Ecological footprint

There have been many scientific advancements in the recent past, but one of the most impactful and controversial to the agriculture industry is genetic modification. Genetic modification is a time honored tradition that has been a method of breeding for thousands of years. In recent years there have been measurable increases in crop yield, and decrease in pesticide use, solely because of the evolved method of genetic engineering. The products of this technology is known as genetically modified…

Teaching the school students to be accountable and efficient with the scarce natural resources, and care to minimize our ecological footprint. • Indigenous knowledge helps to protect our rights and the natural resources we have such as land, water, minerals and others. • It enables our students to create environmentally friendly skills, so as to guard and have valuable insight to…

saving money, protecting the environment/animals, and reducing time and effort to purchase plastic water bottles and having to worry about recycling them. Cutting back on drinking plastic water bottles and using reusable bottles can reduce our ecological footprint greatly. In turn, large scale changes could be harmful to plastic water bottle brands/companies and who manufactures them as well as stores that sell them including convenient or grocery stores. If we cut back our consumption, then…

Discuss the relationship between energy and society. The principle question to ask when examining the relationship between energy and society is whether society drive changes in energy or energy stimulates societal change. The most common answer is that as society innovates and grows more forms of energy are harnessed and so our use of energy changes. However, at a more fundamental level, every major change in human history has been caused by the availability of energy in its various forms. The…

Ethical behaviour is defined by principle centred relationships that are morally good and healthy for consumers, suppliers, employees of and communities surrounding a business. Ethical behaviour also supports sustainable situations a business profits from such as farming and treatment of animals and the environment. If companies do not publish a CSR report they often have a Code of Ethics stating principles of good practice relating to all their activities. The below model by Fisher and…

INTRODUCTION Georges Mougin, a renowned engineer and glaciologist had an innovative idea to quench the thirst of billions of people. His brain child, the Ice dream project is a revolutionary project which aims at providing fresh drinking water to the entire world. This report describes today's water crisis problem, possible solutions, challenges, proposals for funding future activities of Ice dream project, discussion of the proposals followed by conclusions and recommendation. THE PROBLEM In…

Zac Uberoi Environmental Docs The goal of Sandy Cioffi’s film, Sweet Crude, is to tell the untold story of oil in the Niger Delta. Coiffi intended to persuade her audience to think deeper and differently about the issue, instigating a fight for global awareness and non-violent political solutions. Joe Berlinger’s film, Crude The Real Price of Oil, attempts to send a very similar message. Examining the case between Chevron and Ecuador, Crude tells a story about Ecuadorian disenfranchisement and…

We live in a world where most polluted environments are in areas where poor and people of color live. These communities are often targeted as locations for the placement of facilities that negatively impact the environment. Environmental justice has always been a massive friction in the USA, states have started creating policies on environmental justice. Numerous community activists have been working towards Environmental justice. Australia is one of the most secluded continents and when we…

One of the main concerns surrounding solar energy is the endangerment of birds that pass over these solar farms. These birds, including threatened and endangered species, often mistake the reflective solar facilities for a body of water, a phenomenon known as the “lake effect.” Honing in on these water bodies, many birds have been fatally singed or crippled due to these desert solar power plants (Upton, 2014). These plants produce a solar flux that is the sum of the focused rays of light…

1. Executive Summary A marketing business plant is presented for Layú, a company established in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, dedicated to sell home gardening kits to promote organic agriculture, green spaces, urban agriculture and a healthier lifestyle, and devoted to satisfy its customers through quality and great experiences. To this day there is only one competitor in the Mexican market, but it is not organic certified and does not have our added values, mainly the Fair Trade we…