Essays on Environment

System Thinking and its Application to Sustainable Challenges System thinking is a problem-solving approach that focuses on the individual pieces and the current relationships between certain elements that form a total unit. Unlike the standard research approach, which focuses on what is being analyzed, system thinking focuses on determining the interaction...

Dr. Chris Granet and the Founding of Solyndra Dr. Chris Granet founded a startup renewable energy company in Fremont, California in 2005. This firm, now known as Solyndra, specializes in the production of tubular solar tubular panels. The company's offering was unrivaled by any other product on the market in the...

Millions of used plastics are discarded outside of landfills, with a significant environmental effect. Thousands of dolphins, whales, and marine mammals are killed each year after eating discarded plastic bags that they mistake for food; once eaten, the bags obstruct intestines, resulting in an agonizing death. Per year, approximately 8 billion pounds...

Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan's moon in 1655. (Tate, 2015). Titan's atmosphere is mostly made up of nitrogen and methane. Nitrogen accounts for 95% of the total, with methane accounting for 5%. (Tate, 2015). Other elements found on the moon, such as oxygen and carbon, are similar to those found on...

Have you ever seen the Coral Springs Museum? If you haven't already, you should go to this art and gallery show. On my visit to the Coral Museum, I was able to see a variety of photographs featuring the work of Charcoal artist Virginia Fifield. The Contemplation Hurricane is Virginia's...

Martin Schweitzer. Nonenergy gains from the weatherization assistance program: A review of recent literature. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US), ORNL/CON-484, 2002. The United States Department of Energy-funded Martin Schweitzer's publication of this report in 2002. Martin has authored other books, including An Evaluation of State Energy Program Accomplishments: 2002 Program Year...

There has lately been a pressing need to create a healthy climate. It has resulted in the development of more sophisticated methods of mitigating environmental degradation. It is apparent that environmentalists have addressed this topic in a number of ways. The various environmental policies have been labeled as various shades...

Explain briefly the command-and-control approach to dealing with an externality like pollution. Give an example of how the United States administration used the command-and-control technique to address the emissions crisis. Pollution is and will still be a major environmental problem that disrupts all economic activity and externalities. An externality is described...

Olympia: A Painting by Edouard Manet Olympia is the title of this painting, which was made by Edouard Manet. Edouard Manet was a French artist from Paris. Manet was a French painter who lived from 1832 to 1883. His iconic Olympia painting was completed in 1863 and first shown to the...

TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Research objectives 1.2 Research Questions 2.0 Materials and Methods 2.1 Materials 2.2 Methods 3.0 Results 4.0 Discussion 5.0 Summary 6.0 Appendices 6.1 Appendix A: Flow Chart 6.2 Appendix B: Map 6.3 Log File 7.0 References List1.0 Introduction Flooding is a natural occurrence in which water submerges otherwise dry land. Flooding harms human activities, posing a risk. Overlay...

Introduction Since the weather in the region is normally dry, the Arches Region of Utah is considered the driest region of a dry country. Since the Arches Region of Utah is a desert, it is a popular tourist destination. The harsh conditions and lack of water, however, turn off the majority...

Housing in Wake Forest Town: A Need for Affordable SolutionsHousing is one of the most important needs that all human beings have, and hence everyone is entitled to it. According to widely agreed rules, everyone, regardless of where they live on the planet, has the right to adequate housing (shelter)....