Environmental threats facing the Everglades or South Florida

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Reflect on the numerous environmental threats facing the Everglades or South Florida in general from what we have touched upon in class. Choose one current environmental challenge and address the following questions in your 300+ word response:

Describe the environmental threat. What caused it, and what are the major negative implications?
How is this environmental threat impacting us as human residents of South Florida? How may it continue to affect us in the future?
What are some things we can do to overcome this threat? Imagine you are an environmental manager and it is your job to come up with some solution to the problem. There is no wrong answer here so use your imagination! Consider how both human residents and the environment will be affected by your solution. What are some of the major pros and cons?

 

 

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Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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The environmental threat that I have chosen to focus on is the destruction of the Everglades, which can be attributed to a variety of causes such as urban development and agricultural activities. As these activities continue to encroach upon and disrupt the wetlands’ fragile ecosystem, they result in increased water pollution through fertilizer runoff and habitat destruction for both plants and animals. This has had major negative implications on the environment: disrupting nutrient cycles, altering plant composition, increasing erosion rates, reducing biodiversity levels, etc.

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The environmental threat that I have chosen to focus on is the destruction of the Everglades, which can be attributed to a variety of causes such as urban development and agricultural activities. As these activities continue to encroach upon and disrupt the wetlands’ fragile ecosystem, they result in increased water pollution through fertilizer runoff and habitat destruction for both plants and animals. This has had major negative implications on the environment: disrupting nutrient cycles, altering plant composition, increasing erosion rates, reducing biodiversity levels, etc.

This environmental threat is also impacting human residents of South Florida by threatening their way of life as well as their health. The wetland’s disruption leads to reduced recreational opportunities due to decreased water quality; potential flooding due to rapid population growth; air quality issues from increased pollution; danger from invasive species entering waterways etc… In addition it has been found that an increase in nitrogen levels (which are directly linked to agricultural activity) can cause health risks ranging from respiratory problems skin irritation even cancer.

If we want overcome this threat there must be some concerted effort made towards protection restoration natural resources within region before any further damage done . Some possible solutions include implementation various regulations promote conservation best practices among local farmers or businesses implementing “buy local” campaign encourage citizens purchase produce grown nearby instead relying imports which might not follow same standards… Additionally educating public about importance preserving area providing incentives those living near preserve ecosystems through tax credits/breaks . < br>< br >Although such methods could help bring positive change they not without drawbacks cost time associated with creating monitoring necessary programs cost taxpayers money create said incentives while latter may decrease revenues taken government reduce consumer choice available them if “buy local” campaign successful overall …

In conclusion although facing numerous threats present day South Floridian environment important remember no one size fits all solution protect restore what been lost only collective action lead lasting results both citizens nature alike potentially far reaching beneficial effects entire region!

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