3/5/13 Response Paper 2 Everyone has their own opinion about environmentalism. Some support it all the way‚ some people absolutely can’t stand it‚ and then there are those like me that fall in between. A Sand County Almanac and Silent Springs are two of the most influential pieces of environmental literature ever written. Parts of them didn’t exactly convince me and parts of them shocked me so much I think twice on certain aspects of my life. In this short response paper I will talk about what
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Investigation into Succession in Sand Dunes. Scientific Knowledge: Succession is a long-term direction of change in the composition of a community‚ brought about by the organisms themselves. Primary succession occurs when a community develops on bare/uncolonised ground‚ which has never had vegetation growing on it. A good example of primary succession is that of succession on sand dunes. Secondary succession occurs on ground that has previously been colonised but is now available because
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A personal ecological footprint is measured by the number of natural resources an individual uses. After taking a ecological footprint quiz‚ I learned that it would take 4.5 earths to support me and my daily useage. The quiz breaks down you usage by five categories. These categories include food‚ shelter‚ mobility‚ goods and service. In order of greatest usage to least‚ my categories were in the following order: services‚ food‚ shelter‚ goods and mobility. Services and goods can be defined
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In this week’s forum one of the question ask is‚ how big is my protein footprint? It also asks‚ does a meat rich diet have a negative impact on our environment? And does it contribute to global warming? With a very small percentage of Americans following a vegetarian diet. I will say that my protein footprint is about the same as the majority of the US population. I understand that a good source of protein can be found in nuts‚ black beans and lentils. However the number one source of
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What can we do to reduce our ecological footprint? There are many thing. For example‚ in our house‚ we compost all organic matter. We also recycle everything that our local community accepts at the recycling center. In addition‚ we often choose the items we buy based on the amount of packaging they have. The combination of these three things reduces our garbage output to only one 30-gallon bag every two weeks for a family of two. Not too bad. And the compost we make goes into our organic garden plot
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Carbon Footprint Paper I chose to do my carbon footprint through http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu. This website provided me with an action plan on ways to reduce tons of CO2/year. Although with that said‚ I was surprised with the result which showed that we are doing 23.8% better than the average household in my area within the same income level. Our travel added up to be 1.9 tons of CO2/year which turned out to be 88.5% better than the average household. Our housing on the other hand came out to
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The story of Grains of Sands is a fabulous story of a man named Benson M. Karanja. Leaving Kenya at the age of 35 years old‚ Dr. Karanja faced many ups and downs to end up being the president of the Beulah Heights bible college. Dr. Karanja’s journey throughout this book demonstrates the parable of faithfulness‚ obedience and humility. His character through difficulties and hard time as properly shows his ability of leadership. A model by his faith and educational achievements‚ Dr. Benson Karanja
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planet that high on our company’s list of business priorities‚ we’ve been measuring our carbon footprint for years‚ but always through a 100% manual‚ labor intensive process that required a healthy dose of estimating. But now thanks to groundbreaking new software‚ Stonyfield is able to track and measure our actual amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions automatically with a real-time carbon footprint
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Los Angeles Times states that “The most rending kind of war is not between two hatreds‚ but between two hopes”. Correspondingly‚ Andre Dubus III introduces two hopes in the novel House of Sand and Fog written in 1999. Behrani and Kathy‚ two determined yet fragile individuals‚ come from different backgrounds that meet in the California hills struggles to gain social stability. The competing desires for the house leads to Behrani’s ultimate downfall. His obsession with the house comes from the ambition
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The main tendency Starbucks is having right now is basically to reduce their environmental footprint. In order to achieve this‚ they focus on the amount of water‚ energy and the materials they use. For example‚ they created a way of reducing the amount of cups for take away with an ecofriendly idea. All of this is always done thinking in the comfort and happiness of their clients‚ that’s why they also created a method for their customers to opinion about their service. Their mission is the following:
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