Natural capital

1. What is alula? - Alula is a set of feathers on the first digit of birds which permits a slot on the wing. 2. What is crop milk? – Crop milk is a secretion from the lining of crop of parent…

In this proposal, we outline our goals for a new environmentally sustainable hotel in the Chianti area of the Tuscany region. The adventure began back in 2015 when we decided to revert back to the real values and experiences of nature and make an important change in our lifestyle. We moved from our city life environment in the Chianti Classico region and began the restoration of a rural farmhouse and garden with great enthusiasm. The idea of starting a Boutique Farm Hotel also gave us the…

“One can take the ape out of the jungle but not the jungle out of the ape” These lines were written in Frans de Wall’s book our inner ape. The statement is clear but can also be interpreted in different ways. Humans have been constantly evolving but the common ancestral genes that we share with the apes, shows us that we have a lot of similarities but also differences too. Frans De Wall’s book Our Inner Ape, looks at how all of us humans have an inner ape in us and the question here is now that…

Charles Darwin came up with the idea of natural selection which is the genetic change or changes in the frequencies of certain traits in populations due to differential reproductive success between individuals. At the time charles darwin was coming up with the idea of natural selection religion played a big part no one knew of anything different so having a new idea come forth was shocking to people, the idea of natural selection people couldn't even think about happening, everyone just wanted…

differ from other contemporary origin theories? Intelligent design is the relatively young theory of how there may be more to the origin of our, and every, species then just a collection of random chaotic event. Darwin insisted in his theory of natural of natural selection; that individuals, amongst various species, with optimal survival traits would outlast and thrive in contrast to those with less beneficial traits. Lamarck, father of evolution theory, would have believed these traits would…

where one of the stated objectives is to protect ecological processes without human interferences. The approach is ideal for the management of threatened species particularly where the threat is known to be external and not an intrinsic (internal or natural) phenomenon (Fred, 2008). 2.9 Wildlife Crime in…

(sea water) are able to alter wettability for a high temperature, high salinity carbonate reservoir. The motivation behind this approach is to keep the injection architecture similar to that of water flood. This would involve much lower capital investment and operating costs, leading to favorable economics compared to other EOR…

William Kamkwamba once said “If you want something, all you have to do is try.” William wanted to build a windmill so that he could create electricity and pump water, but that was not all his achievement. William left a legacy as The Wind Harnesser because he used what he had to save his country. William Kamkwamba changed the world as a boy architect who built a windmill to not only defeat starvation in Malawi, but to improve everyday life by providing the whole town with electricity. When…

Green architecture is an approach to building, also known as green building or construction or even sustainable building has become more popular in the last 25 to 30 years, is the practice of creating an environmentally responsible that has the structure and resource effect throughout a building lifestyle from design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction. Green building are designed to make the classical buildings concern about the economy, utility, durability and…

According to arcology the principle idea of paolo soleri, his works are based on combination of ecology and architecture. His ideas were based on planning cities with integration of nature and built environment in which human interacts in sustainable way. His idea of arcology integrated aesthetics, value, compassion . The arcology principle mades its way to understand the growth of cities, urban sprawl which leads to expansion of city and rather reformate he reformulated from the base of the…