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An Inconvenient Truth-opinion

An Inconvenient Truth movie was interesting because it showed us new information about the global warming nowadays with a good method that was given by Al Gore. As well the other things which made it interesting were that Al Gore showed us the danger of this phenomenon it is still growing in this world. Ice melting which is the major problem that can cause other problem to follow it. The second problem is that the atmosphere.

I have learned about the climate change effect on humans, animals and also the environment which could eventually put us in danger. Another thing that I have learned from this movie is that the north of the equator is one of the world places where we can look at the changes on the climate. Finally I want to say that now we can note that in both hemispheres CO2 is in creasing. The two graphs of temperature in the past 1000 years show it is really a problem for this planet.

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Carbon footprint

Carbon footprint is defined as a measure of the exclusive total amount of carbon dioxide emissions that is directly and indirectly caused by an activity or is accumulated over the lift stage of a product. I calculated my "carbon footprint" by using http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ and I got 2.41 which mean that I got an average which is lower than the UK average, and the survey goes like this: 20% for food, 22% for travel, 27% for home and 28% for stuff. Carbon footprint is the result of our acts in both individuals and society, which will finally effect the world’s climate change.
The carbon footprint is measuring the amount of CO2 we produce every day by different ways. Including almost everything we do in our lives.
The calculations of carbon footprint calculate the amount of energy we use in order to produce electricity, and usage of transportation and even food consumption and many other stuff we do.
After having an idea about carbon footprint, we should reduce it by many ways which will be mentioned later.
First, we have to increase the efficiency of our machines, and use less energy. After that we will see that carbon footprint will decrease and we will reduce the carbon emissions we produce. To know more about carbon footprint you could visit other web sites, which will help you have more information about carbon footprint statistics.

Cool City

Since the start of the industrial revolution there have been some problems associated with economic development such as increasing in energy consumptions, increases the amount of carbon dioxide and finally traffics. But if we don’t solve these problems we will need at 8%.However 90% of the carbon dioxide emitted into the air come from buildings and transportations. Cool City is a model city which is a new method of technology that is going to be build by SDCJ which is a Japanese company. The city will conclude three types of least another earth. But to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide emitted in to the air to live within the capacity of a single earth we will need about 1.5.In Japan during the last 30 years GDP has gone up 100% while energy efficiency has increased 37% and oil consumption has decreased transportation that will be used in it such as monorail station, LRT “Light Rail Transit” and water transportation whereas the various zones in the city are business, residents and culture. This city also will use some techniques that will reduce the heat from the air for example water, trees and roof membrane. There are two types of buildings in that city which are expected CO2 reduction namely commentarial building which reduction 50% and the other one called residence building which reduction 30% and the overall percentage of reduction of CO2 emissions claimed is 60%.

Social Issues-Lebanon

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Lebanon is one of the important countries which has an old history in the Middle East. In the past, Lebanon was called the land of the milk and the honey. Beirut is the capital of Lebanon and it has a famous nickname which is the Paris of the East. This country has produced many celebrities like Shakira. Syria, Israel, Jordan, Turkey and Cyprus surround Lebanon.

Since 1943 until 1948 there were some problems between the Christians and the Muslims after the gained independence from France this was because of the Christians when they tried to take the power of Lebanon whereas the Muslims didn’t agree which made some tensions between them. Another cause for the tensions was in 1975 when the Christians killed a bus of full Palestinians in the down town of Beirut. Because of the tensions there were some results such as revenge killings and violence that began to spiral out of control. At 1982, the Israeli army invaded the city with the aim of removing the Palestinian Liberation Organization. After that by seven years the peace deal reached. There were some human and economic costs of a conflict such as “between 150000-20000” people were killed, 300000 people were wounded and the economy paralyzed.

Nowadays there are some signs of social and economic recovery in Beirut. For example, the different religions are living together, (people live in peace). Also there is development in the civilization like malls, bars and coast. On the other hand, there are also some current problems in the country such as the people who have left and the employment which remains very high.

Bibliography:

"Eye on Lebanon." Global Eye. 25 Spring 2006.Royal Geographical Society. 8 Apr. 2007 .

Conflict Diamond Power Point

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Water pollution

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater caused by human activities, which can be harmful to organisms and plants which live in these water bodies.

Although natural phenomena such as volcanoes, algae blooms, storms, and earthquakes also cause major changes in water quality and the ecological status of water, water is typically referred to as polluted specifically when it impaired by anthropogenic contaminants and either does not support a human use (like serving as drinking water) or undergoes a marked shift in its ability to support its constituent biotic communities. Water pollution has many causes and characteristics. The primary sources of water pollution are generally grouped into two categories based on their point of origin. Point-source pollution refers to contaminants that enter a waterway through a discrete "point source". Examples of this category include discharges from a wastewater treatment plant, outfalls from a factory, leaking underground tanks, etc. The second primary category, non-point source pollution, refers to contamination that, as its name suggests, does not originate from a single discrete source. Non-point source pollution is often a cumulative affect of small amounts of contaminants gathered from a large area. Nutrient runoff in stormwater from sheet flow over an agricultural field, or metals and hydrocarbons from an area with high impervious surfaces and vehicular traffic are examples of non-point source pollution. The primary focus of legislation and efforts to curb water pollution for the past several decades was first aimed at point sources. As point sources have been effectively regulated, greater attention has come to be placed on non-point source contributions, especially in rapidly urbanizing/suburbanizing or developing areas.