Carolyn I. Prevost Informative Speech 09/29/2014 Informative Outline Topic: Turning food waste and poo into Money General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about a new Technology which could possible save the environment and money. Thesis: Americans waste more than 251 million tons of municipal solid waste per year according to the United States Environmental. Protection agency http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm Last updated on 2/28/2014. It is time
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Organic or not? Everyone wants to live a healthy life‚ but what if the food people are eating on a daily basis is actually hurting them more than they realize? People in America are trying to be more aware of what they eat because of a growing epidemic known as obesity. They are buying healthier foods and working out more‚ but it is not enough. People who buy vegetables‚ lean meats and other healthy choices are not eating what they should. Normal vegetables and meat from animals are packed with
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Tabaco National Haigh School Tabaco City UTILIZATION OF PULVERIZED COCOS NUCIFERA FIBER‚ DRIED EICHHORNIA AND ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS MUCILAGE AS COMPONENTS OF BIOPLASTIC PRODUCT Submitted by: Maria Yvita Queenne Ignacio Aubrey Dacir Katriela Marie de Villa Jolina Mae Rapirap Jhoan Villanueva IV- Newton Introduction The harmful effects of synthetic plastics in the environment have been increasing‚ resulting to the demand that people explore other means wherein the products can be produced
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Q. Outline the concept of eco-literacy and consider its potential role in raising awareness of the role of individual action as a means of confronting global ecological problems. Giddens (1990) explains that due to developments in Modernity changes have occurred as regards to our emphasis or focus on issues relevant to our times. One of these issues is ecological matters and a number of ecological movements have come into being. For these movements the environment is their area of concern‚ he
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A food system is a way to feed people‚ where the whole system is interconnected with the production‚ the processing‚ the distribution‚ the access‚ the utilization‚ the recycling‚ the composting and the disposal of food. I believe no one will deny that the current food system is totally inadequate. The American people have become so accustomed to eating pre-packaged‚ precooked food that to take a little extra time to prepare home-cooked‚ quality meals seems a waste of time and money. While this
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Conceptual Framework of Ecotourism Ecotourism is defined as a “purposeful travel to natural areas to understand the culture and natural history of the environment‚ taking care not to alter the integrity of the ecosystem‚ while producing economic opportunities that make the conservation of natural resources beneficial to local people” (McCormick‚ 1994). Based on this definition‚ the conceptual framework was formulated. The operationalization of the framework included an assessment procedure
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HONG KONG BLUEPRINT FOR SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES 2013 – 2022 Environment Bureau May 2013 USE LESS‚ WASTE LESS Contents TITLE PAGE Preface .................................................................................................... 1 Summary ................................................................................................. 2 1 | Our Vision for Sustainable Use of Resources ........................................... 3 2 | Our Challenges & Opportunities .......
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There is no clear description regarding food waste in a universal matter either historically or presently‚ making it perplexing in definition and comparison. What is clear is that food waste continues to grow at a rapid pace with the expansion of a world population experiencing societal and agricultural developments in an era where land and other resources are becoming more limited. The increase in waste and category of foods which people throw away has transformed with time through the advancement
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Water Pollution Part II Amanda Norris Groundwater Pollution pg. 502: Describe : Groundwater is the water we drink. Few countries go to the great expense of locating‚ tracking‚ and testing aquifers. Volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) contaminate 90% of the U.S. aquifers‚ but 2% of samples had unsafe VOC levels. The US found that ⅓of the 26k industrial waste ponds didn’t have liners to prevent toxic liquid wastes from seeping into aquifers. The EPA had completed the cleanup of 297k of the 436k underground
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Strike the iron when it is hot: What we ingrain in young minds determine the future for them and the generations to come. As the world wakes up to decades of sheer recklessness in destroying world’s resources and to the clarion call towards sustainability‚ it is high time the discussions on the same enter the schools and colleges for future generations to understand the urgency of the issue and take right steps in their careers. As they say “strike the iron when it is hot”. What started in 1975 as
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