Drip irrigation

Challenges in Providing Food for the Growing Population Today, humans face many problems in the world: ocean acidification, extreme weather events, decrease in biodiversity, increase in greenhouse gases and more. All of these issues are connected and stem from one source: humans. Humans are the causes of many of these problems; however, humans have vast intelligence and have made incredible technological and industrial advances over time. Humans are the only ones who can solve the problems that…

Francesca Duong, Forest Hills Central High School People’s Republic of China United Nations Children’s Fund: Improving Health Conditions in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti as a Category 4 hurricane. Haiti is a country extremely susceptible to natural disasters, and Hurricane Matthew only added to its list. Roughly, there has a two percent decrease in Haiti’s GDP every year from 1975 to 2012 as a result of the damages from natural disasters.…

The drought, a problem that has gradually increased in severity over recent years. This problem has caused a small amount of discomfort for the growingly dissatisfied californians. With both state and county wide water consumption regulations gradually being put in place, like 30 million in rebates to update to more water conscious toiletry and turf. With few applicable solutions to this problem, many californians have started to ask themselves “when can I put my sprinklers back on”. However the…

Environmental art is an avenue for artists to communicate beauty, illustrate natural processes or educate society on environmental issues through their artistic expression. Michele Brody’s environmental art, Arbor Lace (2002), is an outdoor vegetation installation which creates an inviting and ever-changing experience for the viewer yet also reveals the beauty of natures’ treasured resources. When viewing the installation for the first time, one may be curious of the purpose and function of the…

studded with rocks. The scattered grass growing between the rows seemed strategically placed to look like a bed of straw. However, because of the northern Chile’s dry climate, cactuses are also growing amidst the vines, but with the help of drip irrigation, the vineyard copes with the hot weather. Zapallar is known as Aconcagua Valley’s wine region, where Viña Montes cultured…

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the leading producer of beer as stated by the Brewers Association (2017), operates a dozen breweries, seventeen distributorships and twenty-three agricultural and packaging facilities across the United States (Brewbound n.d.), where two million, eight hundred thousand gallons of beer was brewed in 2015 (Statista n.d.). In the end, Anheuser-Busch InBev represents a capital investment of more than $15.9 billion dollars annually (Brewbound n.d.). According to Douglas E.…

install laundry systems. According to Greywater Action “laundry to landscape installation price ranges from $700 to $2000, Branch drain installation is $800 to $3000, Pumped system installation is $1000 to $4000 lastly, Automated pumped system for drip irrigation is $5000 to $2000”. If the systems become damaged prices vary from $100 to $600 depending on materials needed for each individual system: “laundry to landscape system materials costs $100 to $250, Branch drain materials are $200 to…

70% of the world’s fresh water is used for agriculture, mainly for irrigation. The water systems have also been contaminated by fertilizers and pesticides used for growing crops. This leads to eutrophication (massive growth of algae bloom) due to phosphorus and death of aquatic animals. Moreover, agriculture contributes…

trees will grow better than urban trees. The study used Eastern cottonwood, a fast growing tree and had similar amounts of precipitation, light. Both trees were planted in a field with little interference of light, both received water through drip irrigation and both received the same type and amount of soil. However the urban tree was exposed to many more pollutants than the rural tree. The result of the study contradicted the hypothesis that urban trees would grow slower. The results show that…

The Stain of Sustainability Sustainability is discussed in “Attention Whole Food Shoppers” by Robert Paarlberg and “Sustainability by Christian R Weisser. Christian R Weisser speaks more about the idea of what sustainability is and how is important for society to be aware of it. Robert Paarlberg explains in his article the way the Earth is more and less sustainable because of everyone 's actions around the world. Both articles touch on the ideas that there are people out there helping change…