Digital footprint

Reducing the environmental impact of humans has steadily become a greater issue for governments and citizens alike. We have recently become more aware of climate change through different documentaries and scientist reports. Our environmental impact does not only affect our climate, it affects our biodiversity and even the air we breathe. As our population has grown exponential over the past century, so has our environmental impact. Quite recently a greater number of influential people and…

The article “Dismembered human feet keep washing up on beaches in western Canada” started off with a video clip. In the video, a woman was stated her concern on the statement that was made about the foot that had washed ashore, the statement of “there is nothing to see here”. Continuing the conversation, the men stated that this foot was the 14th foot that had been washed ashore around the beach of the Salish Sea in the last century; and one of the only connections between all 14 of the foots is…

inevitable and that the effects are irreversible. However, there are multitudes of actions that can be done to help save ourselves and the environment; but these actions have to happen very soon. There is an on-going study called the Ecological Footprint (EF), and it can assess the quantity of land and water that a single human or human population needs to support its current lifestyle; in terms of the resources it uses and the waste it produces. The EF gets an accurate reading of the amount of…

MGM is one of the leading gaming and hospitality resorts in the world. MGM opened its first hotel and casino in 1973. The MGM Grand would fallow opening in 1978. MGM entered in the hospitality in 1986 when they began MGM international resorts. MGM would become incorporated shortly after. MGM has received praise for their excellence in the world of gaming and hospitality. MGM has also been widely recognized for their philanthropic effort. MGM has several charitable undertakings both locally as…

First: briefly explain what these footprint measures represent. You will need to look around each of the websites and figure out what these calculators are actually doing. When it comes to the different footprint measures, each of the approaches the calculations in similar, but also slightly different ways. The Footprint Network, calculates the human pressure we have on the earth, or the supply and demand of productive area we require to continue living out lives. The World Wildlife…

When I was watching the video “The Carbon Footprint of One Sandwich,” I was very shocked at how much goes into one sandwich. I eat sandwiches all the time, but I have never stopped to think about every single thing that goes into a sandwich. A similar thing happened when I was taking the test to see my carbon footprint. Since I live by myself I was expecting two things, for it to be either super low or for it to be a little high. I thought it would be low simply because it is only me living…

learning system that combines together the effect of social networking and urban computing within the same curriculum. Interactive learning has become dominant from a round 2000 and this is due to the increase in the number of people involved in the digital technology and virtual communication. It is a system where the boundary between the educator and the learner means completely nothing and the educators can no longer be regarded as the keeper of knowledge but the facilitators of knowledge…

My Response to Ritchin and Balsamo. From the four reads of the week by Ritchin and Balsamo, my main takeaway from Ritchin was the advancement of digital photography and how it has made it easier for photographers to tell their story through imagery, plus the added effect that tells a false story and Balsamo the unconscious consequence of technological innovations on culture. “Photography, as we have known it, is both ending and enlarging, with an evolving medium hidden inside it as in a…

OVERVIEW: I AM DIGITAL™ 101 The time to bring “I Am Digital™” literacy in the mainstream of American communities is now. Digital literacy can be defined as the ability to access, analyze and engage in critical thinking about the array of messages they receive and send in order to make informed decisions about the everyday issues they face regarding health, work, politics and leisure. Most American families live in “constantly connected” homes with 500+ TV channels, broadband Internet access, and…

Digital Supply Chain https://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/imagesvr_ce/2707/AribaDigitalSupplyChain01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/slideshows/how-to-build-business-value-with-a-digital-supply-chain.html&h=353&w=520&tbnid=yf44XYnA5Lmd2M:&docid=7Fkm-D6ZnbNoiM&ei=slZqVq2xOYute7OSsKgD&tbm=isch&ved=0ahUKEwit0q_LgdPJAhWL1h4KHTMJDDUQMwhZKDMwMw “Supply chain digitization means moving all aspects of a supply chain online, including procurement, invoicing,…