...SS 3150 Research Paper Self-Sustainable Living: Why? Nicholas Lawrence Abstract What drives individuals to seek out a self-sustained lifestyle, free from the electricity grid? This study aim to determine the reasons individuals and, in some cases, communities strive to be self-sustainable and free themselves from the electricity grid. Data will be collected form informal interviews with different groups of people that have, are in the process of, or do not want to live a self-sustainable lifestyle as well as using Ethnography and scholarly market studies to gather data on individuals behavior in an unbiased manner. The data will show where the renewable energy industry may be headed in the near future and what drives people to make this drastic life change. Sustainable Living: Why? Introduction This is a qualitative study on the individual and group reasoning behind a drastic lifestyle change that seems to be growing in popularity around the word. Unbiased data will be collected via different forms of methodology in order to discover the thought process and driving force behind this subtle, but dedicated movement to live “off-grid”. Ethnography will be one source of data collection as well as different informal interviews and market analyses. I will present the data collected in this study in such a way, that it may be used for future research to assist in discovering where the residential renewable energy market may be headed in the near future. Literature Review ...
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...The Huaorani of Ecuador John Henry ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Professor Elena Lattarulo 16 July 2011 The Huaorani of Ecuador The Huaorani people of the Amazon are population of people that are trying to maintain their identity, customs, and traditions. The identity of the Huaorani is characterized by their self-sufficient life in and out of the forest whose biodiversity is one of the abundant in the world. The Huaorani are practicing a sustainable economy, where the natural resources are not over-exerted. The modern world is closing in on the Huaorani people. They are faced with “modernization” and other outside forces that are affecting their way of life. The Huaorani are caught between the conflicting objectives of petroleum development and forest conservation. These programs are undermining what constitutes the core of Huaorani culture, the relationship to the forest and their hunting-gathering semi-nomadic way of life. The Huaorani are located in the Ecuadorian headwaters of the Amazon and is comprise of about 1,500 people who are living in up to 24 temporary settlements in an area of almost 20,000 square kilometers, completely covered by rain forest. They are surrounded by related and alien tribes and ethnic groups with a total population of an estimated 150,000. For centuries the Huaorani have had to defend themselves against these groups and against gold and rubber prospectors; which provided the missionaries the justification for "pacification"...
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...The Medicine Wheel: A Guide to Achieving Personal Goals in Life One of the important subjects that is of great interest in Aboriginal Studies is the Medicine Wheel; how it is used as a guide for personal decision making and actions through life, particularly to achieving our personal goals. What the Medicine Wheel is all about and how it helps guide us to a more fulfilling life is a question most of us wonder. The Medicine Wheel is a crucial element of First Nation’s culture. It is a powerful symbol of the aboriginal people’s spirituality. It is the essence of their way of life, a key to understanding the universe, and a guide in which an individual can reach wholeness. It provides framework for growth and direction in one’s life (Roberts, Harper, Bull, & Heideman-Provost, 1998). “The Medicine Wheel symbolizes the interconnection of all life, the various cycles of nature, and how life represents a circular journey” (Traditional Aboriginal Medicine, 2009). The Medicine Wheel as a visual symbol is an effective tool for personal development (Native American Medicine Wheel, 2011). Based on my learning from the class discussions and presentations, I found this project very interesting and inspiring. I found it to be an important guide towards attaining success. In this paper is my vision of what a medicine wheel would be like and how I connect the medicine wheel ideas to my outlook, and to realizing my goals in life. ...
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...I met after Sara and he were married in 2010. The most pronounced activity we work together. Outside work our families have gotten together for social events to include dinners and athletic events (runs, hikes, etc). The couple has been married for almost three years and during this time I have spent a great deal of time with them. I am certain they have a stable marriage and love each other wholly. Carl is a thoughtful, considerate, and hardworking individual. By trade he is a Pilot and in his free time he enjoys electronics. She is caring, optimistic, and hardworking. She currently juggles the demands of pregnancy, the military, and going to school. In her personal time she enjoys running. They lead an active lifestyle, but are most committed to their family and friends. While the majority of their family is on the west coast, they frequently make time to visit. Additionally, I have known of their desire to adopt and start their own family for some time. Sara and Carl are wonderful with children and are excellent role models. They have spent a great deal of time with my toddler and I trust them implicitly. They are warm, nurturing, and always understanding toddler routine. They are always willing to participate in kid friendly activities and he is always excited to see them. Furthermore, she is currently working on her teaching degree. I know she is passionate about child development and will be an excellent teacher both in a school...
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...Consumer Insights 1-1 1. Lifestyles centers allow the consumer to peruse the items available for sale in a relaxed setting. Consumers are able to stop and grab a bite to eat or go to a movie during their shopping excursion. The consumer is also able to take the items purchased home on the same day instead of waiting for it to be shipped. 2. Lifestyle centers are not able to house the same large number of shops that a traditional mall is able too. The consumer is limited to a small number of stores to make purchases. If the consumer wishes to visit a specific store, this is not an issue. However, when it comes to browsing several stores the product variability will not be the same as in a traditional mall. Also, during inclement weather, the outdoor mall setting will not be optimal. A consumer will be less willing to browse store to store when the weather is not ideal. A traditional mall, however, protects the consumer from the weather and promises the ideal shopping climate every time. 3. I am not sure what a virtual lifestyle center would look like. I am sure it would be possible to create because online anything is possible. However, it appears that one of the major attractions to a lifestyle center is the ability to stop for a coffee or see a movie and this does not seem feasible online. If one were created, I would imagine it would offer a small variety of stores set up to allow the consumer easy shopping among them all. Perhaps one checkout procedure would...
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...including speeding through classes they find easy and taking more time on difficult classes. The second point argued is that they are able to arrange their own hours to work around their schedules, even those that work awkward or inconsistent hours. The final point argued is that they are able to work on their classes from wherever they feel most comfortable and do not have to attend classroom meetings. It is concluded from these arguments that WGU is a good place for people with busy lives to continue their education. Western Governors University: University for a Busy Lifestyle People with busy lifestyles, varying schedules, and extreme time restrictions may think that getting their college degree is impossible. WGU is a school that accommodates just these sorts of people. WGU offers all of the advantages of a traditional university in an online package. It is the perfect school for students with busy lifestyles because these students are able to complete individual classes at their own pace, arrange their own hours, and do their schooling from home or wherever they feel most comfortable without sacrificing the support structure of a standard university. WGU gives its students the ability to progress through individual classes at their own pace. This allows students that struggle in a particular class to spend extra time learning the material without being left behind. Students that excel in a particular subject are also allowed the freedom to progress quickly through these classes...
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...CASE OF STUDY: This CEO is out for blood Mircea Muntean Nov 8 2014 Cohort 12 Abstract The documents contains questions and answers about Elisabeth Holmes and its company Theranos, a revolutionary concept for health care. 1. What are the factors that have shaped Elizabeth Holmes as a leader? Elizabeth Holmes was actually born as a leader. She has all the characteristics and has been raised into the most appropriate environment for reaching the actual performance, no matter the operating field. She is brilliantly smart, highly innovative and very ambitious. Her genius was the main reason for her to start this business and do it so well. However, there are many other reasons, usualy small things which can, to a certain time, change somebody’s life completely. Her fear for needles and blood taking was the reason for her to start thinking about a revolutionary way of having blood tests in an easier, faster and as reliable as the standard procedure is. Her genius combined with great courage to give up the college education and to start the business created the conditions for her to become a truly leader, although, as stated before, she is a natural born leader, characteristic obvious since she was a child and she stated that she will do something special . As I can deduct based on limited informations about her, I can see her pretty similar to Steve...
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...about a son and a father’s difficult relationship, and about how the son Ali becomes a religious fanatic and how they deal with the different ways they live their lives. Setting and characters: Parvez is an immigrant from Pakistan. He is a cab driver, and I believe him to be around 40 years of age, because his son is in his adolescence. Parvez enjoys his job because he gets to work late shifts where the roads are more clear and he does not have to spend so much time with his wife, because he sleeps at day. They live in England and Parvez has fullyinto western culture and the English way of life, instead of holding onto Pakistani beliefs and culture. Parvez likes English culture and wants the rest of the family to adopt a Western lifestyle also. It seems like Parvez totally opposes his background and the Muslim faith the muslim way of life does not seem to interest him or impact his life in any shape or fashion. Ali was a straight A student and excelled in sports.efore his interest shifted completely to religion. Because of his disgust for the Western way of living, Ali has completely ended all of his relationships with his English friends, his English girlfriend, and he’s even given up playing all sports. He has also got rid of Western possessions. Ali is quick to judge his father when he does anything not true to the Muslim faith. For example, when they are at a restaurant talking Ali shuns Parvez for drinking alcohol and eating pork, two things that strongly goes...
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...In our modern urban lifestyle, we have lost our sense of community. We need to return to a simpler way of life. Discuss. Following the development of technology, the quality of life becomes better off. It is attractive enough to live in cities, because people can enjoy a lot of convenient facilities. However, some people believe that many people do not know their neighbours and the sense of community has been lost with the increasing number of people in cities. In this essay the effect of the modern urban lifestyle in cities will be discussed. Nowadays, many people tend to live in cities for different reasons. They move into cities mainly for work. Because they leave early in the morning and come back home late in the evening. They do not want to waste their time on a train or bus. If they live in cities, they do not need to wake up early to take a train or bus. Furthermore, living in cities means that they can easily find places or facilities to fill their every need in the urban life, which is valued in the individual lifestyle rather than the sense of community. On the other hand, many people seem to be more isolated than ever before. Because of focusing on the individual lifestyle in modern time, it is hard to have an opportunity to make a deep relationship with people living around. People do not usually know what happens to their neighbours. Humans are social creatures that cannot be independent of others. As a result, even if there are a lot of convenient places...
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...1 The book Code of the Street is a book about urban city life in Philadelphia, PA, for African Americans and how unwritten laws are vital to abide and obtain in order to survive. In this book, Elijah Anderson captivates the reader’s attention by presenting extensive research on how Philadelphia natives adopt the laws of the code of the street and how and when to use these codes of survival. He provides several interviews with many different people who are either forced to enter the code of the street or who are the enforcers. Nonetheless, all are victims because the code is a factor in everybody’s life. As I read this book, I noticed how the code of the street could be a good thing and also a bad thing. I say a good thing because, first and foremost, no one wants to be disrespected and I saw how many of the characters adopted this role in the street life to gain respect and to not be fearful and to be viewed as a “tough” guy. I also saw adopting the code of the street as a bad thing because I saw that there were decent people who were forced to engage in the negativity that the street produced on a daily basis. I saw how the good turned into bad while the bad either were campaigning to be badder or campaigning to make something of themselves. You would think that trying to better your life, especially coming from the ghetto, would be two thumbs up but in the city of Philadelphia, as Anderson described, was a hard obstacle to overcome. Hate, jealousy and envy were the dominant...
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...Communities there are a number of statements that can be made about the information contained on the website and the ease of navigation through the links contained on the site. This essay will address these issues and more. The links on the site are set up in a manner that makes them easy to find and easy to use. Once you get to the website there are links at the top of the page that take you to various issues that are leading to the way of life many people are currently living. Food, community, health, transportation, and design are all areas in which people can make changes for the better in order to lead a more healthy lifestyle. Each link contains large amounts of information that makes finding the answers that people look for easy. Dr. Jackson has spent the vast majority of his professional life studying the impact that auto-centric lifestyles have on the people of various communities. He spent many years with the Center of Disease Control. One of his core beliefs is that because of people’s reliance on cars and poor eating the current generation of children’s life expectancy is going to be less than that of their parents. The information contained on the website is easy to find and easy to understand. The various categories that anybody is interested in are clearly visible and easy to use. Finding information on how often the website is updated was a bit challenging. The websites offered many videos that go into detail on various health topics such as obesity...
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...Life in the Global Era. A look into the daily life of a businesswoman who works in New York would tell you that a lot of things that she wears and does have developed over time. After waking up and showering, she puts on a designer sweater and a pair of khaki pants. She brews and drinks a cup of coffee and eats a banana before heading off to work which involves meeting with other business professionals and making business transactions as well. Each of these products followed a complex process from a different part of the world to take its place in this woman’s morning routine. Simply put, the sweater and the khakis for all we know could have been manufactured somewhere in Australia, knitted and sewn (as in the khakis) into a pattern by an Italian designer. The coffee beans used to make coffee maybe grew on a plant in the high mountains of Kenya. In essence, a lot of the things we do in our modern society are connected to various places outside our current place of residence. Over the past centuries, many instances of advancement have been observed. These instances of progression due to technological improvement have increased interaction and connectivity among people all over the world. From black and white TVs and cameras to coloured ones, from hand-woven fans to electrical fans, from smoke signals and couriers to phones, telephones and the internet as means of communication, from cowries to minted paper currencies in trade. It becomes indisputable that the common saying...
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...Sips of Jasmine Tea The short story “Sips of Jasmine Tea” takes place in a suburb in Canada at summertime in the 90’s. The main character, Louise is married to Hal. It’s not known exactly how old Louise and Hal are, but they’re most likely around 40 years old. Louise and Hal belong to the upper middle class in the Canadian society ( line 11 page 1: Hal wants air-conditioning in the house. He can afford it now Tim’s gone) Together they have a son, Tim. He has recently left home to go to France to study. Louise has a friend, Kelly with whom she likes to go shopping and share food recipes. At first the reader gets the impression that Louise is just an ordinary Canadian wife, but after reading a few lines the reader will eventually get the impression that something is bothering Louise. Louise keeps making up dreams, fantasizing about a different life closer to the way she used to live as a child, and freedom. One day fortuitously Louise starts talking to her neighbor Mrs. Wu, a Chinese woman who turns out to have a lot in common with Louise, she is fantasizing about another world as well. Just like Louise, Mrs. Wu turned out to meet a rich husband, which resulted in moving from her previous childhood home in Chinatown to a suburb, which caused a loss of cultural experiences and memories from her childhood. For Louise Mrs. Wu is a person she can speak to freely about her feelings, without her husband Hal interfering with his materialistic views of life, which hides the feelings...
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...Tues., Mar 26, 2012 “Life Is Not Fair- Get Used To It” Many students in today’s society experience different types of lifestyles; those who have easy-going lives from those who struggle in life. None the less, some students in todays economy are treated unfairly for the amount of effort they actually put into the lifestyle that they live. On that behalf, the advice Bill Gates gives is unrealistic. A stereotype is created based on the majority of students lives that he has seen and not on the minority that he has missed out on. These days, some students have an extremely easy and laid back lifestyle, to the point where everything is handed to them. On the other hand, some struggle and have to work hard for the position they obtain. Bills Gates opinion is harsh considering he is not taking into consideration for the work that some people have to go through to get where they are at now. Over the past 17 years I have lived, I have yet to experience the lifestyle of those who are pampered. I have learned to become the independent person that I am through the ups and downs of life, and the hardships I have overcome. I have worked hard for the things I have accomplished in life and the things I am about to achieve. Since I have done most if not all things on my own, I have most definitely not been pampered. Throughout the years of living, I have set realistic goals that I would like to accomplish. I based my goals on the standards that I am capable of achieving and did not...
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...El-Youbi Karima Dr. Achibat Academic Writing II (AWT1002/12) March 31, 2016 Comparison and Contrast Essay Celebrities and Ordinary People: What Is the Difference? Lifestyle is a term used to refer to the way people live, reflecting their entire range of values, activities, and attitudes. In fact, there are different lifestyles depending on the different categories of people. In this essay, the focus will be on the differences between celebrities and ordinary people lifestyle in terms of privacy, look, and self-satisfaction. One of the main differences between ordinary people and celebrity’s lifestyle is privacy. Actually, celebrities do not have enough privacy; their lives are spattered all over the globe. They are always under surveillance, even when they are doing simplest things as their fans want to know every specific detail about their private life. Even their families are pulled into spotlights. They cannot talk, walk, date, or even get married without taking into consideration their image in the media and their status within the society. For example, Cameron Daiz was shot years ago on a nude beach taking off her clothes; she made of herself the subject of critics and media criticizing her action even if this is her personal life. Unlike celebrities, ordinary people have enough privacy in their life. Ordinary people can do whatever they want and their life is far from being splashed. They can walk, dress, and have fun as they want. For instance, a freshman can...
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