Costa Rica can provide insight into how, despite the common practice, it is possible to have sustainable practices that do not harm the environment and still experience economic growth. The focus of this essay will be on tourism as it is Costa Rica’s main source of income and because tourism itself accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions...
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Noted Irish playwright and political activist George Bernard Shaw once said: “The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them but to be indifferent to them. That is the essence of inhumanity. But each and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you and me” (Shaw). The main threat to animal extinction...
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There’s an animal that’s been kicking up controversy, and that is the wild horses of America, we call them mustangs. Although their origins are unknown, their overpopulation has been a long-standing issue in the US. With large herds of these wild horses overrunning lands and resources, the controversy lies within our government BLM to control them. Today’s wild horses are...
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Killing whales for food has been happening for millennia. But it was commercial whaling – turning whales into barrels of oil for profit – that led to the wholesale destruction of most of the world’s populations of big whales. The loss of whales from our oceans is the same story as overfishing of big fish – sharks, tuna, cod and...
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Introduction to Drought in Africa Water shortages are a major threat globally but their impact is more severe in Africa in general and in Sub-Saharan Africa in particular. A recent Southern African Development Community (SADC) report suggests that by mid-2017 four countries will have to declare national drought disasters, namely, the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Republic of Malawi, the Kingdom...
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Abstract The Amur tiger (Tigris altaicia) and the cougar (puma concolor) both belong to the Felidae family. While they belong to the same family, they have very different histories. The amur tiger is always on the brink of extinction and facing multiple threats to its population. While the cougar has only recently seen its population decrease. The amur tiger is...
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Introduction Human beings rely on different sources to generate energy for both industrial and domestic use. Some of the common ones include water, natural gas, coal, solar, and nuclear plants. Many emerging and developed economies are currently considering additional solutions that can promote sustainability and protect the natural environment. This objective is critical since most of these sources have significant...
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Fia Cumming’s (2000) “Higher fuel tax slows us down; NEWS EXTRA” published by Sun Herald; a Sunday counterpart of the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), illustrates the conflict between truck drivers and the dishonesty of the Australian government on the issue of increased excise rates for fuel. Cumming achieves this via applications of rhetorical appeals, predominately logos with statistical data, tone...
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The most common and challenging issue that renewable energy is facing is the capital cost of erecting and installing wind and solar farms. Like most renewables, fuel cost is practically zero, and maintenance cost is very low. As per the date of 2017, the average cost to install solar panels is approximately $2000 per kW for big installation, whereas it...
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South Africa is demonstrating its commitment to a more prosperous future growth direction by promoting clean energies and energy conservation, as well as skills development and job creation through the green economy. South Africa is one of the world's top emitters of carbon dioxide, ranking 12th in terms of top emitters per capita, since fossil fuels provide more than 75...
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Renewable energy also known as clean energy is produced from natural resources that are gradually replenished. Coal and oil are the most consumed products today, not forgetting that they are unrenewable. But by the use of nature-based solutions, which is the use of nature to tackle environmental-based challenges together with renewable sources of energy, we as a country will be...
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African wild dogs are a unique and endangered species that are important to their ecosystem. They play an important role in eliminating sick and weak animals, helping maintain natural balance and ultimately improving prey species (Tagley, 2019). Known for being highly efficient predators, they help regulate prey species that play a role in shaping vegetation. This species are also highly...
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Have you ever tried organic food before? If yes, how often do you purchase organic food? According to a consumer survey, around 3% of the respondents purchase organic food every day, more than that in the previous year. Also, 16.4% of the have consumed activities on organic food once a week (Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre, 2019). Purchasing health food...
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Introduction Pollution, we heard about this phrase almost everyday in our life, and it is getting worse with the world development and modernization. There are many types of pollutions affecting our nature that can cause humorous damaged to the environment, the ecosystem and our health; such as land pollution, air pollution, water pollution, noise and light pollution, etc. Among the...
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Glaciers are made of fallen snow that has compressed and thickened into large ice masses over hundreds of years. Some will move slowly in the water however, some can flow quickly, some traveling ten times faster than the normal rate of half a kilometre per year. They will grow and shrink in response to climate change but usually these changes...
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One of the most profound aspects of life on earth is the inevitability of extinction. Beneath the Anthropocene epoch, Hannie Rayson’s play, Extinction, examines Australia’s exploitation of the natural environment as of 2013. This propelling conundrum cultivates the advent of increasing coal mining practices that contribute to economic progress at the cost of a declining ecosystems. Conflicting interests espoused by...
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What kind of world will our children live in? This question has never been more worrying. And for good reason, the air we breathe has never been more polluted. A certain awareness is being born and we must act quickly. The aim of this report will be to present viable solutions for air purification in urban areas. Emphasis will be...
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Between 1600 and 1800, Britain evolved into a dominating empire that controlled most of the southern hemisphere. An underlying factor for their success was their strong economic state which enabled them to use conflict to extend their power overseas. Britain's economy played a large role in their success to conquer many countries as they were able to afford and provide...
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In completion of this case study, I got the help and guidance of some respected persons, who deserve my deepest gratitude. I have completed my case study on Ganga Pollution. I have worked with full dedication and studied the case thoroughly and searched for ideas for solutions myself. I studied causes of pollution, problems arisen, future outcomes, steps taken by...
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Background extinctions are a naturally occuring (and important) development within the economy of nature. There are a number of reasons for a species’ population to come to an end organically. A lack of genetic diversity following a vicariance event makes them vulnerable as they may not be able to evolve in accordance to the changing environments around them. An influx...
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Located on the southeast coast of Mexico, Cancun generated $37.5 million in the past five years citation, welcoming around six million foreign tourists every year (as shown in Graph 1). This is due to Cancun being one of Mexico’s top tourist destinations, known for its exotic aquatic fauna and flora. Sustainable tourism is when social, economic and environment aspects of...
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Policy briefs are an essential tool utilized by policymakers to consolidate and condense vast amounts of information into an easily digestible form such that lawmakers may learn more about the issues on which they are legislating prior to drafting legislation and/or voting. As such, it is important to note that this policy brief is less a brief and more an...
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Air pollution is a key factor in the degradation of surfaces of historical buildings and monuments. The impact of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere on materials is enormous and often irreversible. Corrosion caused by chemicals and soiling caused by particles can lead to economic losses but, more importantly, to the destruction of our cultural heritage, an important component of our...
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In only a handful of years, we have lost over half the world’s forests, half the world’s grasslands and half the world’s wetlands. We are consistently eliminating all that makes up our world’s ecosystems. Eventually, they will collapse. It’s hard to accurately predict the rate extinction we face, but say there are 100 000 000 different species on earth. At...
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A Chinese pet-cloning company has announced the birth of the world's first cloned Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), which was carried to term by an unlikely surrogate mother – a beagle. The cloned female wolf pup, named Maya, and her beagle mother were unveiled to the world in a brief video at a press conference held September 19 by the...
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Biodiversity (biological diversity) is the range of species within an ecosystem. It encompasses three different levels which include ecosystem, species and genetic diversity. Ecosystem diversity is used to refer to a variation of ecosystems. It describes all living organisms in their physical surroundings. They have both a biotic (living organisms) and an abiotic (non-living) component. On the Sunshine Coast there...
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Introduction Today’s world is dependent on electricity, which is supplied from many different sources such as fossils fuels which emit harmful gases that pollute the environment and contribute to global warming by producing large quantities of CO2. However, with recent improvements in technology, renewable energy has been introduced in our daily lives in the form of solar power. Other forms...
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Throughout 'Gretel in Darkness', Louise Gluck employs the medium of poetry to describe the intense emotional turmoil that a survivor of traumatic experiences can go through, weaving the audience through the flashbacks of a distressing experience and interjecting the all too real alienation that one can feel when recovering. The author's expert word choice and rhetorical questioning invites the audience...
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Racism, classism, and internal conflicts are all symptoms indicative of a society with problems that affect some people more than others. The rapper Akala tackles all of these issues, using both personal experience and imitation of another person in his song “Find No Enemy,” released in 2011. He confronts the connotations of his mixed-race heritage in a society that’s supposedly...
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The sustainability of global economies and the survival of all living species primarily depends on how clean their surrounding environments are. Clean ecosystems ensure that all living organisms thrive well within their ecosystems, something rare in present times due to increased environmental pollution and degradation. When comparing the past and present world, it is not wrong for one to argue...
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