... | | | | |Unit Code No.: |HOS201 | | | | |Unit Title: |Operation and Environmental Management | | | | |Assessment No.: |Individual essay | | | | |Lecturer: |Ms.Trinidad Navarro | | |...
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...Global Warming in the Arctic Myles Ross November 15th, 2013 Throughout the past 100 years, climate change has been a very noticeable issue worldwide. The speed of temperature excursion has been the highest it’s been since the Stone Age (Module 7). Climate Change can be considered caused through greenhouse gases, water vapor, albedo and solar radiation (Model 7). Combined, these factors cause radioactive forcing, which highly contributes to the Earth’s energy balance (Module 7). The change in Earths energy balance has had a large influence on the increase in mean global temperature (Module 7). Now that the factors of Global warming have been discussed, overviewing the causes of the issue will be beneficial to determine possible solutions for the changing climate. Scientists have determined human activity as being a significant cause of global climate change. According to Module 7, humans are responsible for 93% of the total change in climate. The source of human causation can be through an impacted on the greenhouse gas effect and land-type conversions (Module 7). As the world becomes continually warmer, the effect of climate change in the arctic regions becomes more intense. Within the past 50 years, arctic regions in Canada have experienced warming of 2 to 3 degrees Celsius (Fergal & Prowse, 2007). One of the most important areas in the Canadian arctic is the Cryosphere (Appendix A), which is the area consisting of season snow cover, permafrost glaciers, and...
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...Universidad Nebrija Max Juergens Universidad Nebrija The implications of water scarcity An essay about the present problems and future implications of water scarcity, if the world do not change the utilization. The implications of water scarcity An essay about the present problems and future implications of water scarcity, if the world do not change the utilization. A Clean Water Crisis The water we drink today has likely been around in one form or another since dinosaurs lived on the Earth, hundreds of millions of years ago. While the amount of freshwater on the planet has remained fairly constant over time—continually recycled through the atmosphere—the population has exploded. This means that every year competition for a clean supply of water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and sustaining life intensifies. Freshwater makes up a very small fraction of all water on the planet. While nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is ice or ocean. Even then, just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields. All in all, only 0.007 percent of the planet's water is available to fuel and feed its 6.8 billion people. In the following pages I am going to show the 4 main implications of water scarcity. Implications because of population growth Because of population growth and economic development, water resources in many parts of the world are pushed to their natural limits...
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...1 ESSAYS ON SUSTAINABILITY Thirteen Challenging Essays for Earthlings By Peter E. Black, 2008 Wheels and Water .......................................................page 1 Water and Humans on Planet Earth ................................... 2 Climate, Weather, and Global Warming ............................. 3 A Catastrophic Loss of Species ......................................... 4 The Naked Truth................................................................... 5 Asymmetrical Resource Distribution ................................. 6 Stormwater and Groundwater Runoff ................................ 7 Economy, Energy, Environment ......................................... 8 Drill in the ANWR? No Way! ............................................... 9 The Wonder of Water ......................................................... 10 Buffering Sands of Time.................................................... 11 Ecology and Civilization .................................................... 12 With a Bang, not a Whimper.............................................. 13 © 2008 Peter E. Black, PhD (US Copyright Registration TXu 1-580-484, July 13, 2008 as “Conservation is the Cornerstone of Sustainability”) Distinguished Teaching Professor of Water and Related Land Resources, Emeritus, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210 peblack@esf.edu and www.watershedhydrology.com Essays on Sustainability Thirteen Challenging...
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...Management of water quality addresses the problems that are related to water quality and water valuable uses. The control on water pollution depends on adequate treatment and elimination of wastewater (Krenkel at el, 1980). Goel (2006) refers to pollutant water giving a broader definition depending on the physical and chemical properties and biological characteristics causing harmful effects on human life according to required uses of water. Goel (2006) mentions the changes that occur in the natural water properties making it unfit for drinking or household, industrial and agricultural uses. In recent year, the challenges of water management on the world are very difficult to provide the fresh water and to improve the water quality...
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...Essay On The Pollution ESSAY The word, 'pollution' means to make dirty. Pollution causes imbalance in the environment. Environmental pollution is a serious problem. Nearly 35 percent of India's total land area is subject to serious environmental pollution. Industrialization has led to urbanization, which has added to the pollution problem. Air pollution is the most dangerous form of pollution. land and water pollution have worsened the situation. Pollution causes several types of harmful disease. We must control pollution for our survival. The word pollution 'pollution', has been derived form a Latin word, 'pollutionem,' which means to make dirty. Pollution is the process of making the environment. i.e. the land, water and air dirty by adding harmful substances to it. Pollution causes imbalance in the environment. This imbalance has threatened the very survival of life. It is a threat to the whole world. Environmental pollution is a serious problem of the industrialized societies. The industrial development and the Green Revolution have adversely affected the environment. People have converted the life supporting systems of the entire living world into their own resources and have vastly disturbed the natural ecological balance. Serious degradation and depletion have been caused thought overuse, misuse and mismanagement of resources to meet the human greed. Environmental pollution is defined as the unfavorable alteration of our surroundings. It is by product of man's...
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...Deforestation has become a serious global issue which is resulting in many negative effects such as a loss of biodiversity, land erosion and climate change. Deforestation can be broadly defined as “forest conversion and different types of degradation that reduce forest quality” (Sven, 2000). The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) provides a narrow definition: “depletion of tree crown cover to less than 10% as the deforestation” (FAO, 1993: 10). Forests play a significant role in humanity’s life. According to the World Rainforest Movement (1998), 25% of medicines come from the forests. Moreover, over the past 8000 years, about 5000 square miles of forest has been cut down annually (Rochen, 2008; Seitz, 2008). There are three main causes which lead to the deforestation: logging, overpopulation and road construction. This essay will examine each cause and evaluate the effects. It will begin with discussing the causes of deforestation. Next, it will examine the serious effects. Industrial logging is one of the most significant causes of deforestation. According to Phelps (2005), industrial logging is the clearance of trees for commercial purposes. In West Africa, over the past 40 years, about 2800-3500km² forests have been logged every year (Middleton, 2008). The peasants in Africa play an important role but it is modern industry that cut down so many trees. For example, as Heller (2001) found, every year more than 800 square miles of trees disappear due to the demand of paper...
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...RESTORATION OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGITY 9 Commercial use 9 Land for Grazing 9 Demand for Fuel 9 Illegal Logging 10 Erosion of Soil 10 Loss of Biodiversity 11 Climate Change 11 Population Growth 12 CONCLUSION 13 REFERENCES 14 INTRODUCTION This essay paper is divided into three parts: The first part will discuss the implications of the rapid expansion of roads into suburban areas in Kenya with special focus on the major social and environmental impacts of concern. There is an appreciation that Kenya is experiencing unprecedented road and highway expansion in line with its Vision 2030 Strategic Plan. Mitigations that need to be put in place to reduce the severity of these impacts have also been discussed. The second part discusses the Global commons, their interactions and the effects experienced as a result of depletion of one or more of them. In this essay, “Global commons" refers to something shared in common by a community. Commons presupposes a community - its members can claim equal rights to the common ground. A global commons presupposes a global community. This essay will delve on bringing a clear understanding on the complex and highly interactive processes involving the atmosphere, land, the hydrosphere (water in oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, etc.) and the cryosphere (ice sheets, glaciers, snow), together with complex terrestrial and aquatic biological processes. The final part discusses the unsustainable...
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...problems facing the world today is global warming, as many scientists believe that our production of carbon dioxide along with other greenhouse gases are having a heating effect on the atmosphere. This essay will examine the problems of global warming and the dangerous affects that it has for human life along with explaining or possible future. In the documentary Earth 2100, you follow along with Lucy an animated character who describes her life during the global warming timeline that scientists believe will be the sixth extinction. She explains key problems that could happen and will affect our future if we don’t change. The first is a raise in temperature; due to the emitted gases by power plants, automobiles, deforestation and other sources that are warming the planet up. Living on the assumption that oil will be plentiful forever and increase in gas prices leaves people moving out of suburbs and into cities to save money. With a shock to the economy with rising food prices as a result people will be forcing the government to take the easy way out by making no change. Creating more coal based plants we affect the planet by warming it up faster than looking for better environmental options. Another Lucy states will be change in landscape because rising temperatures and pattern changes of weather, as some wildlife will be forced to move where it’s colder leaving others without any viable habitat putting our wildlife at risk. However, this also will raise sea levels because of...
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...Unit Title: Communications in Business 100 Assessment: Critical Essay Company: Pepsi Company Ltd Essay Title: Corporate Environmental Obligation: An examination of the performance of Pepsi Co Student Name: Chomansingh Mareachealee Student Number: 15570501 Semester: 1 2011 Campus: Charles Telfair Institute Tutor’s Name: Sarita Ramanan Tutorial Day and Time: Tuesday (11:30-13:30) GP 4 | | | | | | | Table of content | | | | | Content: | | | | | | Introduction | 2 | | | | | The case against Pepsi Co and its impact & implication: | | | | | | (A) Achieving positive water balance | 2&3 | | (B) Land & Packaging- Moving towards zero landfill | 4 | | (C ) Climate change- reducing the carbon Footprint of operations | 5 | | (D) Protecting Natural resources and health | 6 | | | | | | | | The case for Pepsi Co and its impact & implication: | | | | | | (A) Pesticide controversy in India and Carbon dioxide emission | 7 | | (B) Using Tap water for Bottling | 7&8 | | (C )Health issues and Recycling problem | 8&9 | | | | | | | | Conclusion: | 9 | | | | | References: | 10&11&12 | | | Re: Corporate Environmental Obligation: An examination of the performance of Pepsi company Introduction: Modern organizations have high considerations for societal contribution. Nowadays...
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...CONTENT SAMPLE PAGE UNIV 111: UNIT 2 ESSAY – CONSUMPTION AS ETHICAL BEHAVIOR APRIL 28, 2015 PARKJH37 LEAVE A COMMENT The second writing is about the Consumption as Ethical Behavior. In this analytic 1350-word essay, the viewpoints of two thinkers are compared and reflected regarding to the ethical appeals that the company makes. For this essay, I chose Starbucks Company as the ethical company and I have introduced two writers from our readings in class. I honestly had hard time starting the introduction of this essay, because it was a new way of writing that I have never experience before. However, through many drafting and the help of my Focused Inquiry Professor, I was able to write this essay. UNIV 111 Unit 2 Essay Consumption as Ethical Behavior UNIV 111 Ju Hee Park 02 – 18 – 15 Everyone loves to have a cup of Starbucks Coffee for a relaxing break, for meeting a friend and talk to, for grab and go, and etc during our daily complex schedule. And Starbucks Company has made all these possible by providing a great place to socialize with other people while they are enjoying their products. But not only, Starbucks good at providing a social zone, and their luxurious qualities, the Starbucks Coffee Company also supports some ethical values. The Starbucks Coffee Company promotes their ethical values by claiming that they are constructing greener stores, recycling and reducing waste, conserving water and energy, preventing climate change, and etc. Starbucks has been building...
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...broad range of contemporary water challenges currently observed within the American South without examining this region's history of water. Flood hazards are not an uncommon phenomenon, and as such the civic and social debates regarding how to plan for them have long been discussed. Although risks of dwindling water supplies are being globally witnessed more and more each day, the morass of explanations as to “why” can be observed through the shifting patterns of land settlement, advancements in technology, and ever increasing consumption. To conceptually grasp the current and oncoming limits to water...
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...consumption of animal protein (Leaver, 2011). Therefore, the primary task of global food supplies is that making sure the global food production can match the global food demand. It is not easy to be done, because there are many menaces to global food provision. This essay will discuss some threats for food supplies and identify several solutions to make the assignment easier to be fulfilled. First of all, different resources constrict food production, such as land. It is well known that if food output want to be increase, it is necessary to increase the area of farmland. However, over the past 50 years the global farmland acreage just grew slightly, which did not match the growth of population. The agricultural land area for each person had fallen from 1.3 hectares to 0.72 hectares during 1967-2007. (Leaver, 2011) This means that average amount of food that can be consumed per person becomes less than 50 years ago. Thus, more food will need to be produced from the same amount of (even less) land (Godfray, et al., 2010). The water usage also has the similar situation that water will be more limited to usefor food supplies. Water is a critical resource in daily life and various industries, including food production and the water usage amount has been increasing. It is...
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...UNIVERSITY KUALA LUMPUR OF BUSINESS SCHOOL BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTANCY (HONS) ASSIGNMENT : ASSIGNMENT PESTLE MODEL AND SWOT ANALYSIS OF HAUTE COUTURE FASHIONS (HCF) SUBJECT NAME SUBJECT CODE STUDENT’S NAME : INTEGRATED CASE STUDY : EAB 40703 : 1) NOR HIDAYAH BINTI ABDUL HAMID 62288111073 2) DAYANG MAZIELA BINTI ZULKIPLI 62288111048 3) NOOR ASRAFEZ BIN JALUDDIN 62288111007 4) NUR HIDAYAH BINTI ABU HASSAN 62288111001 5) NURULHUDA BINTI MUSTAFA 62288111052 6) ZAKIAH BINTI KASIM 62288111072 SEMESTER LECTURE’S NAME :6 : SIR AMIRUL HAFIZ BIN MOHD NASIR SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTH o Have skilled trained by British master cutters. o A high quality manufacturing o Experience work with European country o High quality of design ready to wear o Aware about employees welfare WEAKNESSES o Lack of production cost o Lack of producing finish good o Lack of management planning o Lack of raw material o Lack of man power OPPORTUNITY o Attract more customer based from Europe o o o o Expand more branch within and outside Malaysia Leave Malaysia Hire cheaper employees in China to reduce cost Improve in technology o THREAT o Price competition with China manufacturing Kiki and Houida want move to China The PESTLE Model Political: Definition: What is happening politically environment in which business operates. For example: Represent the way and the extent to which a government influences the economy and a certain business. Political factors are represented by specific areas, such...
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