ES1102: Critical Reflection on The Essay Process (Edited)

During week 7, everyone was given a task to research and draft out an essay on the topic of globalization. Before the lesson started, we were asked to read the globalization texts and videos that were given to us. I admit I do have difficulties finish reading all the information given to us beforehand due to the heavy workload. Nevertheless, I was able to catch up in class as my professor had gone through some of it with us and we had a discussion among our course mates. The discussion with my course mates had allowed me to exchange my ideas with them that were able to enhance the content of my essay. I had gained more ideas on how to draft my essay especially when I have no I idea how to start my essay.

In the process of drafting my essay, I had met with some problems such as phrasing my sentences in the best way that could convey my idea across to readers. Nevertheless, with the help of some of my friends, I was able to finish my essay in time. After the first submission, I had a consultation with the professor which I get to know more about the mistakes I had made while writing my essay. I am now more aware about my grammar mistakes and how to phrase my sentences to make them flow. The professor had also let me know the right way to do citation for my essay, which previously I am not sure how to put them in my essay. The importance of putting citation was also explained to me by the professor which now I will try to put citation in my essays so readers can refer to if they wish to know more about what wrote. It is also to acknowledge the author of the articles that I had referred to.  I was also taught to use the formal way of writing essays and reduce the usage of less formal words such as “brought about” and “cut down” in my essay. Thereafter, I had started my second draft of the essay which I refined my sentence structures as well as include certain new ideas into the content not forgetting to put in the proper citation.

In conclusion, I now have a better idea on what is verb form, verb tense, subject-verb agreement. Not only I know how to spot my mistakes in these areas, I have more knowledge on the topic of globalization.  This essay process had taught me well on how to research about a certain topic and focus on the important areas that I could use for my essay. In addition, improve my English language skills especially my grammar, which I can at least identify what mistakes I had made. With more of such practices, I am sure I can improve my standard of English.

Globalisation Essay; Environment (Final)

Globalisation has created a more inter-linked and independent world and the drivers of globalisation have had an effect on economic, political, social, cultural and environment areas. Although globalisation has a positive impact on the social and economic areas, it has threatened the environment in certain aspects. Climate change is one of the greatest problems faced due to globalisation. The amount of greenhouse gases has increased which resulted in the rise in temperature in the world, which is known as global warming. Since it is a main concern among people, action has been taken to reduce the effects of globalisation such as raising awareness as well as implementation of regulations.

Since the early 20^th century, the average Earth’s surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 degree celsius. This increase in temperature is primarily caused by the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. Due to globalisation, forests are being cleared to create lands to built factories and offices. The deforestation has resulted in a decrease in the removal of carbon dioxide, which is a  greenhouse gas that traps heat. Besides this, human activities such as burning of fossil fuels are also causes of global warming. The effects of global warming includes a rise in sea levels due to the retreat of glaciers in the Artic and Anartica, that threatens the low-lying countries as they have a chance of being submerged. Other likely effects of global warming could be droughts, heavy rainfall and heat waves occuring more often. These effects has causes much concern in the human population and solutions have been introduced to reduce global warming caused by globalisation as quoted from NASA article. (Global Warming, Stop Global Warming – National Geographic; The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters by NASA)

As global warming has become a serious issue, many people and the government are working very hard to decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. The way to do this is to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases is to consume rewenable resources such as wind and solar power, biofuels and natural gas instead of fossil fuels such as petrolum. These renewable resources produce little or no waste products such as carbon dioxide or other pollutants, thus the air would be much cleaner and fresher, reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the air.  Furthermore, renewable energy facilities would require less maintenance than the traditional generators. However, the amount of energy that these renewable resources are able to generate is much less as compared to those produced by the burning of fossil fuels. This means that everyone have to either use less energy or build more renewable energy facilities. To make this solution more effective, I believe that there should be a balance between the fossil fuels and renewable resources. The amount of energy produced by the renewable resources could be a replacement for the energy produced by the fossil fuels.  (School energy monitoring, by Brown Paper Page)

Reforestation could be another method to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere. As trees are replanted, they would definitely reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the air. The heat being trapped could be reduce and result in the effect of global warming to be less harmful. On the other hand, there have been concerns because the rate of deforestation is much faster than the rate of reforestation. Therefore, the removal of carbon dioxide is slower than the production of carbon dioxide. In addition to this method of reducing the amount of greenhouse gases, there could be regulations on the number of trees that could be cut down or the amount of greenhouse gases each company could produce. With the implementation of such restrictions, it would force companies to be more aware of the amount of pollutants they produce. As a result, the greenhouse effect is not as severe thus reduced global warming. (The Eden Projects, 2012)

In conclusion, globalisation has resulted in benefits as well as negative impacts such as global warming. Global warming is a serious issue that majority of the the people is concern about and actions  have been taken to reduce the effects of global warming. Using renewable resources as well as reforestation with the addition of other methods has definitely help in reducing the greehouse effect hence, the impact of global warming. Scientists and environmentalists have been finding many other possible ways to reduce the effect of global warming. Nevertheless, everyone has an important part to play so as to save the Earth and protect our homes.

Reference:

http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~prathabk/pages/tech_archives/global/globalization_and_environment.pdf

(Reference from Global Warming, Stop Global Warming – National Geographic)

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-solutions/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131004_rw_membership_r1p_intl_w#close-modal

(Reference from solarschool webpage)

http://www.solarschools.net/resources/stuff/advantages_and_disadvantages.aspx  

(Reference from the eden project)

http://www.edenprojects.org/aboutus

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Globalisation - Environmental Issue

Globalisation has created a more inter-linked and independent world. The drivers of globalisation have an effect on economic, political, social, cultural and environment areas. Although globalisation has a positive impact on the social and economic areas, it has threatened the environment in certain aspects. Climate change is one of the greatest problems faced due to globalisation. The amount of greenhouse gases has increase which results in the raise in temperature in the world, which is known as global warming. Since it was a main concern among people, actions have been taken to reduce the effects of globalisation such as raising awareness as well as implementation of regulations.

Since the early 20^th century, the average Earth’s surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 degree celsius[1]. This increase in Earth’s temperature is primarily caused by the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. Due to globalisation, forests are being cleared to create lands to built factories and offices. The deforestation has resulted in a decrease of the removal of carbon dioxide, which is a  greenhouse gas that traps heat. Besides this, human activities such as burning of fossil fuels are also causes of global warming. The effects of global warming includes a rise in sea levels due to the retreat of glaciers in the Artic and Anartica, which threatens the low-lying countries as they have a chance of being submerged. Other likely effects of global warming would be droughts, heavy rainfall and heat waves occuring more often. These effects has causes much concern in the human population solutions have been brought up to reduce global warming caused by globalisation.

As global warming has become a serious issue, many people especially the government are working very hard to cut down the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. The way to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases is to consume rewenable resources such as wind and solar power, biofuels and natural gas instead of fossil fuels such as petrolum. These renewable resources produces little or no waste products such as canbon dioxide or other pollutants, thus the air would be much cleaner and fresher, bringing down the concentration of greenhouse gases in air.  Furthermore, renewable energy facilities would require less maintenance than the traditional generators. However, the amount of energy that these renewable resources are able to generate is much lesser compared to those produced by the burning of fossil fuels. This means that we have to either use lesser energy or build more renewable energy facilities. To make this solution more effective, I believe that there should be a balance usage between the fossil fuels and renewable resources. The amount of energy produced is enough to sustain the usage in a country and the air could be cleaner.

Reforestation could be another method to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere. As trees are replanted, it would definitely reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the air. The heat being trapped would be lesser and reduce the effect of global warming. On the other hand, there have been concerns because the rate of deforestation is much faster than the rate of reforestation. Therefore, the removal of carbon dioxide is slower than the production of carbon dioxide. An addition to this method of reducing the amount of greenhouse gases, there could be regulations in the number of trees that could be cut off or amount of greenhouse gases each company could produce. With the implementation of such restrictions, it would force companies to be more aware of the amount of pollutants they produce. As a result, the greenhouse effect is not as severe thus reduced global warming.

In conclusion, globalisation has brought about benefits as well as negative impacts such as global warming. Global warming is a serious issue that everyone is concern about and there are actions taken to reduce the effects of global warming. Using renewable resources as well as reforestation with addition of other methods has definitely help in reducing the greehouse effect hence, the impact of global warming. Nevertheless, we should always find other alternatives in solving the issue of global warming.

Reference:

http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~prathabk/pages/tech_archives/global/globalization_and_environment.pdf

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-solutions/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131004_rw_membership_r1p_intl_w#close-modal

http://www.solarschools.net/resources/stuff/advantages_and_disadvantages.aspx

http://www.solarschools.net/resources/stuff/advantages_and_disadvantages.aspx

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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

Reader Response (The Effects of Media Globalisation)

Reader Response

In this article, The Effects of Media Globalisation, written by Mary Hickman talks about the benefits and consequences of the advancement of media towards globalization. New media has allows communications to be brought out in a more efficient and effective manner all over the world. It also has the power to cross culture gaps and bring people closer together. Information is readily available to us, making our lives more convenient. However the case, this does not mean that we are better informed about certain issues. The media is a game for the wealthiest people in the world as they are able to afford the cost of using the media. This will lead to the influence of the wealthiest minority’s culture to the rest of the majority. Many multi-national media corporations are able to maximize their profits by lowering their cost of production and cutting costs. This has led to wealthiest having a higher increase in their income compared to the middle class people. Yet, very often people are blinded by the benefits of media to even care about the consequences. Only the government is able to regulate the contents brought out by wealthiest using media and minimizes the influence of culture to the rest of the world. Moreover, media gains profits through advertising, thus contents showed might only reflect the thoughts of the wealthiest and show some biasness. Media has the power to cause an influence to how people behave and think and will always be so. In this essay, I would like to discuss about how information are readily available yet people could not be better informed.

The new media is a platform for people to exchange and gain ideas easily yet, the information they get could be biased and are not better informed.

It is true that people all over the world are able to obtain information and ideas whenever and wherever they are but the information might not be as accurate and as true. As stated in the article, people who are the wealthiest tend to have the most power to bring in their beliefs to the majority and influence their thoughts. This is usually done through advertising where big companies convey all the positive comments to the public and the negative comments are hid from the consumers. The contents of advertisements often make consumers trust the products using idealized images of handsome man and pretty women or stories of successful person who uses the product. Very often, the most ideal situations are brought out to tell people how successful the products are and the negatives sides are censored. Consumers will be attracted to the good side of the product and neglect the bad side of it. Hence, without the negative comments of the products, consumers are not well informed about it. Producers are not producing products based on the best interest of consumers but themselves. It thus defeats the purpose of serving consumers with the best service.

In conclusion, I believe media could be put to a better use to cover the interest of everyone instead of a certain group of people. This is the ensure fairness and not let any group to be taken advantage of.

Week 5 E-learning week: Summary on The Effects of Media Globalisation Draft 2

In this article, The Effects of Media Globalisation, written by Mary Hickman talks about the benefits and consequences of the advancement of media towards globalization. New media has allows communications to be brought out in a more efficient and effective manner all over the world. It also has the power to cross culture gaps and bring people closer together. Information is readily available to us, making our lives more convenient. However the case, this does not mean that we are better informed about certain issues. The media is a game for the wealthiest people in the world as they are able to afford the cost of using the media. This will lead to the influence of the wealthiest minority’s culture to the rest of the majority. Many multi-national media corporations are able to maximize their profits by lowering their cost of production and cutting costs. This has led to wealthiest having a higher increase in their income compared to the middle class people. Yet, very often people are blinded by the benefits of media to even care about the consequences. Only the government is able to regulate the contents brought out by wealthiest using media and minimizes the influence of culture to the rest of the world. Moreover, media gains profits through advertising, thus contents showed might only reflect the thoughts of the wealthiest and show some biasness. Media has the power to cause an influence to how people behave and think and will always be so.