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Follow my water quality and scarcity meme page

Do you have an instagram? Do you love memes? Do you care about the environment and our water bodies but dont have the attention span to read more than two sentences? If any of these sound like you, follow my meme page that will not only callout water haters but also build awareness about water… Read more Follow my water quality and scarcity meme page

Toxic Breath: The Cause and Solution around Coal

Atmosphere reaches over all parts of the earth. From the dense cities over Japan to the rural area of the United States, people breath oxygen from the atmosphere. But breathing Greenhouse gases is a fatal problem for all of us. Even though there is a fatal fire, some people still feed the gasoline, while others are trapped in it. Come see who is really… Read more Toxic Breath: The Cause and Solution around Coal

Trash Piling Up, Funeral Costs and Healthcare Bills Are Sure to Follow.

All around the world, people are being affected by pollution. However, most people don’t tend to full grasp the severity of it. This pollution is causing numerous problems from premature death to various other health problems. The same goes for the once tropical island paradise of St. Maarten, which provides us with a smaller scale… Read more Trash Piling Up, Funeral Costs and Healthcare Bills Are Sure to Follow.

Ambassador Blake’s talk and its connections to bilateral activists

Ambassador Blake represents a figure from the international sphere of politics and resources. He has access to  U.S. and worldwide intelligence, research and networks. For instance Blake was tasked with figuring out how to reduce Indonesia’s greenhouse gas production. Yet, at the time, Indonesia was in its last year of an administration, so there was… Read more Ambassador Blake’s talk and its connections to bilateral activists

How Will an Artificial Mountain Reduce Pollution?

Group: Governance. Interesting idea of using soil, that would otherwise go to waste, for absorbing pollution. The artificial mountain could absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and safely store it while adding to the community landscape. https://www.pollutionsolutions-online.com/news/air-clean-up/16/breaking-news/how-will-an-artificial-mountain-reduce-pollution/47638

Oysters: How these shellfish are being used in Louisiana to prevent soil erosion

This article goes into the research being done on oyster reefs and their ability to slow the progress of soil erosion on the coast of Louisiana. At the four control sites in the study, the oyster reefs were able to half the rate of erosion over a few months. One interesting social concept behind this environmental problem is how restaurants used to return used oyster shells to fisherman. Fisherman would then return these shells to the ocean and oyster reefs were created through this process. According to the article, only one or two restaurants still do this. Now, oyster shells are sent to landfills, where they are processed in useless ways.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180822-recycled-shells-of-louisiana-oyster-reef-protect-new-orleans

 

Group: Extractive Colonialism

Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution in China

Our group found this article to be extremely interesting and illuminating on current foreign policy.  More specifically this article focuses on soil conservation in China, where there is a major soil pollution problem.  To combat this problem, China has implemented progressive policies and laws. The new law specifies that the polluter is primarily responsible for… Read more Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution in China