ENVS 1000 – Environmental Science - Winter 2014 - Assignment # 1 This Assignment is worth 6% of your final mark in ENVS 1000 Assignment # 1 is due by Thursday February 6‚ 2014 (by 5 p.m.) through the Blackboard Assignment Box. NAME: STUDENT #: Part 1: QUESTIONS BASED ON THE MOVIE “HOME” As you watch this movie‚ answer the following questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Keep answers brief and concise. (Note:
Premium United States Management Education
Part D: Journal Entries Journal Entry 3.1: The Cost of Consumption (4 marks) Write a journal entry on the basis of the following topic. Your entry should be approximately 150-200 words. If you were to write a thesis statement for the chronological composition‚ “A Day in the Life‚” what would you write? Consider the following information: Every time we use fossil fuels‚ we release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Fuel must be burned to extract oil from the ground and process it; and then
Premium Global warming
Assignment 1 – Environmental Footprint TABLE A. Ecological Footprint Footprint Results (Answers to the following 2 questions will be given upon completion of footprint) If everyone lived like you‚ how many planet Earth’s would we need? 4.2 To support your lifestyle‚ how many productive global acres area needed? 21.4 Ecological Footprint Breakdown (Values can be obtained by scrolling over pie chart generated at completion of footprint) Percent of emissions from Food 31%
Premium Carbon dioxide Ecology
Assignment 1 – Environmental Footprint TABLE A. Ecological Footprint Footprint Results (Answers to the following 2 questions will be given upon completion of footprint) If everyone lived like you‚ how many planet Earth’s would we need? 4.8 To support your lifestyle‚ how many productive global acres area needed? 21.2 Ecological Footprint Breakdown (Values can be obtained by scrolling over pie chart generated at completion of footprint) Percent of emissions from Food 12% Percent of emissions
Premium Carbon dioxide Greenhouse gas World population
Patterns in Resource Consumption Ecological Footprints * This is the theoretical measurement of the amount of land and water a population requires to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its waste‚ under prevailing technology. * It is measured in acres or hectares and calculates the amount of the earth’s bioproductive space – ecologically productive land and water – a given population is consuming. * The calculation takes into account the following: * Arable land – the
Premium Agriculture Population World population
HL Geography study guide Unit 4: Patterns in resource consumption Vocab Carrying capacity the max. population size that an area can sustainably support given the current conditions and resources available Population ceiling the point where Earth’s ability to support us is lower than our ability to produce more babies; acts as a barrier/lid to population growth Optimum population when there’s a balance between the people in a country and the availability of its resources and technology
Premium Petroleum Sustainability Peak oil
different resources available to help you in evaluating your company’s current position in dealing with those areas. Be sure to consider: Addressing sustainability initiatives through reference to standards‚ guidelines and approaches such as: Ecological foot printing Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2005l Global Reporting Initiative Green office program Green purchasing Greenhouse Challenge Plus (Australian government initiative) ISO 14001:1996 Environmental management systems life cycle
Premium Sustainability
Ecology” by L.H. Pammel‚ was published. Secondly‚ the Madison Botanical Congress adopted the term "ecology" as denoting a new branch of botany distinct from physiology and morphology. One of the most important contributors in the development of an ecological view on nature was Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus. In the book “The Oeconomy of Nature” published in 1749‚ Linnaeus described his view on nature‚ which is seemingly chaotic. German scientist Alexander von Humboldt was the main opponent of these
Premium Ecology Ecosystem
therefore it will be misused. People refer to economics as the dismal science 2. Rees: Ecological Integrity and Material Growth: Irreconcilable Conflict? QUESTIONS: 1. How has mankind moved from the original subsistence model to our development today? 2. Understand the model that Rees has developed. What does it do? ANSWERS: 1. Patch Disturbance – Ecological footprint 2. Ecological Footprint – includes both biological and industrial metabolism. It recognized all of our toys and tools
Premium Sustainability Ecology
Sustainability and Food Table of Contents Page No 1. Introduction 2 2. Objectives 2 3. Ecological balance 3 4.1 Animal welfare 3 4.2 Vegetarianism 4 4.3 Over-fishing 5 4. Food miles 5 4.1 Carbon label 6 5. Future research 7 6. Conclusion 8 7. References 8 Sustainability and Food 1. Introduction The global food crisis is looming large and
Premium Greenhouse gas Carbon dioxide