One product that is important to me as a consumer is single-use bottled water. In this post I will discuss the environmental and social impacts of disposable plastic water bottles. Furthermore, I will examine the materials and energy used to…
Nature Inspiration — Matthew Perfect
I have always felt very connected to nature. As a child I always enjoyed being outside doing activities such as climbing trees, playing on jungle gyms, or swimming when it was warm enough. As I have gotten older, my connection…
Sustainability Solution — Plastic Pollution
One key issue in our society today is our overuse of plastic and disposable water bottles. Last year American consumers used approximately 50 billion water bottles. This contributes significantly to the plastic pollution in landfills and our oceans. In an…
Personal Change
This month in our Environmental Studies class we conducted an ecological footprint assignment to determine how we affect the earth individually. The results I received shocked me. I didn’t realize how much I contributed to the degradation of our planet.…
World’s biggest city database shines light on our increasingly urbanized planet
In an article titled “World’s biggest city database shines light on our increasingly urbanized planet” published by Science Daily, the author discusses how the world’s largest data platform on cities reveals the planet is even more urbanized than we thought. The…