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Botany Project Blog post
Indigenous plants, Cultures and wisdom can all be conserved by doing the simplest of things. Will it take a bit of work? Yes but we can even do things like writing down traditions and keeping the knowledge circulating by telling others. Encouraging them to participate in botany. Giving them great, natural, and environmentally positive power. Humans can take the essence of plants and place it inside of areas that they will thrive in. If the area does not exist during the time of year then we can create it with our own two hands. A plants anatomy is important but not everything in regards to it’s physiology. Yes the basic layout of the plant is determined by what it’s made up by but there are many different looking plants that have the same functions or uses. I say we keep the traditions alive and help our world blossom not wilt. All that there is to wonder is; Will you help save our environment?
Here's the link to our project
https://rmccann19.wixsite.com/mysite/other
Q1 benchmark
Sustainable business
Q1 benchmark
EPA Sustainability
EPA Sustainability
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1. How do the earth systems affect each other?
2. How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters?
3. What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future?
Earth's systems affect each other because they all are connected. They flow evenly in between each other.
Understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters will help for future circumstances or just basic info to teach others about.
The efforts we can make to create a sustainable future is to just tart yourself, and help people close to you understand factors that affect our everyday life.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ba6HPQWQWeM_bqfft-nT-wIiJxhNBSBMHEEyjyBIyq0/edit?usp=sharing
Automotive Industry
The earth systems affect each other because they are all connected. A lot of materials flow through all the spheres. For example water goes in all the spheres but it takes on different forms. Along with carbon and many other things. If you know how a natural disaster works and what systems it affects you will be better equipped in what to do when said event happens. We can all try to decrease our ecological footprint because we use a lot of earths resources everyday. This way we can slow down. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ba6HPQWQWeM_bqfft-nT-wIiJxhNBSBMHEEyjyBIyq0/edit?usp=sharing |
Brevity Lathers (Short Wash)
The carbon footprint for a load of laundry is 3.3 kg was at 60 C in a washer-dryer combined machine. If multiplied by the number of people in America that use washer and dryer machines, we’d have a dissatisfying number of carbon tons produced daily and released into the air. As a solution my group and I came up with a plan to reduce the use of water used while washing clothes by using solar powered machines. I learned that washer-dyer machines contribute to greenhouse gases which lead us in the direction of global warming. Less water usage will save at least 40 gallons of water per wash. Solar powered machines will also have a longer life expectancy because solar panels usually degrade about 1% each year.
Brevity Lathers
The industry that me and my group did was the fashion industry. We chose to do it because we all love clothes, and dressing up and looking nice. Sustainability is everything we need for and well-being and also create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist together. Our industry is sustainable because when it comes to fashion people can maintain what material feels right for them such as some people do only like clothes made out of cotton and some only like their clothes made out of wool. To sustain our business we will assign each other roles to keep everything intact. To lower the eco-footprint of the business we will wash and dry our clothes less .
Sustainable Business
The different earth's systems have different impacts on the world. When it comes to how they all affect each other they all create the next step to the next earth system. By all of the systems affecting each other, the earth can flow smoothly and the cycle can continue from there. There are certain things that humans do that can interrupt the cycle as well. So as a population we would have to do better with, water usage, poverty, and other issues in order to have a sustainable future.
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Brevity Lathers
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HiWPjt-hHN01pR2AOijqibvqgGBGm8b93XeaNjfkqV8/edit#slide=id.p
Changing The Rideshare Industry
Ride Share Industry
Sustainable Business and Resource Management
For our benchmark, my group and I created a sustainable business plan focused in the food industry. After researching how other food industries impact our earth spheres, resources used, and the overall carbon footprint, we created ASAM Cafe to outweigh the negative factors and promote sustainable practices community and world wide.
In the food industry, high levels of carbon are released in the atmosphere due to the transportation and extraction of natural materials, as well as greenhouse gases, caused by energy usage in stores and manufacturing plants. All these factors intertwine with one another and directly impact earth's system (biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere) in a never ending chain. For example, with the mass production of animals to fulfill the demand of meat in America. It leads to the creation of industrial farms which conduct harmful practices that are inflicted on animals and affects the environment. As the biosphere is being negatively impacted, with amount of land that goes to industrial farms and also add deforestation, it disrupts the geosphere. With this information, I believe that we can create a sustainable future by using more environmental friendly practices such as using renewable energy or eating clean meat.
Environmental science
How do the earth systems affect each other?
The earth systems help the planet carry out important missions it needs to provide sustainability for all life that lives on it. If one is out of whack then all the systems could fail.
How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters?
We can learn how bad disasters are and try to think of ways to help.
What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future?
We have to have more than people change their habits we need everyone and everything to change their habits in order to make a big enough change.
Zeus Sustainable Business and Resource Management Pres
Building a Sustainable Business
Asam Cafe
In our project of creating a sustainable business and resource management. Our group decided to build a sustainable and greener cafe based out of the food industry and inspiration from Starbucks. In order to reduce the C02 levels of our cafe, we have decided to get all our ingredients locally as well as create a system that recycles water in and outside the cafe. The earth systems will be affected by our cafe by the C02 emissions caused by the transportation of goods and the use of water for our cafe. The C02 emissions can increase the temperature of the area over time or even cause smog. However, because we have resorted for a greener local approach we will diminish the emissions produced and with the recycling of water we will create sustainability. We won’t harm the biosphere nor the hydrosphere that much as we will strive to be Eco-friendly, and self-sustained.
Sustainable Business- Cafe
Cafe ASAM
In an attempt to create a sustainable business our group created a cafe that was influenced by Starbucks. We researched sustainable business models to build the basis of our cafe around for a more environmentally friendly experience. To decrease our carbon footprint we would have to get nearly all of our ingredients locally, and recycle our water use with sustainable practices like tank treatments and etc. At our cafe we wanted to create something that was enjoyable yet efficient for the environment and those that live in it. If other companies followed our business model, and even built upon it I think it would lead to a far more sustainable future. The biggest cause of pollution and carbon emission in the food industry is the transportation of goods, food/ water waste, and using materials that aren't compostable or organic. With more influences of sustainable businesses the future of the food industry could potentially become more efficient energy wise and less harmful to the environment. After researching how to create a sustainable business i think it could be useful to me in a future to help create a legitimate company that focuses on sustainability.
