the sources may work together rather than against each other. In order to do this we must accept that some of the ideas given by Jensen and McMillan may be too extreme to do any real good and that the ideas suggested by Wilson and UConn, though slightly ineffective, are nonetheless important steps in saving the environment. Taken alone, none of their ideas will save the environment; instead it is necessary to combine the ideas of Wilson, UConn, and Jensen and McMillan in order to create a more realistic plan to save the planet.

In order to explore how a crisis worker would approach, assess, and treat a crisis situation, this paper will focus on the story of Melody, the victim of a brutal rape. Melody Swanson is a 50 year old, divorced teacher who has been living alone since her children went to college two months ago. Melody came home from a short vacation to the casino and was met in her driveway by an armed man in his twenties. She was abducted at gunpoint, beaten, raped, robbed, and left abandoned several miles from her home. Melody was able to find help and was

12/28/2017: Crisis Session was conducted in Spanish. Stephanie and her family arrived to NJCC for a crisis session. Stephanie informed this CIS that she was raped by her friend’s boyfriend. Reporting assailant is 19 years old and Stephanie is 15 years old. Stephanie reported guilt from the incident due to leaving her house to hang out with reporting assailant (R.A.). Stephanie informed this CIS that the reporting assailant was consistently calling her and she finally agreed to hang out with him. Stephanie reported that she was raped in his car and now every time she sees his car she begins to feel anxious. The incident took place about 2 weeks ago.

Additionally, many innovations such as green sense farm are practical only in the developed world, especially the United States. Other undeveloped countries cannot afford most technologies that are mentioned in the film. In fact, undeveloped countries were barely touched on the film. I felt this was particularly a problem in the presentation of the challenge of feeding the world's skyrocketing population growth. I believe there is tremendous potential in undeveloped countries in particular to increase food production through agricultural development.

In a world that is focused on consumption, living sustainably means living against the grain. Our final lecture reflection studied different lifestyles that oppose traditional norms and embrace sustainability. Minimalism is a documentary on people who defy the idea that possessions bring happiness and choose to live with as little as possible. Toke Miller emphasises the importance of changing our ways, to see the world with kindness, love, and consciousness. Finally, Steve Mannell shares the story of the Ark in PEI which promotes a self-sufficient alternative to modern housing. By examining and changing the ways that we live our lives we can approach a way to live sustainably.

The Federalists believed these two issues were essential in maintaining a country's livelihood. They believed a country could not survive without the power to tax or a standing army to defend against encroaching European powers who were watching and waiting for the newly founded United States of America to fail. America was in crisis during this critical period. They had no idea or a reference to turn to. The "Critical Period" meaning when America was new, struggling, and trying to be a super power to be taken as a potential threat against the European super powers of that day and age.

For many years, energy has been a need for people everywhere. What has become of the world today is due to the revolution in energy use. There are two types of energy non-renewables and sources-renewables. An example of a non-renewable is coal and it is a great type of fossil fuel the reason being is because it is a reliable source of electricity. Examples of renewables are wind,water and solar power. Renewables can be recovered and reused while on another hand a non-renewables can not be used again. Coal has been used for thousands of years archaeologists discovered that coal was used even in the second and third centuries by the Romans. Solar power is a renewable source since it’s powered by the sun. It can be changed into other forms for example both heat and electricity can come directly from the sun. The sun’s power has been used for a lifetime to heat up our homes, water (to drink and bathe), and our food as well. Both energy sources-coal and solar-are quite reliable resources, and are used very much. As worldwide energy sources, coal and solar power share similarities and differences when it comes to having a huge impact on the environment the world's economic status within how much money we profit from them and human health such as increased lung cancer rates.

Educating counselors on the common crisis issues is important due to helping our counselor recognize the emotional and physical behaviors so they can administer the proper resources for the victim. Indeed, there are going to be situation where the counselor wants to tell the client to leave the relationship when the client does not want too, but it is the important to influence the counselors to work on empowering the client to handle their issues and research the provided resources.

There are 180,00 families in America living a sustainable lifestyle and roughly around 1.7 billion people worldwide living without depending on the grid. (Palameri 1; Perez qtd. in Wood 1). The number of Eco villages, sustainable and intentional communities are rising across the nation as more people are discovering that they possess a strong inclination to live in the same manner as the Amish. This phenomenon is becoming a progressively popular choice for people from all walks of life. Not only are environmentalists and survivalists escaping the city life in efforts to live off the grid, but single families and people who are seeking to explore a simplified lifestyle are also joining the trend.

Therefore, Sarah began wondering what she could do to change the fate of the earth and her son’s future. She came across a statistic on the usage of CFL light bulbs which reported if every household replaced 5 standard light bulbs with CFLs, 21 power plants would close down with the amount of energy saved in a year. She thought to herself, light bulbs? “I realized that there 's a lot of power in small changes” ( Lachance 140 ). Living in an 1852 colonial village, she strives to continue to make her life even greener. Spending 1,000 on attic insulation produced a return in 3 years with the money saved on energy bills. In addition, she installed cellulose, which 85% of its makeup is recycled paper filler. Moreover, the small changes made by Sarah are her hybrid Prius, which saves her approximately 400 gallons of gas or $1,400 a year and attic Installation which saves her 156 gallons of oil and $546 dollars annually.

In this day and age, we have new energy sources that could be used to power our homes and transportation. Wind and solar power are used all over the world, but are still used far less than fossil fuels. Most would say it’s not reliable or it doesn’t make any profit. While both statements are true, it doesn’t mean we can’t make a better future using renewable energy. In fact, the only reason we don’t use renewables for everything is that we don’t want to change. The hard truth is we need to change. Fossil fuels are great right now, but if we run out, humanity must have another source of energy.

Wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass provide so much benefit for our climate, health and our economy. As many reliable energy’s rise on demand and expense like oil, coal, natural gas and nonrenewable fossil fuel that draw on limited resources which will eventually diminish. Looking at all the power plants and the millions of cars that exist in the streets today and many more technologies and industries that are polluting the air it is safe to say we may be going the wrong way into saving the world our kids will grow into. People and many utilities need to focus on the positive outcome of renewable energy. Like the good it brings on stable energy price, improvements on public health as well as the prevention of global warming discharge, jobs and other economic benefits.

What is a crisis management? It is an unexpected crisis that happens on the company that will affect the trust and loyalty of the stakeholder. It can be extremely costly because it will affect the company reputation and brand. For example like financial failure from poor business management, workplace violence, fires, cybercrime, computer viruses, product tampering or union strikes and other external issue like damaged economy that causes from London bombings, terrorists attacks on 11 September and others. The SHRM 2005 report indicates that only 56% organizations created or revised their disaster preparedness plans but 45% did not after the terrorist attacked on