The Environmental Technology Program At S.a.i.t

Also, for those people who are working in industries, the land-grant provides them some professional courses, as they have this skill in a specialized area or proficiency in a particular field to earn money. I found that the mission of the program has similarities with land-grant. Firstly, they give an opportunity to ISU students for studying knowledge about environment and ecological. Next, both provides loan fund to ISU students that come from low income family so they can get equal education with other students. (Land-Grant

Environmental issues are not restricted to specific regions, but are global and this makes tackling them even more difficult. Problems such as rising pollution levels, climate change phenomena and resource depletion threaten to ruin our future if unchecked. Water, soil and air pollution have been responsible for many illnesses and fatalities all over the world. It has been estimated that approximately 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in unhealthy environments. Access to safe and clean energy is another challenge the world is facing today. Many rural regions in India and many other countries still lack access to usable energy. Since my early days in college, I have made an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of these problems. My love and passion for the environment grew as I kept learning and as a student of engineering, I was determined to come up with solutions to these environmental challenges. This is what drove me towards the field of Environmental Engineering.

The ecological quizzes asked about individual behaviors relating to transportation, energy, food, recycling, pollution, and possessions. Essentially, all behaviors mentioned in the quizzes have some sort of impact on the environment. Both quizzes asked about what type of transportation was most frequently used and also about solar energy. In addition, the quizzes focused on how much you eat and what you eat. These certain behaviors are featured in the quizzes because they have the potential to contribute to a carbon, or ecological footprint. This “footprint” is one’s impact on the environment. One’s impact on the environment is made up of small decisions--either positive or negative--over his or her lifetime. These decisions can include: choosing

Environmental sustainability is the ability to be able to continue a certain process or use a certain resource indefinitely (Mason). For example, if you’re using a certain resource and you know it’s going to run out one day, that resource is unsustainable. Sustainability is important because a lot of the practices that we do in modern society from agriculture, to energy source, and even development, are completely depleting our resources. This practices were also made to accommodate our fast pace lifestyle, everything is built and made to be fast and cheap, nothing is made to last anymore. Many people are realizing the importance of being sustainable and the world is slowly changing to sustainable practices like Renewable energy and sustainable agriculture, while also changing the fast and easy mind set to a more “reusable” one. Brevard College has boarded the sustainable train of the world by making several additions to the school like solar panels, alternative transportation options, a Fair trade and organic Coffee shop, and several environmental based clubs. Although they are heading in the right direction, many changes still need to be made in order to achieve a well-developed sustainable campus.

Being an environmental science students will allow me to continue acquire and share my knowledge and experience, coming from a country that is still deeply struggling with social, political, and economic problems. I could sense it the humanity of the academic and professional community, as if it were a parent, nurturing its child scholarly. Right now, I am that child determined to pursue a dream in spite of multiple past challenges, persevering in seeking ways to better my life, to challenge the status quo and the world around me.

This innovative program will make a meaningful difference in my life. I hope to build on my legacy of work in education, sustainability, and addressing the world’s needs. In addition, I will continue to focus on the environment, through the lens of wellness, whether through in-school or out-of-school programs. I’ll also continue to address the most pressing needs the world is facing. When I grow up, I want to have a career in math and science related fields. My goal is to one day be able to use engineering and technology to end global warming make the world a pollution free place. Hence, I hope to learn and gain a lot by participating in The Academy at Rutgers for Girls in Engineering and

I am choosing to apply to Dickinson College because it stands out against all others. Dickinson’s commitment to sustainability is incredibly important to me. I believe that in my lifetime, the energy industry will switch from a fossil fuel majority to a sustainable energy majority. I want to attend a college that has the capability to prepare me for a future of sustainable energy practices and I believe Dickinson has the educational capability to do exactly that.

The environment is important to protect considering that people live and breathe in the atmosphere it provides. Investing time in activities that protect the environment hasn’t always been a priority, but as greenhouse gas emissions, the use of energy, and other harmful impacts on the environment increased, individuals began to speak up on what should be done. As the world’s population continues to grow exponentially, the impacts society produces will in turn continue to increase unless something is done about it. Although the idea of an environmentally sustainable community has remained on the minds of the concerned public throughout the past decade, as companies and universities became more invested in the idea, new ways of taking action and implementing policies were developed and pursued.

The University of Montana's carbon neutrality goal by 2020 is fast approaching. The purpose of our class project is to help the university discover potential ways to move towards its goals at a more accelerated pace. Since our campus is a large establishment naturally we have a large carbon-footprint as well as a larger consumption of energy. As it stands, the general campus is somewhat concerned with the sustainability goals of the university. However the primary concern is within the environmental related departments.

In conclusion, using alternative energy technologies like solar power, we can have the luxurious to provide for everything from human needs to protecting the environment than why wait before it is too late. Fossil fuel not only harms the environment but also the current and future generations. Whereas, sources like solar power can save us from burning tons of coal, releasing harmful chemicals like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and prevent any kind of pollution. To sum up, large oil or energy source companies and communities must expand on the uses of renewable energy

The actions of people in their everyday lives has an impact on the environment in one way or another. Either by deciding to turn on one switch or by utilizing slightly hotter water to shower than usual, you're utilizing resources that are extracted from the environment. How David Orr said it "All education is environmental education." What he meant was that no matter what we study, it ties into our environment and how we live. By studying microeconomics you study whether you're making a profit by analyzing which is greater, the social benefit or social cost. If a company is producing pollution that is contaminating the drinking water, it doesn't matter if you're making a profit, the social cost is greater than the marginal private benefit for the government would impose taxes to limit on how much you're producing. All this goes to show that it doesn't matter if you're studying areas that doesn't even have to do with the environment such as economics, it still ties into our surroundings which is why one needs to include environmental sustainability. Another evidence to why environmental sustainability should be included into the college curriculum is because "knowledge carries with it the responsibility to see that it is well used in the world" (Orr). What this means is that by being educated

(a) How long do we have to reverse the current trends affecting the environment? 10 years

Imagine a time where the whole world lives a more sustainable lifestyle. Think about how clean and desirable our planet would then become. Well in order to achieve this, we have to start small, why not at the college level. If I were to run for college president, with a platform for a more sustainable campus, I would make sure to make it a fun and enjoyable environment for students. Some changes and ideas I have for the campus would be adding bike paths, increasing the recycling bins, installing solar panels, planting native plants and trees, and buying food locally.

Technology is making distribution, processing, production, development, and exploration of natural resources and alternative resources more cost effective, and protective in regard to the environment. The Technology that we have today has given humans a way of reducing negative effects on the environment that we have caused; such as the depletion of natural resources, the burning of fossil fuels, and other behaviors which have caused negative environmental effects. One effective way for technology to have a positive impact on our environment is

This fieldtrip started off at Rhodes Memorial. Rhodes Memorial was built out of Granite that could be found at the sea point contact and also at Hout Bay beach. From Rhodes Memorial, there is a view of the Cape Flats, the Tygerberg Hills as well as the Cape Fold Belt Mountains. The Tygerberg Hills’ underlying rock is made of Malmesbury group shale. This rock is a brown-reddish and dusty soil made of soft and small grains. It is a nutrient rich soil which makes it ideal for agricultural activity. It has previously been used mostly to farm wheat and to certain extent barley but more recently has been used to farm grapes to be used in the wine making process. The nutrient rich soils of the Malmesbury group shale allow for the growth of renosterveld.