Environmental health officer

a long history of contaminated land in England, Its past industrial revolution which took place long before modern systems of environmental controls on process emissions and waste disposal were in place, has led to the current state of land contamination. This essay will discuss the provision of the current contaminated land regime, its interaction with other environmental cleanup groups in the UK, and its complications. It will further look at it in reference to the UK 's planning authority.…

Are Canada’s efforts towards changing our overall environment and being informed on our climate change issues effective? Canada is failing in the efforts towards improving their environmental impact. The earth’s climate is changing and developing rapidly. There are many reasons as to why our environment is the way it is to this day. This discussion topic has been going on for many years now and will continue to do so for the next hundreds of years as it changes and develops drastically,…

Every year I spend half of my summer hiking the Rocky Mountains of Montana with my mom and the other half climbing the Cascade Mountains of Washington State with my dad. I have grown up in two different states because of my parents divorce. However, I don 't have an innate sense of pride for one state but a pride for the two separate and unique mountain ranges that have shaped who I am today. When I am in the free and open space of a forest with the cool summer breeze flowing through my hair and…

What does it mean to you to be environmentally literate? To become environmentally literate a person must “Climb the Environmental Literacy Ladder” (What is Environmental Literacy, 2007). First s/he must be connected to nature; not just knowing about it, but also putting themselves in nature and being aware that they are a part of it. Once that connection is made one becomes more aware of all the aspects that are interconnected throughout the environment locally and globally. The more time…

world and has even been banned in a number of countries. There are two sides of the fracking debate where I’ve provided an article from both. The first side is the pro-fracking group they believe that there is no basis or proof that there are any environmental risks and the economic…

With the 2016 ISO 14001 environmental recertification audit looming on the horizon, it’s important that we all know our role in the site’s Environmental Management System (EMS). A large part of our Environmental Management System and ISO certification relies on the identification and management of our Environmental Aspects. An Environmental Aspect is any activity carried out at the mill that does or may have an impact on the environment. This can range from activities associated with…

result of a psychological issue. What they don’t immediately pick up on is another possible reason why the act of violence was committed, and that is the individual’s environment. People make choices, sometimes irrational ones, as a result of environmental observations. Ethan Watters concludes in his essay “The Mega-Marketing of Depression in Japan” that society has the power to shape one’s beliefs. Consequently in Malcolm Gladwell’s essay “The Power of Context,” he provides evidence that a past…

degree of environmental concern and less interest in the natural environment than lighter TV viewers (p. 365) and that heavier TV viewers were more likely to be materialistic than lighter TV viewers (p. 366). Since previous research did not offer any explanation for the association between heavier TV viewing and less positive attitudes towards the natural environment (p. 371), Good (2007) aimed to explain this relationship. Since previous studies revealed that there was a lack of environmental…

In our current time, our planet is facing severe environmental crisis. The future of the human race is uncertain to our indiscriminate consumption of resources and irresponsible pollution on Earth. Environmental problems such as climate change account for one of the biggest issues in the world today. Due to the lack of exposure and education, most people are often unaware or misinformed. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment for the benefit of all living…

The issue of the environment, a topic of discussion that seems to be receiving more and more traction with each passing day, is all anyone seems to be talking about. Today it is hard not to be bombarded with images and news of environmental degradation this way and that. What that exactly means for humans, other species, and the world as a whole, is an ever-growing question that has yet to be fully answered. By conducting a survey, I was able to gather information regarding how the students in…