Pollutants are becoming more prevalent in the field of horticulture due to the mass production of harmful chemicals, and other toxic material that somehow find their way into the ground. With this in mind botanists are ever increasing their knowledge of how to combat against the ever looming threat of toxicity by using microbes. Microbes are living bacteria that are found naturally on pretty much everything you have ever touched. So using microbes instead of harmful pesticides, and fertilizers…
Incandescent light bulbs, Compact fluorescent light bulbs and LED light bulbs. To emit 1,100 lumens the Incandescent uses 75 watts of energy, the compact fluorescent uses around 20 watts of energy and the LED only takes 12 watts of energy. The Incandescent light bulb costs around $40 year. One LED only costs around $6 a year, you can use…
practices. Transnationally, there are conflicting environmental recommendations and laws that can make it easy to do the least possible when it comes to being eco-friendly. Companies should make every attempt to follow the guidance of the Global Compact and use innovative technologies to prevent environmental damages. For example, many involved in the diamond industry are pursuing the expansion of synthetic or lab grown diamonds, which would eradicate the need for mining…
etc. It needs much of the organizational efforts to qualify the CSR results in human rights, protection of environment, relations with their co-workers and the society. At international level, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and UNGC (UN Global Compact) are taking initiatives for the CSR reporting and to create more transparency (GRI,…
images contents. As the final portion of the lab, the researcher will review a NASA mission, to enable the understanding of tool, content, and simulation of the actual study. As a researcher, I began my lab by researching the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The ATCA is operated by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) at the Paul Wild Observatory located west of Narrabri, Australia. The radio telescope is built up of six dishes all with identical…
Individual Strategic Implementation Assignment # 2: Goldcorp Organizational Description Goldcorp’s Ethical and Corporate Social Responsibility Policies Goldcorp’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy states that in order for GoldCorp to sustain the generation of value through its business, the corporation must: 1. Respect the safety and health of its employees, 2. Protect the environment, 3. Respect the human rights of its employees and residents of the communities in which it…
Inventors, states, and electors all have one thing in common and that is their rights. Whether they 're the rights to an invention or the inalienable rights of a human, they are all in place to protect the rightsholder. Protecting rights is a major idea that the founding fathers had in mind when declaring their independence. The electoral college is a rarely understood establishment, that provides rights to all voters in America, while protecting the states as well. Due to a low informed…
majority of total votes cast should be the winner. Definitions: Electoral College- the constitutional body designed to select the president. This system is described in Article II of the Constitution. (Gitelson, p.48) National Popular Vote Interstate Compact- a bill that would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Congressional District Method- alternative method of distributing electoral votes through an…
Electoral College Vs. National Popular Vote The recent 2016 presidential election, has caused the population to question the electoral college, more than it ever has before. Those who disagree with the electoral college have propelled the National Popular Vote (NPV), a movement that started in 1969. Although many disagree with the electoral college, the vast majority do not truly understand its purpose, and even less know who or what it is composed of. The lack of knowledge about the electoral…
require a constitutional amendment,” because all that needs to be done is a law needs to be passed by all the states including the District of Columbia. This way around the amending the Constitution is called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. This is how it would work “states Legislatures pass laws agreeing to award their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote, but it only kicks in when enough states sign on to add up to 270 electoral votes” (Could states…