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Introduction: The oil sands development in northern Alberta has become a hot bed for debate between producers and environmental groups. With worldwide water crisis rapidly developing the use of water in the development Alberta’s oil sands begs the question, are the oil sands in northern Alberta being developed with social responsibility in mind? Social responsibility is a balance companies must maintain between people, the planet and profit. Propaganda produced by environmental agencies and oil

In part II of A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold continues to talk about Wisconsin, but also talks about other various places across North America he has visited. I think his experiences across North America have influenced his philosophy toward nature and management because Leopold traveled North America, as he shows in part II he has walked its mountains and crossed its swamps. As a result Leopold observed firsthand the interdependence of the world, because when he opens part II about the cranes

Dennis Covington writes about a unique method of worship—snake handling, in his memoir, Salvation on Sand Mountain. He begins as a journalist, looking in on this foreign way of life; however, as time progresses he increasing starts to feel a part of this lifestyle. As a result loses his journalistic approach, resulting in his memoir, detailing his own spiritual journey. Upon the conclusion of his stay in this world, Covington realizes the significance of this journey, and argues in his memoir that

Part A When one reads Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, it is difficult to not immediately find yourself lost in Leopold’s enchantment with the nature that surrounds him. Leopold describes, month by month, the activities of the animals and nature around him in such a way that one is able to truly appreciate the often missed miracles that are happening all around us. One can easily deduct that the theme of A Sand County Almanac is very boldly proclaimed as Leopold’s writings tell us to pause

Equity One and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation are the only two North American real estate organizations to submit their sustainability report on-line to the Global Reporting Initiative. Equity One is a real estate investment organization that buys, develops, renovates, and manages shopping centers in urban neighborhoods and large residential communities across America. Their shopping centers are similar to the ones you may find in your larger metropolitan neighborhoods and includes restaurants and

Cenovus is a Canadian oil company with oil sands operations in northern Alberta that use specialized methods like steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) to drill and pump the oil to the surface (Cenovus Energy, 2015g). Cenovus currently has two producing SAGD projects in the oil sands – Foster Creek and Christina Lake; our project is based on the latter, as well as several emerging projects which are in various stages of development. Their advanced technology allows them to operate safely, efficiently

Do the economic benefits of the Alberta tar sands outweigh the environmental costs? World needs energy and Alberta need the oil sands to strengthen the economy. When considering Canada, especially Alberta has been in the oil market, bringing heaps of economic benefits to the country. Besides, energy has turned out to be one of the essential and basic needs, mandatory for the economic progress of a nation. Depending on consumption of the main energy sources, oil is used in a percentage of around

Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac While discussing Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, we attempted to address an important challenge -- Is the close observation and description of nature merely an idle thing for people in today's world? It could be suggested that nature writing and the close enjoyment of natural environments is merely "recreational" and not intellectually, economically, or politically worthy of our efforts

Long shore currents continuously transport sand south along the coast. Harsh winter weather pulls sand from dunes and upper beaches, depositing it onto offshore sand bars and reducing beach width, while gentler wave action during milder summer weather acts to restore the shoreline (NOAA, 2013.) The structure of barrier islands is determined by the movement of sand in the littoral zone, which is the land-facing side of the island. In August of the year

complained Zen. “We’ll take turns.” I suggested. “OK.” Zen shrugged. He walked over to a pre-built sand castle and started digging out hole?! “Whatchya doin’?” I asked. “I’m going to bury myself in the sand.” He replied frankly. “Okay!” I said cheerfully as I started scooping up wet sand. I made sure to get plenty sand nice and packed. I started shaping the sand into a tower. I could feel the sun beating on my back, my hair whipping around in the wind. I could hear the