World energy resources and consumption

Wildlife and natural resources have always been an asset the human race has depended on for food, clothing, medicine, shelter and many other needs over the past centries. Humans, in fact, have exceeded the tolerance level of goods that the natural environment can supply. Numerous studies show that many species are continuingly being affected since humans are harvesting or taking resources faster than the population can compensate for, this is best known as overexploitation (Enzor). As a visual…

construction and real estate industry around the world. Environmental impacts generated by construction processes include energy consumption and its associated air emissions, raw material use and waste generation, and water/land use. Its required of energy consumption and environmental protection, for regional economies and communities, and social responsibility force necessary changes to be undertaken by the developers. Of these, energy consumption and its associated air emissions need to be…

Introduction Recent years, with the rapid population growth and climate change, water shortage becomes a more and more serious problem for many areas of the world. Australia also suffers from water scarcity, as the driest continent experiencing worst drought for many years since early 2000s[1]. Desalination plays an important role in Australia’s water security. The large-scale application of this technology began in the arid Middle East region{2}. At present, seawater desalination is the only…

homes and structures. As the world was evolving and changing so were the buildings and structurers. It seemed to be mankind were constructing the building to the environment around them. So depending on what was going on had a huge impact on have the buildings were constructed. Now that mankind is all about wanting to save resources and create more self-sustaining buildings. A self-sustaining building is a structure that does not rely on any or no outsource resources. It also is a structure…

Antarctica, the world’s greatest freezer containing 90% of ice in the world is melting. Trillions of gallons are draining into the oceans, sea levels are rising and this could be dangerous for our planet. The reason behind the large amount of draining of this ice is due to the vast amount of water that is locked by ice in Antarctica, some of the Antarctic ice sheets are more than 2 miles thick, and if they melt they will dramatically raise see level. The melting has already started, and it is…

Earth clean. Being presented to this mindset at a young age sparked my interest and curiosity about the world and its environment. From then on I remembered turning off water and the lights when it was not necessary and unplugging plugs from their outlets when idle. From a young age, I have always agreed with the ideas of using clean energy sources and hearing about the use of solar and wind energy from the people around me, I ultimately came up with my own personal opinion on these renewables.…

materials into products in order to prevent waste of useful materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and also reduce water pollution. It is not unusual to say that if natural resources are recklessly used one day for sure it will come to an end. The countries who are aware of this situation started to apply new preventive methods and implement them directly to stop improvidence, increase life standards and stop the energy crisis. Waste recycling is a must under these circumstances.…

Consumer culture can be broadly defined as a culture where social status, values, and activities are centered on the consumption of goods and services. In other words, in consumer culture, a large part of what we do, what we value and how we are defined focuses on our consumption of stuff, therefore the term material culture. ( Lury C.) Consumerism dominates human cultures. The term has various meanings mainly referring to consumers purchasing practices Its negative meaning refers to the system…

up on which countries have actually implemented this plan. For Target 12.2 and 12.b we can measure sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources and sustainable tourism using the Ecological Footprint, which “measures resource use by estimating the amount of bioproductive land that is necessary to support a given level of consumption.” (White 403) Target 12.3, which aims to halve per capita global food waste at both the retail and consumer level and to reduce food losses along…

leaving its harsh chemicals in the soil. While this may be the most commonly known form of pollution, there are also other ways the world may be polluting without even knowing about it. The very consumption of water and energy in our homes can be a particular contributing factor. Products such as coal and nuclear fission are used in the process of creating energy that feeds the very electric grid that powers our cities and homes which create contamination…