Checkpoint: Local Environmental Issue Michelle Winters SCI/275 Environmental Science July 2‚ 2010 I live in the beautiful small town of Eagle Point‚ Oregon. Our small community has a beautiful creek which runs right through our town; and although many people would say that our biggest environmental issue would be that our creek has an e-coli warning‚ I believe our communities biggest issue
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10 ways to reduce your environmental footprint and improve profitability. Posted by Sam Kopytowski [->0]at 7:08 AM[->1] on July 7‚ 2010 Many companies talk about reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions‚ but too often there’s a large gap between words and action. Most companies seem to be holding off on taking any real steps to reduce their environmental footprint because they believe the investment cost is too high. Leading companies‚ on the other hand‚ are way ahead of the curve. They know
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A carbon footprint is "the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an organization‚ event or product" [1]. For simplicity of reporting‚ it is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide‚ or its equivalent of other GHGs‚ emitted. The concept name of the carbon footprint originates from ecological footprint discussion.[2] The carbon footprint is a subset of the ecological footprint and of the more comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). An individual‚ nation‚ or organization’s
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207 | Understand the person centred approaches in adult social care settings | HSC026 | 1.1 | Person centred values are a set of approaches made to assist someone to plan their life and supports. It is often used for life planning with people with learning and developmental disabilities. There are 8 person centered values which are:- * Individuality * Independence * Privacy * Partnership * Choice * Dignity * Respect * Rights | 1.1 | 1.2 | It is important for to work in a way
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Assignment 207 Understand person centred approaches in adult social care settings Task A Information leaflet Values relate to our personal principles‚ morals‚ and ideals—that is‚ what we consider to be important.Each person is unique‚ with their own personal values and beliefs shaped by a number of factors that include culture‚ religion‚ and personal experiences.We value each person as an individual‚ respect their aspirations and commitments in life‚ and seek to understand their priorities
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Essay on Gobal Warming and America ’s role. America’s Carbon Footprint Joseph N. Flowers Jr. COM/172 November 12‚ 2012 Judith Scharle America’s Carbon Footprint Florida will be the next lost city of Atlantis! That can be imagined when reading statistics from scientists predicting that in fewer than 100 years‚ most of southern Florida will be under water because of global warming (Wilbur‚ 2011). Global warming is the rising of the Earth’s temperature because
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Personal Account. During a science lesson in class 2‚ I was observing a little group of 6 pupils. The learning activity was the pupils planting some seeds in plant pots and then drawing a plant and labelling it. During the lesson a had to communicate with the other teaching assistant to explain which seeds were in which pots and when I needed the water for the plants. She needed to know this because she was labelling the plant pots with the name of what seed was inside. We did this because plants
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independent and dependent variables? The independent variable would be dissolved oxygen and the dependent variable would be the number of fish. 5. What would be your control? The control would be the time of day‚ temperature or any other environmental conditions that might impact the results. 6. What type of graph would be appropriate for this data set? Why? The type of graph that would be appropriate for this data is a bar graph because all of the results are independent from
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The results of my ecological footprint quiz were that I was living an ecologically conscientious lifestyle‚ and I would need only 0.52 Earths. My highest consumption had been in the food footprint. I also noted that I had a really high travel distance annually‚ which was at approximately 5‚000km‚ due to a long travel to and from my university. I believe that the results reflect my lifestyle. I would say that I am pretty "eco-friendly." When I go grocery shopping‚ I bring my own bags instead of using
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1. Choose an overpopulated country in the world. Describe its situation (use some statistics) and then find out if that country (or perhaps a United Nations program‚ or NGO program‚ is in place to the help in the resolution of the problems associated with the overcrowding. Rapid population growth during the 20th century helped shaped China’s society in a myriad of ways as China struggled with the breakdown of its dynastic structures‚ world wars‚ civil wars and the founding of a new
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