As we discuss environmental issues and ecological ethics– the foremost concern appears as the loss of appropriate habitat, which again is closely connected to the vital aspect of the allocation, distribution, and consumption of food and nutrition (including medicine) at the global level for human beings. Without suitable nourishment, suitable survival is not possible– everyday, on average, one-seventh to one-eighth of humanity does not have enough to eat leading hence to malnutrition, disease, and even loss of life.
The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) at the United Nations Organization has made public appeals from ultra-rich donors for sustaining and advancing the effort to avert food crises.
WFP Motto: Saving Lives– Changing Lives
https://www.wfp.org/appeal-billionaires-famine (Links to an external site.)
David Beasley (chief WFP): The world is on fire. I’ve been warning about the perfect storm brewing due to Covid, conflict, climate shocks & now, rising supply chain costs. IT IS HERE. 45M lives are at stake—and increasing daily. If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict, destabilization & mass migration.
This hunger crisis is urgent, unprecedented, AND avoidable.
Elon Musk queried about the distribution of funds and was told: you asked for a clear plan & open books. Here it is! We’re ready to talk with you – and anyone else – who is serious about saving lives. The ask is $6.6B to avert famine in 2022… So what now?
That conversation and exchange transpired almost 6 months ago in mid-November– thus far there is no generous and conscientious donor to provide dedicated resources to alleviate global hunger and mitigate starvation. Food security is needed for those who are alive now but is needed for the wellness of people to yet be born. Sickly mothers and desolate, degraded environments will also lead to future populations that could be born with compromised immunological systems and the perpetuating cycle of ill health.
Review the following 3 essays. (3 pages– 1 Page each– provide 2 to 3 important points with page numbers. per essay)
Connect anyone essay to either a TED talk, NYTimes report, Movie, Academic Journal article.
(1 Page — mention author of essay selected on beginning of report. Provide link to source used.)
4 pages total– also provide cover page with concept image and appropriate quote.
Review essays:
1. Chapter 8, Essay 45, p. 485– An Ecological Critique of Global Advertising, Alan Thein Durning.
2. Chapter 9, Essay 47, p. 511– Hunger, Duty, and Ecology: On What We Owe Starving Humans, Mylan Engel.
https://users.manchester.edu/Facstaff/SSNaragon/Online/texts/425/Engel,%20Hunger-Duty.pdf
3. Chapter 2, Essay 5, p. 61– The Rights of Past and Future Persons, Annette Baier
http://profs-polisci.mcgill.ca/muniz/intergen/Baier.pdf