Green Living Q & A

What environmental justice organizations can I join to help support bringing fresh water to African villages?

I have an assignment for my sociology class that requires me to get involved with an environmental justice organization of my choice. I would like to help out the people in Africa somehow. After seeing how their water has been privatized by big companies leaving the poor without clean fresh water this is an issue that I am pretty passionate about. Are there any EJO’s that directly help out these poor people in dire need of H2O?
Preferably a non-profit organization with no ties to any religion.
Wow, MG. that was REALLY helpful.

Why do Enviornmentalists ignore the fundamental problem of overpopulation?

The media, social welfare types , humans in general but especially , enviornmentalists, seem to gloss over this issue and vehemently fight the effects of overpopulation like dwindiling wildlife areas and wildlife populations, increased pollution, globalwarming/cooling/climate change/whatever, deforestation and dwindling resources and completely overlook the fact that the human population is expanding, people are living much longer infant mortality rates are much lower even in regions that they are traditionally high.

The human population is getting exponentially larger , millions upon millions ahead of the death rate every year. Each one of these surplus people I guess you can call them for now, will consume a lifetime of resources, food, gas, electricity, plastics, paper, everything. And generate a lifetime of waste. Each person will demand a certain amount of space to live as well. You cant tell some poor guy in Africa hey don’t build your tiny family sustaining farm there, we need to preserve the environment. Or maybe you can but for how long?

Its very obvious to me that looking forward there will come a point where the struggle to prevent poverty and conserve the environment will become useless because the rate of conservation and poverty reduction will be surpassed by the growth of the human population. Any gains made will be cancelled out by new people generating more waste and demanding more resources and space. Trying to reduce the effects of overpopulation can only at the very most slow the inevitable fate of total environmental destruction and a Catastrophic loss of human life from famine, war, starvation disease.

Let me create a picture to illustrate my point

Imagine the world with twice as many people as there are today?( this is coming by the end of this century). I see a place where everything costs much more, more waste much less resources to go around starvation war animal extinction, habitat elimination.

Now imagine the world with only half as many people as there are now? Everything is cheaper resources are abundant poverty is miniscule because everyone has jobs and education is affordable, plenty of room to live for wildlife and humans, waste is manageable and can realistically be eliminated etc, etc…

I know some might say we can eventually populate other planets but to that I say who will go? Who will want to live on Mars in a bubble where there’s only 1/3 of earths gravity?? or on the moon? or on some giant space ship where you know you will die long before you reach a new world . The human race will of destroyed ourselves by the time we figure out some way to get to other stars quickly. That’s if a way even exists.

So I ask why is this fact ignored and instead everybody chases global warming or climate change or whatever it is now. And the other effects of overpopulation??

Help with World History?

I have upcoming exams and i had a few question from my study guide. sorry its so long. (this is not my homework)
Foundations Unit:
1.Definitions of basic economic systems:
Agricultural, Pastoral, and foraging societies and their demographic characteristics
Basic characteristics of economic structures including technological patterns
2.Key Cultural and social systems
Basic features of major belief systems prior to 1000 and where each belief system applied by 1000
Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hellenism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Polytheism,
Major developments in arts
Basic characteristics of social structures as they developed by 1000
The Caste system
The Nature and location of major slave systems
Confucian social hierarchy
Patriarchal family structures and trends
3.Principle international connections that had developed between 700 and 1000
a.Leading international trading patterns – Middle Eastern, Chinese, Eastern European, Trans-Saharan
b.The role of nomadic groups in Central Asia
c.The impact of Bantu migrations in Africa
4.What are the issues involved in using “civilization” as an organizing principle in World History?
What is the most common source of change: connection or diffusion versus independent invention?

1000 – 1450
1.Nature and causes of changes in the world history framework leading up to 1000 – 1450 as a period
2.Nature and philosophy of knowledge
3.China’s internal and external expansion
The importance of the Song economic revolution
Chinese influence on Japan and its limits
5. The role of Islam as a unifying cultural force in Eurasia and Africa;
Islamic impact on the Sudanic kingdoms and East Africa; the Delhi Sultanate
The impact of migrations and religious reform movements in expanding Islamic society
The impact of Islam on the arts and sciences
6. Restructuring of European society, including the growth of central monarchies in the West
Role of Arab thought in the 12th century “Renaissance” in the west
The division of Christendom into Eastern and Western Christian cultures
5.Great Zimbabwe
6.Impact of the nomadic migrations on Afro-Eurasia (Mongols, Turks, and Arabs)
Migration of agricultural peoples (e.g. European peoples to east/central Europe)
7. What are the issues involved in using cultural areas rather than states as units of analysis?
What are the sources of change: nomadic migration versus urban growth?
Was there a world economic network in this period, and how does it compare with the world economic system that emerges in the next period?

1450 –1750
1.Continuities and breaks, causes of changes from the previous period and within the period
2.Changes in global interactions, trade, and technology
3.Knowledge of major empires and other political units and social systems
Aztec, Inca, Portugal, Spain, Russia, France, England in general but knowing one as illustrative)
Territorial and commercial aspects of the above
Gender and empire (gender systems at the elite level, alliances, women and households in politics)
Slave systems and slave trade
4.Demographic and environmental changes: disease, animals, new crops and comparative population trends
5.Cultural and intellectual developments
Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment
Comparative global causes and impacts of cultural change
Neoconfucianism
Major developments and exchanges in the arts (e.g. Mughal)
6. What are the debates about the timing and extent of European predominance in the world economy?

Major Comparisons and Snapshots
Comparisons of the major religious and philosophical systems including some underlying similarities in cementing a social hierarchy, e.g., Hinduism contrasted with Confucianism;
Christianity compared with Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism
Trace and explain the diffusion of major religious and philosophical belief systems by 1000
Role of nomadic groups in collapse of Empires
Compare the caste system to other systems of social inequality devised by early and classical civilizations, including slavery
Compare early societies and cultures that include cities with those without cities
Compare the development of political systems in major early civilizations, e.g. Indian compared with Chinese political traditions and institutions: Caliphate with Roman Empire
Compare international trading systems, e.g., the Trans-Saharan trading system with the Silk Road trading system

Major comparisons and snapshots
Japanese and European feudalism
Western Europe or one of the major European monarchies and one of the African empires
Contrast the economic, social, and political role of cities such as Canton, Samarkand, Timbuktu, Cairo and Venice
Gender systems and changes
Imperial systems: European monarchy compared Latin American Empires

My friends view on Islam and Pakistan!!!!!?

This is my debate with a friend.
Check it out!!!

Views on Islam and Pakistan – 1

I think your analysis of Islam and Pakistan is extremely naïve and simplistic. Most of them time you seem to be parroting views of some highly prejudiced groups without any forethought. In fact, parts of your post are so stupid, I am not even sure whether to waste my time in responding. Just reflect on some of your statements! (1) “Based upon my understanding the kaafir world vs. Islam is the biggest issue today”. Really? Global warming, environmental degradation, and population increase are not civilizational threats? According to various UN estimates, the impact of impending environmental change on Africa (via weather pattern-induced famines and consequent social and economic breakdown) is going to be well over a hundred times worse than a major nuclear strike. What about the role of US policies in the Middle East – to maintain access to petroleum reserves – in fueling Islamic terrorism?

(2) “.The real true Muslims do not discriminate on the basis of nationality.” Really? Then why does the Muslim world consist of nation states? If that is a consequence of European colonialism, why does public not annul it in favor of an all-encompassing Islamic state? Have you any idea of the factionalism, regionalism, ethno-centrism, and sub-nationalims that existed even during the times of various Islamic empires? Have you ever visited any Muslim countries to get a feel for their national distinctiveness? You don’t need to be a genius to know that Indian, Turkish, Arab, Persian, and Indonesian Islams are completely different. Moreover, you can see tremendous variation in Muslim states within one supposedly monolithic region, such as (Arab) Middle East and North Africa.

(3) You want to test Pakistani nationalism? Try invading the country. I guarantee you 100% that all ethnic, cultural, religious, and socio-economic differences will disappear overnight and people will fight the invader. To give a feel of Pak nationalism, as a Pakistani I cannot dare say publicly on national TV that Pak suffers from an identity crisis and expect to live safely in the country. (4) “And most fundamentally sound Muslims think the same!” Oh, yeah? I thought not even two human beings thought the same and that even twins are different. Surely, your insight that 1.5 billion muslims “think the same” turns conventional wisdom about human behavior completely on its head. Nobel Prize, anyone?

(5) Have you looked at the rest of the third world? Forget about comparing Pakistan to India – a shining exception of stable, pluralistic, participatory, and representative democracy in the developing world. Do you have any clues about political cultures of Africa, Central Asia, Middle East, and Southeast Asia? Or until very recently, about political cultures of Central and South America or Eastern Europe before 1990? What happened to Russia under Putin? Seems like it is well on its way to reverting to a dictatorship in all but name.

(6) The tragedy of Partition of India as well as the falsehood of the “two-nation [Hindu-Muslim] theory” notwithstanding, do you actually know anything about Jinnah’s character, ability, integrity, or principles? Had he lived for even half the duration that Nehru lived after the country’s creation, Pak would have turned out very differently. Today’s Pakistan bears absolutely no resemblance to the secular, liberal, progressive, and democratic one envisioned by Jinnah. In short, he imagined (maybe, erroneously) a “Westernized” country where Muslims would not have to fear Hindu domination.

(7)Jinnah famously remarked to Pakistan’s first constituent assembly: “You may belong to any religion caste or creed – that has nothing to do with the business of the state. In due course of time, Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims will cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the state.” Had that statement been implemented by future Pak leadership, or had Jinnah had time to implement it himself, do you think Pak would have been “destined to be a joke.” (8) “Whenever the Baloch and the Pathans intend to separate, they should do it peacefully.” Really? What do you know of Baloch and Pathan separatist movements?

Is Danny Jordaan taking drugs?

I receive a weekly newsletter and this was in this weeks:

VIOLENCE COULD DAMAGE TOURISM
The outburst of xenophobic violence in the country could cause serious damage to South Africa‘s tourism industry, Environmental and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Tuesday. This came as the German Foreign Ministry issued a warning to travellers to South Africa on Tuesday to avoid central Johannesburg and the outlying black townships.

2010 SAFE FROM XENOPHOBIA
The international football fraternity understands that the xenophobic attacks in South Africa are as a result of the conduct of some “disgruntled” individuals, the 2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) said on Monday. Chief executive Danny Jordaan said the attacks would not deter people from coming to the world cup as they understood the context in which the attacks were happening.
So, since people are so understanding about the attacks, why has Germany issued a warning for people travelling to SA. I know of some lodges that have had bookings cancelled because of the attacks. If this violence continues, surely the Exec Committee has to admit that this could affect people travelling to SA for the world cup?

Do you buy sustainable, vegetarian, organic or vegan food?

Where can I buy organic or free-range cat food from?

I am a vegan but I don’t want to bring my kitten up as a vegetarian or vegan. Is there anywhere I can buy cat food that is made from organic or free-range meat or fish, preferably dried? Also what is the best eco-sustainable and environmentally friendly cat litter that is biodegradable so that I can flush it?
If possible in London or on the internet with cheap postage?

At my college, I’m interviewing the food services head about seafood. What questions do you recommend I ask?

I’m taking a class on Sustainable Seafood and my assignment is to ask the head of food services about their seafood products and approach to seafood purchases. I need to get the information I need without sounding aggressive. What ideas do you have?

Thanks.

what is the strategy of the business unit food for marks and spencers strategy?

basically i need to know what the business strategy is of a certain business unit. The company i need it for is Marks and Spencers and the business unit i need it for is food

This business strategy should include
– External Analysis leading to Opps and Threats
> – Internal Analysis leading to Strengths and Weaknesses s
> (Identify sustainable competitive advantage (if they have one) from corporate and
> business strategy analysis)

Many Thanks, hope someone can help x

Is this an actual sustainable ecosystem? If not, what is a correct one?

OK, so we are doing this project about sustainable ecosystems.
Here, I have listed that it has:
Biotic and abiotic components, the components have relationships with other components, the components all have a niche (role) in the ecosystem, the system has a purpose, function, or goal, and some components have more important roles than others. Also, a sustainable ecosystem is one where no materials need to be brought from the outside for the ecosystem to work (like water, food, shelter, etc.).

Does this qualify as an actual sustainable ecosystem?

Please list 20 eco-friendly green products & the companies that produce them in Lebanon?

Can you please help us we only found 4
1- Sanita (produces tissue)
2- Malik’s (Book store that produces eco friendly plastic bags)
3- Porsche (produces electric cars)
4- Mercedes (also produces electric cars)

Can you please give us a list of products??
Please & thanks <3

Why are eco-friendly products good for the skin?

Please list sources.

Do you think consumers will pay a premium for eco friendly products?

how do eco friendly products affect the world?

good and bad ways how green products affect canada.

Do you care about having eco friendly products in your home?

Looking for hotels/hostels that use renewable energy in South America?

I’m planning a 6 month trip to South America and need help finding places to stay. I’d like to find places that use renewable energy in cool ways, or even just have interesting things that they do to save energy.

Is an article about renewable, clean energy/biofuels considered an informative article?

I was asked for a school assignment to choose an informative article on a topic that interests me and answer some questions about it. I picked a National Geographic article called Green Dreams, which is about future forms of renewable energy. go google the article if you don’t know what I’m talking about. I’m just trying to make sure that I actually picked an informative article. Thanks!

what are your thought on renewable energy?

I would like to know if decreasing the price of renewable energy would increase people to bye it?
and if your know a site that shows some statistics on the prices of renewable energy in new york state.

What is the efficiency of renewable energy?

What is the efficiency of renewable energy?

What can I do with a degree in renewable energy?

Illinois State University has a bachelor’s degree option of Renewable Energy. What can I do with this degree if I pursue it?

As an alternative energy source how does nuclear rate with you?

I am an anti-nuke campaigner from way back so don’t even bother guessing what side of the fence I sit on… nuclear energy is an amazing but unfortunate waste of time I think we should steer well clear of. Any opinions out there on this?? What would be a better alternative energy source?

I need to no what conventional and alternative energy is?

I have this huge geography test tomorrow and i was away alot of the time for this class so i didnt get any of the notes i need so i need to no everything possiable about the following :
conventional energy
alternative energy
sustainabilty
hydrogen
energy
water

Anything will help!

Thanks!

what is the best way to promote an alternative energy business?

I have recently started an alternative energy with very cost effective products (wind water and solar) which I am finding very hard to promote even with a website

What is the best type of alternative energy to invest in?

If I wanted to use some type of alternative energy (wind, solar, anything else you can think of) to power the things in my house, whats the best way to go to get the most energy out of it at the least cost? Or what would be worthwhile to have in the long run?

thanks for your time

Where can I find an online source for building a cabin and alternative energy to power it?

Looking to build a cabin in the middle of nowhere in the ozarks. Wish to do this with my family and friends and ultimately power it with alternative energy.

What are some current major issues in NE Asia?

I have to do a paper in history, but I can’t think of anything. It can be anything from celebrities to environmental.
The areas of NE can be China, the Koreas, Thailand, Japan, and Mongolia.
Issues I can’t do:
The North Korean refugees
Global Warming

Thank you~

need help summarizing….?

I was wondering if someone could help me summarize these paragraph’s, cause I don’t understand it.

Development of freedom

Whether in sub-Saharan, China or elsewhere, chronic poverty deprives numbers of people of the incentives and economic means to care for and nourish their natural environment. Yet being poor is only one element of people’s blighted relationship to the environment. According to economist and Nobel laureate Amarthya Sen, poverty needs to understood in broader terms than only the lack of monetary income. Sen argues that poverty should be characterized fundamentally in terms of the deprivation of basic freedoms, rather than merely low incomes. In his view, development not only has the economic dimension with which it is usually understood but, more important, requires the removal of the “unfreedoms” endured by most people in underdeveloped countries. Besides poverty, these unfreedoms include, deprivation of health care, lack of sanitation, exclusion from education (especially women), exclusion from market activities, and above all, tyrannical regimes associated with systematic deprivation of political liberty and basic civil rights.

Development, in Sen’s view, must included the freedom of democratic choices as well as the freedom of economic choices. Without such freedoms, people lack the opportunity for education, public debate, and discussion, which make possible rational choices about quality of life issues, including the environment, as well as rational choices about their families or their government. It follows that environmental improvement requires not only a measure of economic power for individuals but also the broader freedoms of individuals to set priorities for themselves, their families, and their society. Such freedoms also nourish the development of social values and environmental ethnics going beyond the bounds of government regulations and market rules. These values and ethnics are essentials for developing a healthy and sustainable environment.
I have argued above that countries and people in the earliest stage of development tend to have little interest in environmental issues as typically understood in the individual countries, such as rain or global warming. In the subsistence phase, sheer survival amidst historically hostile environments has usually been the main challenge of their lives. This is not to say that poor societies do not have respect for their own environment- Native American nations, for example, generally have a profoundly spiritual relationship with their natural environment (though it has often been abused by outside forces). I have also noted that countries and people in the second phase of development, such as China, are quite aware of the collateral environmental deterioration occurring along with their industrialization and modernization. Yet in countries such as China, not only is domestic investment capital scarce, but also social priorities, including environmental quality, are set mostly by government rather than popular choice. Investments aimed at cleaning the environment typically have not reached the top of the governments priority scale, because other social investments (eg. in energy production, housing, education, and industrial production for consumption and exports) have been seen as providing far greater benefits. As mentioned above, this situation is changing as China’s economy rapidly grows.

Need help summarizing….?

I was wondering if anyone could summarize these paragraphs for me. My english is a little rusty and I can’t seem to do it…. HELP!!

Development of freedom

Whether in sub-Saharan, China or elsewhere, chronic poverty deprives numbers of people of the incentives and economic means to care for and nourish their natural environment. Yet being poor is only one element of people’s blighted relationship to the environment. According to economist and Nobel laureate Amarthya Sen, poverty needs to understood in broader terms than only the lack of monetary income. Sen argues that poverty should be characterized fundamentally in terms of the deprivation of basic freedoms, rather than merely low incomes. In his view, development not only has the economic dimension with which it is usually understood but, more important, requires the removal of the “unfreedoms” endured by most people in underdeveloped countries. Besides poverty, these unfreedoms include, deprivation of health care, lack of sanitation, exclusion from education (especially women), exclusion from market activities, and above all, tyrannical regimes associated with systematic deprivation of political liberty and basic civil rights.

Development, in Sen’s view, must included the freedom of democratic choices as well as the freedom of economic choices. Without such freedoms, people lack the opportunity for education, public debate, and discussion, which make possible rational choices about quality of life issues, including the environment, as well as rational choices about their families or their government. It follows that environmental improvement requires not only a measure of economic power for individuals but also the broader freedoms of individuals to set priorities for themselves, their families, and their society. Such freedoms also nourish the development of social values and environmental ethnics going beyond the bounds of government regulations and market rules. These values and ethnics are essentials for developing a healthy and sustainable environment.
I have argued above that countries and people in the earliest stage of development tend to have little interest in environmental issues as typically understood in the individual countries, such as rain or global warming. In the subsistence phase, sheer survival amidst historically hostile environments has usually been the main challenge of their lives. This is not to say that poor societies do not have respect for their own environment- Native American nations, for example, generally have a profoundly spiritual relationship with their natural environment (though it has often been abused by outside forces). I have also noted that countries and people in the second phase of development, such as China, are quite aware of the collateral environmental deterioration occurring along with their industrialization and modernization. Yet in countries such as China, not only is domestic investment capital scarce, but also social priorities, including environmental quality, are set mostly by government rather than popular choice. Investments aimed at cleaning the environment typically have not reached the top of the governments priority scale, because other social investments (eg. in energy production, housing, education, and industrial production for consumption and exports) have been seen as providing far greater benefits. As mentioned above, this situation is changing as China’s economy rapidly grows.

nNeed Help summarizing…?

Can someone help me summarize these paragraphs?

Development of freedom

Whether in sub-Saharan, China or elsewhere, chronic poverty deprives numbers of people of the incentives and economic means to care for and nourish their natural environment. Yet being poor is only one element of people’s blighted relationship to the environment. According to economist and Nobel laureate Amarthya Sen, poverty needs to understood in broader terms than only the lack of monetary income. Sen argues that poverty should be characterized fundamentally in terms of the deprivation of basic freedoms, rather than merely low incomes. In his view, development not only has the economic dimension with which it is usually understood but, more important, requires the removal of the “unfreedoms” endured by most people in underdeveloped countries. Besides poverty, these unfreedoms include, deprivation of health care, lack of sanitation, exclusion from education (especially women), exclusion from market activities, and above all, tyrannical regimes associated with systematic deprivation of political liberty and basic civil rights.

Development, in Sen’s view, must included the freedom of democratic choices as well as the freedom of economic choices. Without such freedoms, people lack the opportunity for education, public debate, and discussion, which make possible rational choices about quality of life issues, including the environment, as well as rational choices about their families or their government. It follows that environmental improvement requires not only a measure of economic power for individuals but also the broader freedoms of individuals to set priorities for themselves, their families, and their society. Such freedoms also nourish the development of social values and environmental ethnics going beyond the bounds of government regulations and market rules. These values and ethnics are essentials for developing a healthy and sustainable environment.
I have argued above that countries and people in the earliest stage of development tend to have little interest in environmental issues as typically understood in the individual countries, such as rain or global warming. In the subsistence phase, sheer survival amidst historically hostile environments has usually been the main challenge of their lives. This is not to say that poor societies do not have respect for their own environment- Native American nations, for example, generally have a profoundly spiritual relationship with their natural environment (though it has often been abused by outside forces). I have also noted that countries and people in the second phase of development, such as China, are quite aware of the collateral environmental deterioration occurring along with their industrialization and modernization. Yet in countries such as China, not only is domestic investment capital scarce, but also social priorities, including environmental quality, are set mostly by government rather than popular choice. Investments aimed at cleaning the environment typically have not reached the top of the governments priority scale, because other social investments (eg. in energy production, housing, education, and industrial production for consumption and exports) have been seen as providing far greater benefits. As mentioned above, this situation is changing as China’s economy rapidly grows.

Need Help! English troubles.?

Can someone please help me summarize this….

Development of freedom

Whether in sub-Saharan, China or elsewhere, chronic poverty deprives numbers of people of the incentives and economic means to care for and nourish their natural environment. Yet being poor is only one element of people’s blighted relationship to the environment. According to economist and Nobel laureate Amarthya Sen, poverty needs to understood in broader terms than only the lack of monetary income. Sen argues that poverty should be characterized fundamentally in terms of the deprivation of basic freedoms, rather than merely low incomes. In his view, development not only has the economic dimension with which it is usually understood but, more important, requires the removal of the “unfreedoms” endured by most people in underdeveloped countries. Besides poverty, these unfreedoms include, deprivation of health care, lack of sanitation, exclusion from education (especially women), exclusion from market activities, and above all, tyrannical regimes associated with systematic deprivation of political liberty and basic civil rights.

Development, in Sen’s view, must included the freedom of democratic choices as well as the freedom of economic choices. Without such freedoms, people lack the opportunity for education, public debate, and discussion, which make possible rational choices about quality of life issues, including the environment, as well as rational choices about their families or their government. It follows that environmental improvement requires not only a measure of economic power for individuals but also the broader freedoms of individuals to set priorities for themselves, their families, and their society. Such freedoms also nourish the development of social values and environmental ethnics going beyond the bounds of government regulations and market rules. These values and ethnics are essentials for developing a healthy and sustainable environment.
I have argued above that countries and people in the earliest stage of development tend to have little interest in environmental issues as typically understood in the individual countries, such as rain or global warming. In the subsistence phase, sheer survival amidst historically hostile environments has usually been the main challenge of their lives. This is not to say that poor societies do not have respect for their own environment- Native American nations, for example, generally have a profoundly spiritual relationship with their natural environment (though it has often been abused by outside forces). I have also noted that countries and people in the second phase of development, such as China, are quite aware of the collateral environmental deterioration occurring along with their industrialization and modernization. Yet in countries such as China, not only is domestic investment capital scarce, but also social priorities, including environmental quality, are set mostly by government rather than popular choice. Investments aimed at cleaning the environment typically have not reached the top of the governments priority scale, because other social investments (eg. in energy production, housing, education, and industrial production for consumption and exports) have been seen as providing far greater benefits. As mentioned above, this situation is changing as China’s economy rapidly grows.

What differs Bush’s “oil” money mongering from Al Gore’s “alternative energy” money mongering?

Stock vs. Stock….

Do we buy from Asia, or the Middle East?

documentary on alt energy. where can i get free stock footage online?

our school documentary is on alternative energy. we want to use free stock footage. is this available anywhere online?

Want to crush demand for BP: how can we encourage alternative energy use?

Here are a few ideas….I’m wondering if any of you have any others:
A) Find ways to have fun locally rather than “driving into town” to do that.
B) Give up your SUV for a small car or, better yet, a motorcycle or public transit. With the latter two you get more MPG than with just about any “Hybrid”, plus its a whole lot cheaper.
C) When you travel, carpool (2 or more people at all times)
D) Turn your A/C a good 10 degrees higher (IE 80 instead of 70 degrees).
E) Going 7 miles or less near good roads? Take the bicycle instead.
F) Got stocks in BP? Take them out, now!…and put them in competitors such as Shell who have much stricter safety standards (we’re talking 2 even fairly minor safety violations and employees get fired).
G) Lobby and vote for transit improvements to go toward things like HOV lanes and public transit, rather than wider highways. While you’re at it, vote for things like stricter fines for drivers needlessly obstructing traffic, rubbernecking, and not paying attention who often cause fuel-burning traffic jams.

I don’t understand the disagreements over global warming?

Given the huge number of variables, many probably not even identified, events such as climate change will be debated up to either the completion or elimination of the event. Anyone who has taken high school chemistry should understand the theory and why it is possible.

Personally, I’m convinced something is happening, and have made changes to be far more energy efficient in my life and career. If I’m right, I’ve made my contribution to eliminating the problem.

If I’m wrong, here’s the impact on me: my fuel bills for my car and home are cut in half, the bottom line at my business is stronger due to reduced energy costs, my new landscaping looks awesome, and I have a slightly clearer conscience on wars over oil. I also have enjoyed some nice capital gains on emerging alternative energy stocks. It’s all win/win for me.

For you folks who disagree that man has an impact on global warming: if you’re right, you get bragging rights (but you still pay more for energy than I do)

What if you’re wrong? I’m anxious to hear your answers.
To dbj5: It’s not an unbiased opinion, it’s carefully considered. The price of oil is flirting with 100/b USD. If you think it will stay at $100, give me some of what you’re drinking.

As for spreading my bias, I have never commissioned or funded a research paper into global warming. I’m just assuming that people will quickly tire of 100+USD oil and seek out alternatives. We all know that people will vote with their wallets long before there is any legislation dealing with greenhouse gases. I see no disconnect in investing in my beliefs.

What is going on with the stock market!!!? All 3 of my index funds are sinking like crazy…?

I own vnaguard total international stock index, total stock index, & gaaex (alternative energy companies)—- ALL are sinking EVERY day for the past few days— Im losing 1000s… is it time to pull out or wait it out?
I am willing to leave this money alone for 5-10 years — but all these sharp declines across the board are making me jittery

When will oil companies decide to switch over to renewable energy?

Will it be before they suck up all the world‘s oil resources or after? and can governments put more pressure on oil giants such as BP, Exxon Mobil, Shell etc to speed up the transition.

Is Hydro electricity a Renewable energy?

Many in the energy community on the west coast of the USA and the world feel that Hydro electric power in its current form is a non-renewable energy source. They feel this way because how we currently make hydro power is a non-sustainable way of making power and a to be renewable you have to be sustainable. What do you think?

How different would the World be if the USA spent half of its war chest on renewable energies and peace?

Which country’s power resources all come from renewable energy resources?

Which country uses the most wind, solar and hydroelectric energy resources in the world?

The Future Energy of the World?

Do you think the US should be investing in Hydrogen technology for the future?

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and Hydrogen is gas is used to power fuel cells, which have the potential of being 95.4% efficient. It is a clean renewable energy alternative, that when used in a fuel cell produces water (clean pure water). It is not only good for the environment but some scientist are researching it as being able to be a self generating source for electricity. the argument against it is it cost a little more to make then drilling for gas and oil or stripping the land away to get to the coal buried beneath. In 2006 the US and World energy agencies all declared that oil reached it’s peak production. that is the oil left in the ground can no longer sustain the current rate it is being used. in the nest two or three decades oil may no longer be available to power cars, heat homes, make plastic…
The Hydrogen fuel cell technology is over two hundred years old, but it has not been looked at until the 90s as an alternative. Wouldn’t it make sense to commit to using it where it will help purify the waters of the earth, There are no greenhouses gases formed by using it, and every home could have it’s own power station, as well as ever car.

What do u think about the issue of sustainability and sustainable development?

Sustainability is meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs while sustainable develpoment is a process of achievement of individual human and social potential that protects and where necessary regenerates the natural environment rather than destroying it. Is sustainability an important issue and to what extend that they are necessary…?

Concentration for Undergrad: Sustainable development or Architecture. Future career?

I am an urban studies major at Columbia University. I have an interest in both sustainable development and architecture. Unfortunately, due to the requirements in my major, I cannot concentrate in both. Which one would be more beneficial career-wise in the long run? I am interested in urban planning and real estate development

What is Sustainable development?

What is Sustainable development?

how are the renewable/non renewable resources connected with sustainable development?

I kind of know the meaning of sustainable development, in which society is trying to enhance technologies ec.. to make the world better, also thinking about future generations. Then i also know what are the renewable and non renewable resources, but i have a test coming up on sustaianabel development, and have a problem how to connect/mention the resources when talking abt sdevelopment. thanks alot

What type of capital most suit the ‘pillar of sustainable development’ social?

It has wat are the three pillars of sustainable devopment. One of the pillars is social and it says wat types of capital r most relevent to social. thanx

Do companies like Nike sell shoes that are made from organic or recycled material?

I need new runners and I want to buy ones that are made from recycled material or something Eco–Friendly. I live in Canada and don’t have a lot of stores to choose from. Do any “famous” brands sell shoes that are better for the environment? Thanks.

Eco-Friendly Stufffsss(:?

Okay, Tomorrow’s Earth Day & I neeeedd some help!
I have a shirt picked out “Earth Day Every Day” (white & Green), Pair of Blue Jeans, Brown Shoes, how should I wear my hair? I want it to look Mother-Nature-y? & How can I make some eco–friendly stuff to wear? Maybe a bracelet er something like that ; out of stuff that’s probably already at my house though…Whoever comes the most eco–friendly to school gets extra credit on a Science Test, & considering I’m failing, I need all the help I could get.
Please? 😀
It doesn’t actually have to BE eco–friendly,
as long as it looks nature-ey(x

What are some cool eco-friendly or recycled products?

I wanted to see if there were any products the answer’s community would know about that are pretty cool and useful.

I’m not talking about a ‘green’ water heater or anything, I’m talking about stuff like this, the mighty wallet. It’s made from recycled material, it’s strong, tear-resistant, and water-resistant.
http://www.dynomighty.com/products.php?s=mighty%20wallets

There’s also these shoes I like from Simple.
http://www.simpleshoes.com/productDetails.aspx?g=&productID=2945&model=CARport%20-%20Elastic%20Lace

I just didn’t know if there are some other products I don’t know about that people generally use everyday that’s recycled or eco–friendly and relatively cool. All answers are welcome, and if you can, include a link to the site showing the product off.

what stores downtown have the best selection of Toms Shoes?? (Manhattan NYC)?

I want to get some TOM’s shoes (the eco friendly green ones) for my trip i’m leaving Friday so i will not have time to order online. Where can I find a good selection of colors in New York???

Thanks!

Do TOMS shoes smell as bad as people say they do?

I feel like getting a pair of TOMS shoes, but I’ve heard some people say that they smell after awhile. Obviously if you wear shoes without socks they’re bound to smell at some point, but my question is do they start to smell immediately, and is it completely rank (since they’re suppose to be eco–friendly)?