Sandy asks…
What are some environmental issues affecting our world today (besides the obvious ones)?
I have to do a project on an environmental issue but I can’t think of a good one to research. I know about global warming, deforestation, pollution, etc. I want to do my project on a less common environmental issue. Does anyone have any ideas?
The Expert answers:
Garbage in space
The plastic belt in the ocean
Organic Farming
Environmental Sustainability
Groundwater pollution
Acid deposition
Mammal Extinction
The Ocean Dead Zones
Polar Sea Ice Loss
Population Explosion
Carol asks…
Is accounting the appropriate system to use for social and environmental issues confronting business today?
The Expert answers:
I am not sure what you are attempting to convey with your question. If accounting the solve all for social and environmental issues? No, ethical standards must equal the company’s sustainability within the community. Any company concerned with social and/or environmental issues must develop a combination of not only way to support these theories through funding but also through their performance of services to the community. Nothing in the business world is purely numbers or words, although each play a part in the whole picture.
Maria asks…
What are some important but little known environmental issues in the world today?
I have to write a paper on an environmental topic for a summer class. The professor has rejected my first 2 proposals. I need something that I’ll be able to find literature on but not something that’s too mainstream (i.e. global warming or the BP oil spill).
The Expert answers:
Dead zones/algal blooms
Intensive farming
Logging
Resource depletion by overpopulation
Linda asks…
What are the major environmental issues facing Australia today?
The Expert answers:
Drought.
Loss of habitat for native animals.
Global warming.
Rubbish in the waterways.
In appropriate chemicals in the waterways.
James asks…
of all the environmental issues today, what needs to be addressed first?
The Expert answers:
Great question but wow – that’s really tough.
Ok – it’s a toss up for me between addressing the continued burning of fossil fuels and the increasing loss of biodiversity through habitat destruction, hunting, and overfishing. But – if I had to choose, I say the loss of biodiversity – extinction. My reson is this.
While the our reliance on fossil fuels is causing tremendous environmental problems and itself leading to extinctions through global warming, oil spills, etc. I believe that if we can preserve large areas of ecosystems and protect the organisms in those ecosystems, we will have a better chance of preserving Earth’s diversity. Doing so can in itself offset somewhat the effects of global warming. If these ecosystems can be preserved from human destruction and pressure, the organisms in their will have a better chance of being able to adjust to the climate changes. We have got to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels. But if we put preserving habitats and species on the back burner while doing this – we’ll be in much worse shape at the end. Each organism is irreplaceble and unique, and a link in the ecology of the region. Losing one can result in losing many more. And each one is a treasure.that we can never bring back. I can’t stomach that. We’ve got to find ways to get people invested in saving these areas or organisms. People have to feel the need, and I beleive when people are invested in saving the environment, they also push for solutions to global warming and the energy issues. They go hand in hand.
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