Imprints on Planet Earth | Consumerism effects Is consumerism just another fancy word for shopping? Who is to say that one person’s ecological footprint from consuming has no effect on the planet? An ecological footprint‚ also known as a carbon footprint‚ is the scientific measure of one’s consumption and the effect of their expenditure to the planet earth (Heddings & Frazier‚ 2009). Every small act of consumption is a connection to a larger picture. As the population grows‚ so does
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BUGEN 1530 Responsible Principles of Business Reflective Journal After commencing this course it has given me the opportunity to reflect on two certain aspects of my own life‚ personal and professional and how sustainability plays a role in both. At a young age I was taught “what you give out you get back” this was not just in reference to the way we treat each other but also how we treat the planet/environment around us. Growing up we always had quite an extensive vegetable patch where we grew
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Should a price be put on the goods and services provided by the world’s ecosystems? Every day there are parts of land that are being sold so builders can make buildings. Like new home construction‚ parking lots‚ malls‚ and even restaurants. But do people ever think of what we are taking away by building over certain parts of the land. What if certain species lived there and we took their habitat away. Or what about the swamps and the forest? A lot of things come with those places‚ and we use
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HOW DO WE CONSERVE/TAKE CARE THE ECOSYSTEM The value of ecosystem services Through its ecosystems‚ planet earth provides mankind with resources such as food‚ climate regulation‚ fresh water and clean air. Without these resources‚ which we call ecosystem services‚ life on earth is not possible. Currently‚ we are using per annum 1.5 times the amount of ecosystem services which the planet can provide us with sustainably. As a result of this ’overuse’‚ the capacity of the earth’s ecosystems to provide
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References: 1. Azqueta‚ D.‚ Sotelsek‚ D.‚ 2007. Valuing nature: from environmental impacts to natural capital. Ecological Economics 63‚ 22–30. 2. Atta S‚ Diallo AB‚ Sarr B‚ Bakasso Y‚ Saadou M‚ Glew RH (2010). Variation in macro-elements and protein contents of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) from Niger. Afr. J. Food Agric. Nutr. Dev.‚ 10:2707-2718. 3. Anhwange
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program are Plants (A‚B‚C)‚ Herbivores (A‚B‚C)‚ Omnivores (A‚B) and one top Predator. You can control the diet of each by indicating what they feed on. By setting up different starting configurations you can investigate the evolution of this simulated ecological system. A. In a couple of sentences describe what happens when you start with only two (A&B) and then all three plant species present. B. Describe how many herbivores and omnivores you added (and what they eat) in order to create an ecosystem
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be five times larger than what it was fifty years ago. At current rates our economy would be eighty times the size by the end of the century‚ looking to support a global population exceeding nine billion (Jackson‚ 2010). The impact on the world’s ecological systems and climate threatens to be nothing less than catastrophic and the pressure on natural resources overwhelming. An entire school of economists‚ including Tim Jackson believe the current economic system and the reliance on continued growth
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which I interpret as being of equal importance and that is you connect them all you will achieve sustainability. Figure 2: Three spheres of sustainability Source: Wallis‚ A. M.‚ Graymore‚ M. L. M.‚ & Richards‚ A. J. (2011) p.596. My ecological footprint gave me personal insights into my impact on the environment. I reflected on what I could do to reduce my footprint; an all-electric house‚ job with extensive car travel and I am a meat eater. What future was I leaving my children and what
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Uppsalla University‚ pp. 30-35. 2. Hanna‚ S. & Munasinghe‚ M. 1995. eds. Property rights in a social and ecological context‚ Case study and design apllications‚ The Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics and the World Bank‚ Washington D.C. 3. OECD. 1997. Environmental indicators for agriculture‚ Paris. 4. Robinson‚ J. & Tinker‚ J. 1995. Reconciling ecological‚ economic and social imperatives: Toward an analytical framework‚ SDRI Discussion Papers Series‚ 1995-1‚ Sustainable
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cities‚ or making cities economically competitive‚ the effective managing and creation of various modes of transportation and mobility and managing the largest pollutant most inefficient parts of of our cities: buildings. All while maintaining high ecological and environmental standards including proper reduction and disposal of waste . The city of the next 100 years must be successful in managing the impacts of all of these stated areas. I will highlight current cities that are struggling with some
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