Natural capital

People were starting to spend more time indoors rather than outdoors in a natural environment. We started to spend our time in artificial environments. Our connection with nature has slowly been diminishing since this time. Humans now spend much of their time in artificial environments away from the natural world. The effect of artificial environments on humans is shameful. Artificial Environments have become the new natural environment. It is where people spend most of or all of their time…

environment and we know that increase has a lot to do with the growing population around the world. Yet, as we continue to grow in numbers of people, we also continue to lack a sufficient amount of natural resources to go around as well as places to absorb all of the waste we create. We have been given natural resources that can be taken for granted so easily because we never think of what life will be like when they’re gone. We have never had to live in a world without them so we need to learn,…

Innovating Building material Solar –thermal cladding (solar activated façade) The innovating building material I am going to write about is The Solar –thermal cladding . This type of cladding is the new type of cladding whereby solar panels are added to the cladding to form a more efficient and sustainable materials for all sorts of buildings. ( Eco building pulse, 2016) This is a new style where by the solar panels are hidden and are covered by materials such as wood , at this moment in time…

Introduction This case study report is to outline the process of planning an activity in science understanding physical science for a 5 year old child with the expectation of learning the concept of motion, inertia, force, velocity, acceleration and gravity by using balls, blocks and tubes. The report will also outline the pedagogy approach adopted by educators to ascertain that the child will engage in a physical science activity, which will improve the child’s skills of problem solving,…

with new or modified characteristics. (Evolution: The Big Picture)” Evolution can be achieved through four different methods: mutation, genetic drift, migration, and natural selection. Out of the four methods, natural selection is most important. Charles Darwin describes natural selection in his book “The Origin of Species”. For natural selection to occur, there are three requirements that must be met for the desired outcome to be achieved. “The first…

also includes automobiles, which would stunt our economy if households and businesses had to cut down on their use. Combustion of fossil fuels is not the only source of particulate matter in New Zealand, about 10-20% of particulate matter comes from natural sources such as sea salt, pollen and dust . Air pollution is also not solely caused by particulate matter, but also from landfill gas, which contributes to greenhouse gasses as well as other sources. It becomes hard for policy analysts to…

Evidence supporting the incorporation of enrichment materials into a captive mammal’s environment lead Pounder and his colleagues to investigate if doing so would be just as beneficial to captive fish. Fish are a hugely exploited research model as millions of tons of fish are farmed across the UK. Despite the massive commercial production occurring, inadequate research has been done on improving fish welfare in stressful situations. The large growth of the aquaculture industry should be…

Reading a standard American history textbook from cover to cover, one would likely not run across many references to the natural world. Occasionally the author mentions the influence of mineral discoveries, or devastating natural disasters such as earthquakes and dust storms, but never how the environment molded the societies that developed within it. Ted Steinberg’s Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History is a noticeable departure from this methodology. His ambitious goal is simple,…

When asked if you know the meaning of Natural Selection can act only by the preservation and accumulation of infinitesimally small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being it makes you confused. This is what Darwin’s contemporaries felt while reading his theory about natural selection. This is what they needed to read in order to understand. More individuals are produced each generation that can survive. People who lived back in the mid 1800’s did not understand where…

consumption from different countries will vary in a variety of different ways. Many of the fuels that are used around the world are emitting mass amounts of carbon dioxide into the air and the environment. Fossil fuels include gasoline, coal, oil, natural gas and diesel fuel. When it comes to the United States, the primary sources of emissions are burning fossil fuels for heat, transportation, and electricity. The primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States say that 9…