Ecological footprint

According to TriplePunit, in 2016, H&M utilized a strong social media push to raise awareness for the brand’s sustainability programs and reduce the environmental footprint of the fast fashion industry. By using a hashtag #WorldRecycleWeek, H&M encouraged customers to recycle unwanted clothes at their store. This is an example of how social media could be used to be part of collaborating with the world. If the social…

Enterprises sheds light on the over looked small to medium size companies in Germany and their lack to implement methods that achieve sustainability. The goal of the article is to raise awareness within these mid-range enterprises on how much of an ecological footprint they leave on the environment and propose adjustments to establish sustainability within this region. Sustainability was presented early in the semester as a foundation for…

merger would mean they will have 8 $1 + billion brands and 5 $1 billion-$500 million brands. This will provide them a strong platform to make the company more relevant and would provide it an unprecedented opportunity to grow further. • Overseas Footprint The merger will allow Kraft, one of the biggest players in the North American market to have market presence outside North America. This will lead them to serve and become leading global brand. And it will allow Heinz, to…

Uneaten and thrown out food is often viewed as immoral; with many people in undeveloped nations struggling to have enough food to get by, it doesn’t seem fair we have enough to waste. It’s not right that 870 million people can go hungry every day, and we are still throwing out a third of the total food we produce. This is common knowledge when living in America, we may not like to think about it, but we know how careless we truly are. However, not many know that this wasted food is also…

food wastage, which could and should be an action to take, a new pattern called “sustainable intensification” has emerged in agriculture, aiming to combine the rise in production along with the restriction of environmental footprint coming from food…

Robust research and development capabilities contributing to substantial amount of total revenue 4. Diversified global footprint including GEA Food Solutions, GEA Farm Technologies, GEA Heat Exchangers, GEA Mechanical Equipment, GEA Process Engineering, GEA Refrigeration Technologies One of the largest suppliers to the food processing industry and a wide range of process industries…

concluded that Diamond’s warring point held no ground. Diamond referenced mata’a (obsidian points with no standardization) as the main weapon used during internal warfare battles, but what he believed to be the indication of warfare right after an ecological collapse has been proven to be much later, decades after European contact (citation). Instead of warfare, it is believed that the mata’a were used as a multipurpose tool for cutting off bark from trees, cultivating crops like sweet potato,…

control heat and cooling loads. (Carpi 2010). Thermoregulatory mechanisms include passive thermoregulation and active thermoregulation; by studying butterflies and birds more effective climate systems can be developed, leaving a smaller carbon footprint. Depending on the source of an animal’s body temperature it may be classified as either an ectotherm or an endotherm. An ectotherm is an animal that relies on external environment , perhaps by basking in the sun, to regulate its internal body…

The Earth’s surface is filled with around 71% of water, and of that, 96.5% is of ocean waters. With the Earth oceans water supply making up about 321,000,000 cubic miles. Ocean acidification is the harmful consequence of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. When carbon dioxide dissolves into sea water the pH levels of the water become much lower, therefore, making the water more acidic. Subsequently, this reaction diminishes the calcium carbonate minerals making them less abundant. Carbonate…

Mutant Down Under written by Marlo Morgan takes us to Australia and opens our eyes to different traditions, and rituals. In this book, Marlo tells a story of her experiences with a nomadic tribe called the Aboriginals. The Aboriginals have a deep understanding and relationship with nature. Each of their practices demonstrate there robust relationship with nature and their environment. The Aboriginals is a group that America could diffidently learn from. In the book she talked about meals she…