Examining Stay Sixty’s Award Winning Sustainable Design Using Life’s Principles

Op-Ed Submission The Earth Times focuses on green and environmental issues. We chose this outlet to submit our op-ed because the product and topic align with their Op-Ed sections well. http://www.earthtimes.org/cn/ Editor-in-chief editor @ earthtimes.org Stay Sixty Stay Sixty is a stainless steel water bottle that has a removable base. They have won multiple award … Read more

Keystone XL Project

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline filed an application for a Presidential Permit from the U.S. Department of State in 2008 to manufacture and run the Keystone XL Project. The controversial project would be made up of 1,700 mile pipeline to carry crude oil. This oil would be primarily transported from Alberta, Canada to Texas and Oklahoma. Additionally, … Read more

Effects of salinity on Lens culinaris seedlings root growth

Introduction: The environmental conditions in which an organism is exposed to plays a huge role in the success of that organism. For example, there are several environmental factors that could potentially have detrimental effects on the overall growth and development of many types of plant species (Rahdari et al. 2012). High salinity in water and … Read more

How things work – solar energy and Wi-fi

Solar Energy Solar energy is used today for many things; generating electricity, heating water, etc. It is pretty straightforward: energy from the sun converted to electrical or thermal energy (“How Solar Yard Lights Work”). These small, solar LED yard lights collect and store energy throughout the day and release it at night. This is an … Read more

Energy and Environment panel review

CAFE Perspectives Report Summary: I went to the Energy and Environment panel and learned about how to determine if our environment is thriving. The first speaker, Tyler Mark, spoke about how our two main renewable fuels are ethanol and biodiesel. Ethanol has dramatically increased from 1981-2017 from about 1 million gallons to 16 million gallons. … Read more

Impact of plastic bags on the environment

Nowadays, plastic bags are causing environmental issues due to overusing and disposal of plastic bags while they are still widely used by people. The earth is being polluted by the plastic bag every day including lands, rivers, ocean, and the whole ecosystem as well, but some people still argue that the plastic bag only contributes … Read more

The Impact of Plastic on our Environment

I. Introduction a. In an estimated 32 years, according to a 2016 report from the World Economic Forum, the ocean will have more plastic than fish. Everyone uses plastic in some way shape or form, it’s difficult not to because it’s everywhere in our daily lives. Restaurants, grocery stores, offices, schools, chain stores, etc. hand … Read more

Bacterial classification

Introduction .Bacteria are microscopic, relatively simple prokaryotic organism whose cells lacks a nucleus.They lack extensive complex internal membrane system. .size range from 0.5 to 5 micrometer in length. .large surface area to volume ratio so that the nutrients can easily and quickly reach all parts of the cell.It also allows rapid uptake and intracellular distribution … Read more

​The Flint Michigan Water crisis

​The Flint Michigan Water crisis, starting in 2014 was when the water crisis that swept over Flint Michigan began. Residents of Flint begun to notice that something wasn’t right with the water as they turned on their water foisted in their kitchens and bathrooms, where they were now confronted by a deadly substance so vile, … Read more

Impact of tourism, mining, fishing and bioprospecting in the Antarctica

Globalisation refers to the concept of increased interconnectivity within the globe, through flows of product, capital, people, information, labour and services. Global commons is a term typically used to describe international, superinternational and global resource domains in which common pool resources are found. Global commons include the earth’s shared natural resources, such as the high … Read more

Climate variability

Climate variability is universally accepted as the most complex and a major challenging environmental problem facing human kind today globally (UNEP, 2014). Increased evidence in frequency of extreme climatological events is now more certain than ever (Hartmann et al., 2013; Adhikari et al., 2015). The expected climate variability impacts manifest in the form of long … Read more

Upward march towards Renewable Energy

1.1 WHAT IS RENEWABLE ENERGY? Renewable energy is defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, tides, waves, wind and geothermal heat. Renewable energy replaces conventional fuels in four distinct areas: electricity generation, hot water/space heating, motor fuels, and rural (off-grid) energy services 1.2 BACKGROUND … Read more

Phytoremediation

Phytoremediation is a green substitute to cleaning up the environment through the use of plants or beside with their related microorganisms instead of mechanical removal and treatment (Jeremy, 2006). Phytoremediation is generally a solar driven pollutant removal system to remove pollutants from air, water & soil(Doty S.L. & Stuart E.S., 2008). ‘ It is substantially … Read more