Environmental Studies

Overview and purpose The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate the ability to use a political economy/ecology approach to critically understand a key environmental issue and understanding of alternative ideas for greening globalisation. Details Corresponding to learning outcomes 1, 3 and 4, analyse an aspect of a key environmental issue studied in this module […]

All forms of renewable energy are “in the news” today. It is not difficult to find discussions on refuse to energy, solar, wind, biomass, hydro, geothermal, hydrogen and even others (surprise me if you can). We live in a world today where there is no turning back to the sole use of fossil fuels. Renewable

E-waste is also referred to as waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and is solid waste that has become a very complex problem in terms of collection, storage, recycling and disposal. Handling e-waste is an international issue experienced by developed and developing countries alike. Consider the ubiquitous cell phone, which has valuable material inside such

1.Describe in detail the procedure you plan to use to help preserve biodiversity. 2. List the materials you will use to test your idea. 3. List and describe the data from your experiment. 4. Describe in detail the procedure you used to test your solution. 5. Summarize the data collected from testing your solution here.

*Content: This case study should enable you and your readers to get an in-depth understanding of how this environmental project was initiated, how it was carried out, the difficulties it met, and the results it delivered. Your case study will address at least the following aspects:1. The project’s initiation and funding source 2. The project’s

Purposes:  To obtain practical experience in carrying out field research in identifying different land use, building types and architectural styles;  To be able to record the field research accurately and neatly on a base map; and,  To observe, analyze and describe, in report form, land use patterns and their potential relationships based

Go to the journal, Ecology and Society at https://ecologyandsociety.org/. This online journal includes research articles, debates, and discussions from many ecologists. Find any prior issue and select a research article from it (Look to the upper right corner for the menu item titled \”Find Back Issues\” then click on any of the blue issue number

Select and research any toxic substance (examples are provided in attached PDF) and answer the following questions: What is the name of your toxic substance? Using the Fisher Science searchable online Safety Data Sheet (SDS) library https://www.fishersci.com/us/en/catalog/search/sdshome.html, search the SDS for your toxic substance. Using Section 11 of the SDS, what is the LD50 for

Detail three separate events in which Pesticide and fertilizer risks on the environment and human beings are present. Explain where this is happening, what laws are set in place to \’Protect\’ these environments, and how/if they are being implemented.

Case Study # Parking Meters In this case study, you will investigate the parking meter program in a particular city. A parking meter program normally regulates the parking space on commercial streets with a limited parking time window. The conventional approach in the US is installing a meter along the curb to control one or