Your Ecological Footprint Due February 10‚ 2014 Step 1. Do some background reading The Ecological Footprint is a measure of the human impact on nature. Take some time to get to know about the Ecological Footprint and what it measures: http://www.myfootprint.org/en/about_the_quiz/what_it_measures Next‚ read through the Ecological Footprint Quiz’s Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.myfootprint.org/en/about_the_quiz/faq/. You never know what others have asked that may be of interest to you
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A carbon footprint is "the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an organization‚ event or product" [1]. For simplicity of reporting‚ it is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide‚ or its equivalent of other GHGs‚ emitted. The concept name of the carbon footprint originates from ecological footprint discussion.[2] The carbon footprint is a subset of the ecological footprint and of the more comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). An individual‚ nation‚ or organization’s
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targets we need to work with our suppliers as well as offer new products that can help people reduce their own impacts. HUL’s footprint The product categories which make the largest contribution to our greenhouse gas footprint are those where the consumer requires heated water. Soap‚ shower gel and skin care products alone account for more than half of our total footprint Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from skin cleansing and hair washing 3.1By 2015 we aim to reach 200 million consumers with products
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This Chapter is from the volume: de Sherbiniin‚ A.‚ A. Rahman‚ A. Barbieri‚ J.C. Fotso‚ and Y. Zhu (eds.). 2009. Urban Population-Environment Dynamics in the Developing World: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. Paris: Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED) (316 pages). Available at http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/workshops.jsp#W2007 AN ASSESSMENT OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
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Do you know that of every 100 children in the world today‚ 16 of them are child labourers‚ 12 of them are in its worst form‚ and many will never go to school? There are 246 million child labourers in the world today‚ most are in developing countries. Good morning everyone. Today I Sridhar Sahu stands before you to give a speech on child labour. Child labour "CHILD IS THE FATHER OF MAN" the famous lines by William Word worth. It symbolizes the need of children in building a healthy nation and
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Essay on Gobal Warming and America ’s role. America’s Carbon Footprint Joseph N. Flowers Jr. COM/172 November 12‚ 2012 Judith Scharle America’s Carbon Footprint Florida will be the next lost city of Atlantis! That can be imagined when reading statistics from scientists predicting that in fewer than 100 years‚ most of southern Florida will be under water because of global warming (Wilbur‚ 2011). Global warming is the rising of the Earth’s temperature because
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My ecological footprint suggests that I am being sustainable and environmentally friendly. I need 1.38 fewer Planet Earths than the average person in Ontario in order to provide for my resources. Most of my footprint is based on food and services‚ from my almost everyday meat consumption and the large grouping of electronic devices and products I use every day. My footprint shows a Western lifestyle. Our lives here in North America are based around capitalistic ideals of materialism and over-consumption
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of various types of equipments for whole set of sand-making production line‚ and provides superior technical support for customers. The whole sand-making production line consists of vibrating feeder‚ jaw crusher‚ sand-making machine‚ vibrating screen‚ belt conveyor‚ electric control system‚ etc. We designed the production line has 30 tons to 800 tons. The whole design is simple and convenient‚ For customers to save time‚ money and space. VSI sand making machine is the lasted product of authoritative
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Introduction A sand casting or a sand molded casting is a cast part produced by forming a mold from a sand mixture and pouring molten liquid metal into the cavity in the mold. The mold is then cooled until the metal has solidified. In the last stage the casting is separated from the mold. There are six steps in this process: (see sketch below): 1. Place a pattern in sand to create a mold. 2. Incorporate a gating system. 3. Remove the pattern. 4. Fill the mold cavity with molten metal
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Tar Sands The majority of oil used by the United States as well as internationally soon may come from the tar sands in Alberta‚ Canada. Extracting oil from tar sands is an extremely costly and immensely dirty way of obtaining fuel. There is currently a plan to build a pipeline‚ the Keystone XL‚ which will run from the supply of tar sands in Albert down the western United States to refineries in Texas. There are two major concerns when dealing with the creation of this pipeline and the increased
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