Posted by 2KJERSTEN.(: on October 13, 2011 at 9:42am
Presentations:Environmental Substainability.Part 1: Josh B.A Main Topic:Deforestaion. clearing of trees, can happen naturally or purpously.Reasons for Deforestation: -Lumber, -coal, -pasture, -plantations, -growth and -poverty.Concerns of Deforestation: -Atmospheric, -Hydrological, -soil, -BiodiversityAtomospheric has global warming, greenhouse effect,less rainfall and runoff.Soil and Biodiversity: -erosion, -loess plateau, -less shelters for animals and life would die.Climate Change: -Changes in weather patterns, -Climate forcings and then the future...like what could it leed to?Causes or climate change: -Solar Radiation, -Mountain-Buliding and -continetal drift.Part 2: Jacob Taggs.Target: Halve, by 2015, the porportion of the population without substainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.Part 3: Alex Pearso.Target: by 2020, to achieve a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.slum dweller:A run down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security.
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