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What are some environmental issues in Egypt?

I am doing a media article on Egypt’s environmental issues and I need some information and how to start off my sentence about it.

About what environmental issues do women care the most?

Hi,

I’m interested in finding out about what environmental issues matter most to moms. How important is the issue of contaminants in the water to you? Is there another environmental problem about which you care more? Are other women aware of the issue? What can be done about it? Do you feel that you have an ability to control what happens regarding contaminants in the water or do you think that this is an issue about which the government needs to take action?

Thanks!

Books on environmental issues, books to read to make me think and know more?

Looking for some good books that aren’t IMPOSSIBLE to read and comprehend, but I want to just start learning more on issues in the world today- also environmental issues. But, a lot of books in general that you feel are key that people really should know more about to be a more educated person- please suggest. I am interested in it all and just don’t know where to start.

what are some man made and natural environmental issues in Japan?

A list of man made environmental issues and a list of natural environmental issues.
Anything else? I need at least 5-10 environmental issues.

What are two other environmental issues that Africa face besides water pollution?

Sooo…I was assigned to do a 5-6 page research paper for my British literature class on Global Resources and the Environment and how it affects humans. With that being said, I have narrowed it down to environmental issues in South Africa.At first I only going to write about the poor water quality in Zimbabwe but I realized that I could not successfully stretch the information that I have for that among 5-6 pages… PLEASE HELPPPPP!!!

Are newspapers on the way out as a medium for real news?

With such easily available news on TV, radio etc and the printed media chasing readers with gossip and scandal, can they survive as an inky and energy-guzzling alternative to their competitors?

Off-shore drilling the answer to the energy crisis???

I just saw this on the news and I don’t think off-shore drilling is the answer. I think the answer lies with researching and developing alternative energy sources. It just seems like the goverment refuses to rexplore this option…why?

What forms of energy should we use in the future?

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/features/finding_an_alternative
Nuclear, wind, solar, coal? The main argument seems to be either increasing the use of wind, wave and solar energy or using more nuclear power.

what are your thoughts on this article? ?

http://www.alternative–energy–news.info/us-wind-energy/

♥ Poll: Rotating skyscraper? Have you seen this?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/25/russia?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
http://www.alternative–energy–news.info/wind-power-rotating-skyscraper/

While i admire somwhat the architectural design and concept, i think it’s completely weird.
Would you ever live in such a place? Wouldn’t someone get sick from living on a rotating floor?

What do YOU think?
♥
it reminds me of dna as it spins. don’t ask me why. But that’s what i think when i look at the video.

weird!

What is the best form of renewable energy?

I have been learning more about renewable energy and I was wondering what the best form of renewable energy? Is it solar, wind, geothermal, or hydroelectric? Can anyone help me out

Which renewable energy source has the greatest net energy yield?

Which renewable energy source has the greatest net energy yield?
A. Solar Energy
B. Hydroelectric
C. Wind
D. Biomass
E. Hydrogen Fuel
F. Geothermal

And please explain why you picked the answer , for example :

F , Geothermal , this is beacuse …….

Thanks , i need the answer+explaination by tonight .

Can renewable energy systems be incorporated to metal structures?

With the success of renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines and solar panels I was just wondering, can renewable energy systems be incorporated to metal structures?

Which renewable energy is the best source?

I have to write a report comparing and contrasting 3 types of renewable energy sources. One of my chosen ones is already geothermal, can you give me two more renewable energy sources that are considered the best ones? Because I have to choose which one is the best and explain why it is.

Thanks.

By the way if you can, make sure it’s a good source for CANADA.

How many years until we get to a Renewable Energy economy?

How long do you think realistically will it take for us to have our energy come from renewable energy systems?

what is a good website for buying eco friendly products

I am looking for cheap everyday eco friendly “green” household products

How are shops making more eco friendly products?

It’s a question for my homework, and nothing is telling me the answere. It’s not things like the bags they put it in, more of the materials and production – please help!

How much of the U.K’s current economy is currently taken up by “eco” friendly products and services?

Is this market share increasing or decreasing?
“eco” refers to energy saving environmentally friendly products and services e.g. solar pannel manufacturer/retailer, energy consultants.

What are some Eco friendly products for students daily needs?

Can anybody name some online shopping malls that sell eco-friendly products?

What is the benefit of a local economy if we use all sustainable energy?

I think the benefit of a local economy now is the use of less fossil fuels. If we change over completely to sustainable fuels, would the world or its local communities benefit from local economies, more than if we continue our large scale international trade? Detailed answers appreciated.

what does the term sustainable world mean?

You must discuss the impact of this environmental issue on a sustainable world and provide a critical analysis of the current issue.

Can someone please explain to me what is meant by “sustainable world”?
What are the characteristics associated with the concept of a sustainable world?

What are the best indicators of a sustainable economic policy?

This is specifically in regards to Dubai, U.A.E. and its promotion of free economic zones. How do these zones contribute toward a sustainable economic policy.

I need to find some variables to use in my tests. I was thinking of looking at GDP/cap, Foreign Direct Investment Rates, and some way of examining technology spillover effects.

How make the overexploited fisheries to become sustainable fisheries OR to remain unsustainable ?

How make the overexploited fisheries to become sustainable fisheries OR to remain unsustainable ?

What is more important to reduce our energy expenditures or to switch to sustainable technologies?

It seems most American’s don’t really want to cut back on their lifestyle to cut energy usage but may be open to using more efficient technology and or sustainable energies.

America expends an exponential amount more of energy than any other nation in the world industrial or developing. It seems America’s problem is not just the technology it choses to use but more so a moral dilemma.

I’m curious what other people who already acknowledge the reality of global warming think. A green dime for your thoughts.

Can someone help me summarize this?

PLEASE!! I need help… I was wondering if anyone could summarize this for me?

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 do you think of China telling restaraunts to take dog off the menu during the Olympics?

Restaurants and hotels in the Chinese capital have been asked to take dog meat off the menu during Olympics and Paralympics due to concerns that the canine dishes might be offensive to Westerners and animal rights activists.
“Gourmets with a special predilection for dog meat will be disappointed if they come to the Chinese capital in the coming two months,” a Beijing Tourism Bureau official said.

The Beijing Catering Trade Association (BETA) has issued a circular forbidding all the 112-designated restaurants from providing dog meat dishes during Olympics and strongly advised other establishments to suspend serving the canine delicacy until September.

“If a customer orders dog meat, the restaurant staff should patiently suggest another entree,” Xiong Yumei, the Bureaus Vice-Director, was quoted as saying by official Xinhua news agency. “Conflicts should be avoided.” Canine dishes are popular among the Korean community in Beijing, as also in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurants.

Apart from being a delicacy, dog meat is also believed by many Chinese to be an effective element to lower blood pressure. Some also think it boosts “sexual prowess”.

Animal rights and environmental activists claim dogs are brutally killed with clubs and knives in China‘s dog meat industry.

Need help summarizing something.?

I was wondering if someone could help me summarize the 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.

What exactly is environmental health? HELP! :)?

I don’t really know if this is the right category, cause i’m confused on what environmental health is in the first place. I read some definitions (like the way the World Health Organization defines it) but I’m still kinda confused and I need some examples 🙂
So what exactly is environmental health? And would the food safety issue in China (melamine-tainted milk, etc.) be considered part of environmental health? Or would that be something else? Help please I’m really confused lol. Thanks so much!

China’s position on climate change?

China‘s position on climate change?
In regards to the United Nations and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and halting rapid climate change, how would China take their position? Who are their allies in the UN? Because they are a global powerhouse and recognized as an economic leader with rapid industrialization and growth, it seems environmental issues would be a small concern, but with the 2008 Olympics and previous obligations to reduce their pollution, they have taken note of the issues. How would they/have they acted towards proposals on climate change/reducing GHG?

Gerald Celente just told Fox News the world is going to have the “Greatest Depression??”?

Do you think this is likely to come to pass?

He says the economy is in such a deep mess that unless we have the equivalent of the discovery of fire, like an alternative energy, to create real productivity in the economy, we’re in trouble.

Tax and food riots, etc.

If energy suppliers provided Alternative Energy equipment?

(mass produced to lower the cost).
(A small weekly charge for the equipment but all power derived clean, safe and FREE).

Wouldn’t that solve a lot of problems?
EG. lowering carbon emissions, helping the end-users and the Planet…
They could still make a profit…

But no, that’s not happening! They’d rather give vouchers, at whose expense?:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7275508.stm
To be clearer:
I’m talking about existing power companies who sell elec produced via nuclear power, power stations etc.
It’s not my idea – this was successfully introduced but the idea was dropped – maybe because nuclear power felt threatened.
Details are in: Project it
available for FREE download via
http://www.the-alternative.org.uk

There, you see, the best things are free (just as God intended).

Yeh, hopefully we will all live happliy ever after!? What’s wrong with that?

Why are birds deaths ok when they are for alternative energy?

Why does one winmill farm killing in California killing 2,200 edangered species of birds a year, result in no response from the government?
http://www.modbee.com/opinion/community/story/400870.html

Why does killing 85 birds over 5 years reult in $600,000 in fines for Exxon?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-exxon-birds14-2009aug14,0,626783.story
The blades kill the birds. They can’t see them when they are flying.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-04-windmills-usat_x.htm

If building kill more birds, again why is Exxon being fined $600,000 for killing 17 birds a year.

On top of that, Exxon has paid 2.5 million to avoid killing the birds.

So if you don’t care about birds, or buildings kill more birds than windmills, why is 17 birds a year worh over 3 millilon dollars when it is an oil company?

Is this another example of what the left thinks is effective alternative energy?

“The property tax burden on our solar project is 60 times as much as the property tax burden on the nuclear power plant when calculated on a per kilowatt hour basis,” he said.
Kalamazoo Solar has filed an appeal with the Michigan Tax Tribunal over the property tax issue, but in the meantime, it has to continue paying the property tax, Field said. The appeals were filed a year ago but it could be another two years before the hearing takes place

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/05/solar_farm_near_climax_loosing.html

how do PETA & other animal rights groups feel about the slaughtering of animals for alternative energy?

do you think this kind of thing will escalate under cap-and-trade? what kind of impact might it have on avian migratory patterns & the environment?
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http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090922/a_windfarms22.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip
WHO: you would think the UN’s ‘biodiversity’ hooplah might have helped your buddies… i guess the UN only cares about the wildlife when it’s screwing humans & altering our land… stupid un… screw the birds, they’d rather put socal in a drought & “desert-ify” our farmland in the name of a fish… does anyone see how backwards this is?

Which of the following is a renewable energy source?

Which of the following is a renewable energy source?

A.Coal
B.Natural gas
C.Petroleum
D.None of the above
2.Which of the following is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world?

A.Coal
B.Petroleum
C.Crude oil
D.Uranium

3.Nuclear fission is a nonrenewable energy source because __________.

A.it can be repeated infinitely in the future without recourse
B.the process requires the use of a limited resource, uranium
C.Both a and b
D.the world will never run out of uranium

what should the world in future use as a renewable energy source?

why do we need renewable energy? epecially solar cell?

Could you please give me data base the energy need for the world, and also for India in future? and informations about PV productions? especially CdTe solar cells?

manpower as a renewable energy source?

with overpopulation an increased problem, and the world in need of a renewable energy source, isnt manpower a good source of energy (not in the matrix where we’re used as batteries, but as in a physical job, cycling or something like that.

What are the social and moral implications of the continuing development of renewable energy?

I’m doing Engineering and I am really stuck. I have to include EEC and world targets, whatever they are. Please help me, someone?

Thanks

How many years of school is required for a masters in sustainable architecture?

My girlfriend is currently going to school for nursing. She is considering switching her major so that she can eventually get a masters degree in sustainable/environmental architecture. Currently she has about two years of credits under her belt, a few electives, algebra 1 and 2, health, biology, chemistry, anatomy, english 1 and 2, psychology, about 34-40 credit hours-but she has no architecture coruses under her belt. Does anyone know about how much longer she would have to go to school if she switched her major next semester?

What would it take for a human development to be really sustainable?

and what does sustainable mean to you?

How is our current government spending sustainable?

As of right now, our government (United States) is expected to borrow 51% of its GDP to cover spending. How is the current rate of government spending sustainable?

How would you engage the local community in the benefits of sustainable transport?

There are obvious benefits to sustainable travel such as walking and cycling: it’s healthy, it’s eco-friendly, it’s quick (no traffic jams) and it’s free!

Its important to reduce carbon emissions by leaving the car at home.

We need to engage the local community – BUT HOW?

What good reasons are there for livestock production being sustainable?

I know many “sustainable agriculture” types who say that we should grow mostly plants, or grain, and greatly lessen livestock production. However, I would say that livestock is one of the most important segments of agriculture for feeding a population, in certain cases. Aren’t some types of land not good for growing crops, therefore having dairy cows or meat animals, chickens, what have you, better for the environment than trying to get produce to grow on land that isn’t the best for that type of production? I’m talking about raising animals using pastoral practices here. Do you agree? Or are there any other reason you can think of why raising animals could be GOOD for the environment, sustainable ag.

What’s your favorite pair of shoes?

mine are these totally awesome eco–friendly plaid shoes by Simple! They look like converse but are soooo much better!!! :0)

Eco/ recycled/ good cause/ organic/ natural formal dress?

I’ve searched a lot online for an eco–friendly or natural fabric dress that is nice. I was trying to find something under $150. Any sites or help would be great. Also, is there any places that have eco– dress shoes like heals

what is the best way to clean a pair of tennis shoes?

I have a brand new pair of shoes that i stepped in a mud puddle and would like to clean them using my washing machine. My dryer has a shoe rack for drying but my washer is one of those new eco–friendly ones that uses less water. can I still use it?
i want to get rid of the smell too though

Eco-Friendly Organic Clothes,shoes,accessories ect or second hand?

Is it better for my body and the planet to buy new Eco–Friendly Organic clothes, and ect or is it better to buy second hand first? I know that I should buy new organic panties and bra’s and I will because I don’t think people should wear other people panties. But I am wondering if I should buy second hand or organic for my other clothes. Thanks!

Animal Friendly Shoes?

I love shoes! I have also recently become vegan and more animal and eco–friendly, and was wondering what brands or styles are offered in suede and leather (or animal product) free options (boots, flats, pumps, etc.) Thank you!