Reflection On The Environmental Environment

Learning Journal Answer Unit 8

Questions:

Reflect on environmental issues you learned about in this course so far. What have been the most important decisive experiences or convincing arguments in shaping your own attitudes?

Given that, respond to this scenario: you are in charge of your own city. List three strategies to make you city more environmentally sustainable. Explain each strategy.

Answers:

Yes, it is unit or week. ENVS 1301 – Introduction to Environmental Sciences coming to an end. Reflecting on some of the great things I have acquired in this course. I will like to point to the following:

The fact about the “The Eastern Arc Mountain.” is that Scientists believe that the forest has survived on the Eastern Arc Mountains for over

And that “the burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene totals 1.7 million deaths and the loss of more than 54 million healthy life years.” (WHO, 2005)

Geothermal energy or resources is one of the cogent things I learned in this course. It was described as reservoirs of hot water that exist at varying temperatures and depths below the Earth 's surface. They are underground reservoirs to tap steam and very hot water that can be brought to the surface for use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, direct use, and heating and cooling. (Energy.gov “n.d”)

Again, water quality and quantity were not left out in this course, the first, water quality was described as the worth or degree of goodness of water at a point in time. Water quantity on the other hand was described is the amount of available water at a point in time. While Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximise economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. (Global Water

And to be sincere, it has gone a long way in resolving many climatic challenges in the region.

Stop Deforestation: Reducing tropical deforestation can significantly lower global warming emissions and—together with efforts to reduce emissions from fossil fuels—plays an integral role in a comprehensive long-term solution to global warming. Tropical deforestation “accounts for about 10 percent of the world’s heat-trapping emissions — equivalent to the annual tailpipe emissions of 600 million average U.S. cars.” (UCSUSA, “n.d”)

Fight Misinformation: This barrage of misinformation misleads and confuses the public about the growing consequences of global warming — and makes it more difficult to implement the solutions we need to effectively reduce the man made emissions that cause global warming. Millions of Americans get information about climate science from the Fox News Channel, “yet a 2012 UCS snapshot analysis found that representations of climate science on Fox News Channel were misleading 93 percent of the