MINERALS 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF A MINERAL: 1)Naturally Occuring; 2) Be a colid; 3) Have an orderly crystalline structure; 4) have a definite chemical composition; 5) generally be inorganic Which are not classified as Minierals & Why: Gold‚ Water‚ Synthetic Diamonds‚ Ice & Wood: Gold-YES – naturally occurring; Synthetic Diamond: NO – Manmade; Water: NO – liquid state‚ only a solid material can be considered a mineral – in it’s naturally occurring ice state it is a solid and therefore a mineral;
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Topic: The politics of Sustainable Development Dozen of years after the second millennium‚ people are witnessing a world with a high level of complexities‚ trans-boundary issues at a level of dysfunction that seem not to cease. Today‚ humankind is said to have a tendency to produce what they do not necessarily consume‚ and consume what they do not produce; as well as produce far more information than the capacity of any individuals to absorb (Mebratu 1998‚ UNEP 2012). The urges for changes throughout
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ABSTRACT This essay refers to the existence and especially the necessity and the methods needed to ensure that sustainable cities can be supported globally. Analyzed the Leipzig Charter and the European Framework of Reference for sustainable cities with the participation of Greek cities such as Velvento Kozani’s ‚ Samothrace and Heraklion‚ Crete. Extensively analyzed the ecological architecture or otherwise bio-climatic architecture and green buildings and what is the most eco-friendly materials
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How Humans Impact Marine Ecosystems Earth consists of many complex organisms that share and benefit from all of what the world has to offer. Conservation and protection of marine life is becoming more significant as humans better understand the importance of the oceans and how people have an affect on them. Just as people treasure and protect areas of land it is just important to treasure and keep the oceans safe. Marine life is becoming increasingly damaged because of threats from human activity
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RAMMED EARTH Fíonnadh McGonigle 0818555 Contents • History (page 2) • The Use of Rammed Earth within the UK (pages 3 & 4) • Rammed Earth as a Sustainable material‚ Thermal and Insulation properties (pages 5 & 6 ) • Weather Protection (page 7) • Construction week o Aims (page 8) o Risk Assessment (page 9‚10 &11) o Prototype
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the history of mother earth. Only in the last few centuries‚ the impact of man on climate change has accelerated. Due to rapid industrialization and very high energy consumption‚ man has been drilling petrol from deep inside the earth‚ throwing it out into atmosphere through uncontrolled emission almost relentlessly every second and all over the world. Thus Mother earth has been subjected to artificial volcanic eruptions every second‚ polluting the atmosphere all around earth. This definitely has
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GCMs – Computer models – study climate change video http://www.sandi.net/cms/lib/CA01001235/Centricity/Domain/7724/video/Global Warming. Part 4 - Consequences and Climate models.wmv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eLKIWoIWlM • Three factors: human activity (carbon monoxide & other greenhouse gasses)‚ natural external factors (sun‚ volcanoes)‚ and sulfate aerosols. • Sulfate aerosols arise from fossil fuel combustion which has a cooling affect. • Water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas. •
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when the atmosphere and environment were different to those presently found on earth Archaea are single cell micro-organisms with no nucleus‚ it use anaerobic respiration (able to living in the absence of Oxygen) and live in extreme environment/condition such as high temperature‚ acid-rich‚ saline area etc. those environment are rich in minerals but hazardous to other organisms. Archaea’s population decreased after earth filled with oxygen‚ other than that‚ current archaea is very same as ancient
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goals of UN are expressed in terms of human and environmental well-being‚ couched in terms of major issue areas: example; health‚ food‚ water‚ energy and the environment. The World Bank‚ for example‚ uses the discourse of ‘financial‚ physical‚ human‚ social and natural capital’ in its conceptualization of sustainable development. The Brundtland Commission report on ‘Our Common Future’ (WCED‚ 1987) focuses on institutional imperatives in addressing sustainable development issues‚ including political
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Sustainable Events Management “Critical appraisal of the sustainability policy: case study of Sochi Olympic Games 2014” Prepared for: Mr Gaurav Chawla Prepared by: Veronika Kalinina Class: BA4 HE3 Submission date: 20/03/2015 Table of Content INTRODUCTION 3 LITERATURE
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