A Plan for Sustainable Living in Africa

Sustainability is a growing concern for many individuals and companies as resources are becoming increasingly limited, hazardous, and expensive. Over the last few years, more people have been informed about sustainable options, which have been easier to obtain and contribute to, as well as wanting to purchase more sustainable options from companies. Since the idea of sustainability is so broad, everyone can contribute in a way they feel is most beneficial. Whether individuals and companies are giving back for personal or self-regarding reasons, it is still helping give back to the environment and provide a more sustainable future.

To solve the rigorous threat to earth from global warming, bio-fuels serve as the most feasible source of energy all over the world. The environmental and economical performance of bio-fuel as compared to fossil fuel was analyzed by full Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) in Spain. The Spanish government CIEMAT, carried out two LCA’s so as to compare ethanol-ethanol mixtures with gasoline, and biodiesel-biodiesel mixtures with fuel oil according to ISO 14040-43 standards, these standards evaluate energy and mass balance for two or more objects. It was concluded that carbon dioxide emission during utilization of bio-fuel are lower than fossil fuel and bio-fuel requires less primary energy to be processed than fossil fuels. Bob Dinneen, President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association submitted the letter to the editor of The Gazette in which he marked that “On an environmental level, conventional ethanol is reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 34% compared to petroleum, including hypothetical land use change emissions” (qtd. in renewable fuel association). As the raw material for

Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual 's or society 's use of the earth 's natural resources and his/her own resources. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their “carbon footprint” by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption and diet. Proponents of sustainable living aim to conduct their lives in ways that are consistent with sustainability, in natural balance and respectful of humanity 's symbiotic relationship with the earth 's natural ecology and cycles. The practice and general philosophy of ecological living is highly interrelated with the overall

The sustainability of Africa in her ancient existence is not debatable as her subjects flourished in joy, happiness, unity and stability characterized with political stability, economic growth, and social stability; her subjects were Africa traditional religion conscious as they patronized spiritualism keened to the Africa culture. Africa in ancient times experienced orderliness in all her spheres as the hierarchical status of societal personnels was regarded, respected and honoured by the subjects. Furthermore, the ancient Africa entity was in possession of unique and numerous natural and mineral resources that aided her sustainable living. They had immense manpower, technocrats, artists, business tycoons as well as traditional herbs that

Countries such as the U.S. have the resources to build elaborate biogas systems, including syngas gasification, a much faster process than anaerobic digestion. However coming up with efficient and inexpensive ways to harvest biogas can be tricky in places where energy is most needed and money and resources are most scarce. This chapter would show examples of innovative digesters being tried out in places throughout the world.

In the world of global warming, all kinds of pollution and fuel shortages going on, renewable and clean/ green energy is increasingly the ideal solution of energy related problems we have to solve one way or another. Biofuel is one of the mainstream and highly supported solutions nowadays, an idea to make renewable fuel by living organisms such as fiber, corn, vegetable oil or sugar cane. Unlike nonrenewable fossil fuels over extracted by people causing various environmental problems like generating a considerable amount greenhouse gas, current technology already lets renewable fuel like biofuels to shrink a certain amount of greenhouse gas production, making it a more ‘clean’ source of energy.

The shortage of energy is already one of crucial issues in some areas and it is spreading steadily across the globe. In addition, the vast majority of the consuming energy comes from nonrenewable fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas, and coal, which threaten the damage of environment that can lead to the global warming. Therefore, it is required to find new renewable source of energy, which can entirely ensure sustainable system and provide the population with environmentally friendly, financially available and productive energy (Turner 1999). The methane gas (CH½) is the biogas that is abundant in nature; it is also produced anaerobically by recycling the materials as wood wastes, agricultural crops, municipal solid wastes, and wastes from food processing and aquatic plants and most effectively by concentrated animal wastes (Bingemer and et al. 1987). The biogas is widely adopted in many fields, such as heat and electricity production in industry, chemicals and proteins emitter, manufacturing the vehicle fuel. In addition, the methane has a significant role in agriculture; it is indispensable substance that can supply rural areas simultaneously with heat and electricity (Holm-Nielsen and et al. 2009). This paper suggests the methane gas as an alternative solution and evaluates the most proper area for opportunely utilizing it.

This essay focuses on two renewable energy resources. First of all, biofuel is now accepted as alternative energy in worldwide. The figures continue upward trend in the biofuel production. ‘An annual growth rate of 6.8% from 2006 to 2030 is expected for total biofuels consumption in the transport sector’ (International Energy Agency: 2008 cited in Zhou, et al., 2009:S11). Significant leaders of the biofuel market are Brazil, the United States and the European Union. The results of research indicated that 92% of the world’s ethanol is produced by Brazil and US together, while 90% of the world’s biodiesel manufactured by the EU. In addition, several developing countries in Asia such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines have an enormous potential for biofuel production. Now these countries are

Due to scarcity of petroleum and coal it threatens supply of fuel throughout the world also problem of their combustion lads to research in different corners to get access the new sources of energy, like renewable energy resources. Solar energy, wind energy, different thermal and hydro sources of energy, biogas are all renewable energy resources. But, biogas is distinct from other renewable energies because of its characteristics of using, controlling and collecting organic wastes and at the same time producing fertilizer and water for use in agricultural irrigation. Biogas does not have any geographical limitations nor does it require advanced technology for producing energy, also it is very simple to use and apply. Deforestation is a very

In today’s growing world, cleanness of waste material is one of the biggest challenges. Such as treatment and disposal of biological waste are biggest problem for many industries. Anaerobic fermentation—a superior alternative to composting—provides a exclusive Created during anaerobic fermentation, The biogas contains characteristics like renewable fuel and a high-energy that can be used as a replacement for fossil fuels. Biogas engines helps to recover waste management, as well as it also used to generate an economical energy supply.

Views on Sustainable Development with Specific Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa Allen (1980) puts forward his definition of sustainable development as "development that is likely to achieve lasting satisfaction of human needs and improvement of the quality of human life. " The important phrase to consider in this definition is "likely to achieve". This concept in theory can be effective and implemented successfully, however we can critically discuss the concept in terms of what and who is to be involved, with relevance to the world that we live in today. Certain requirements have to be reached by all, such as commitment from both developed and developing countries. Is it possible to effectively

I 'm Vincent DoVale: a permaculture enthusiast on the road to becoming a practicing professional. I earned my Permaculture Design Certificate in June 2015 through Oregon State University and am now a certified apprentice permaculture designer. For almost two years I have been independently studying, informing others, and searching for the guidance on how to make a livelihood creating places where humans, plants, and animals can live together harmoniously.That is when I found the Permaculture Skills Center in Sebastopol,CA.

It is easy to forget about the trials and tribulations of the physical world because we are constantly being distracted by the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. Between rising skyscrapers, expanding cities, and growing populations many forget about the ground they walk on and how their actions impact the long-term use of the land we capitalize on every day. In Africa, the physical environment has a huge impact on what plants and vegetation grow throughout the continent, affecting how its inhabitants live their daily lives. It is through Africa’s physical environment and climate variability that determines the continent’s diverse vegetation species and drives local economies.

Creating a planet and environment friendly future by initiating Cleaner Planet Plan through laundry plans and forest management products in Africa

Biogas is sufficient for running of boiler used for electricity generation of various processes of the plant. There is a large bio composting field, where bio composting is done by using raw material Press Mud and treated effluent from the bio gas plant, this practice enables the industry for Zero Waste Discharge, a dream for every industry.