Human behavioral ecology

I took the name of this chapter from the first chapter of Walden. The word, Economy, sounds improper word for those two books, The Old Man and The Sea and Walden, because they focus on the life in the nature, such the wood and the sea. However, Economy in the Walden is the most important chapter to understand whole chapters, and the word, Economy, has a different meaning from the capitalistic economy. It seems that their Economy is more like ecosystem than economy. It describes their life style.…

Ecotourism, an alternative tourism, is more than merely sightseeing. One of the most commonly recognized early definitions of ecotourism was introduced by Ceballos-Lascura. It states, “Traveling to relatively undisturbed or uncontaminated natural areas with the specific objective of studying, admiring, and enjoying the scenery and its wild plants and animals, as well as any existing cultural manifestations (both past and present) found in these areas.” In short, it is a term largely used to…

Thesis Title: Urban Planning, An Eco-City Approach: The Case of Urmia, Iran The purpose of my thesis is to define a restoration plan for green structure of Urmia city by considering cultural aspects of human lifestyle. The environmental crises are challenging the future of several cities around the world; Urmia city in Northwest of Iran, located near Urmia Lake is not an exception. This lake is an important internationally recognized natural area designated as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.…

Discussion of the significant obstacles and opportunities with respect to building on the success of the soy-foam project and growing it into a unique strategy of environmental stewardship. Project usually provide a mixture of opportunities which can provide better service and improve the efficiency. Also, bring threats such as disruption to provide service and production when the changes are being made (Martin, 2003). Opportunities defined as “situations in which new goods, services, raw…

"A philosophy of architectural design, emerging in the early 20th cent., asserting that in structure and appearance a building should be based on organic forms and should harmonize with its natural environment." — Dictionary of Architecture and Construction Organic Architecture is a style that aims to be in unison with the environment. It strives to be in harmony with nature; not dominate and destroy it. This architectural style seeks to blend in with its environment, to appear as if the house…

influences vegetation. Yes, wolves are top predator in the park and kill many animals, but at the same time their presence gives life to many others. Before their reintroduction the elk population had doubled as nothing was hunting them and, even though humans try to control their number, these animals, being both browsers and grazers, manged to overgraze the entire park area, upsetting the ecosystem balance. This provoked an exponential drop in the number of mice and other small mammals like…

The goals of this report are to explore how The Oregon BlueGreen Alliance can work to support the creation of quality green jobs as a co-benefit for low income communities in differing contexts and stages of local climate action planning. This section of the report outlines the research design and objectives. Interviews and climate plans were evaluated from several cities, three case studies were selected as the primary sites of inquiry to gain a detailed understanding of how climate plans are…

It’s said that the environment we grow up in will define the person you become. My family consist of five people: my mom, my dad, my sister, my grandpa and myself. Since my other relatives live in other countries, it has just been the five of us most of the time. As a result, those 4 people have had a great impact on my dreams, my goals and my personality. Converting to veganism opened my eyes and helped me realize the things I can do for this world. Being vegan has been one of my biggest…

as a foundation species. This damage will affect the health of the ecosystem in question, while also impacting the long term makeup of them if the damage continues and causes the extinction of the hemlock tree. This will largely impact only those human, animal and plant populations in those areas affected, but it can also indirectly affect others that may be some sort of stakeholder in that area. While some may argue that Americans should not care about this issue because it is only a regional…

strong sustainability states that full substitution of natural capital for manufactured capital is not possible in our society. Natural capital has a lot of characteristics that are important to the economic and natural environment. There are limits to humans ability to replace natural capital. One of the major issues with replacement of natural capital for manufactured capital is understanding the marginal and non-marginal changes that can occur. As our ecosystem deals with the gradual decline…