Mr+de+Botton+-+Research

__Research (from Mr de Botton) __  Pneumatophore aerenchyma  Cable
 * Water Cycle – purpose (use of water
 * o Quantity
 * o Quality
 * § Affected by human actions/activities
 * Intentional – deliberate (out of sight = out of mind)
 * Inadvertent – lack of understanding
 * o Scientific
 * o Ecological (tipping point)
 * World – Pop
 * o Distribution 2007 UN-WPR 50.1% – urban
 * § Waste ends up in landfills
 * Some seeps through ground water and eventually goes into rivers
 * o Developing nations – mega cities
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Developed nations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Deliberate: waste of water – DOWN STREAM USERS?? (see second hand out with river)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Case Study: Bangladesh
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Yoghurt company (2 factories in 2004, hopes to have 10 in 2014)
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Work opportunities
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Paying workers
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">They only employ local workers
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Needs to be cheap (so that people can buy it)
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Methane is produced (which is used as energy)
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Solar is also used
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">No pollution
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">There is no sophisticated technology
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Fermentation process is changed so that it is simplified (AND VERY CHEAP 6 EURO CENTS)
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Childhood nutrition
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16pt;">Solutions **
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Swales (contour furrowing)
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">When water hits poo, it will either carry it or partially dissolve it
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Developing countries may have difficulty implementing expensive, new solutions
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Laws
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">E.g. illegal to pollute river
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Collars on animals which ‘zap’ animals when they go past a certain point
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">To stop pollution going into the river:
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Plant near the river
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Mangroves:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Warm, shallow water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Intertidal
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Sediment flows in when tide comes in
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Brackish water (fresh and salt water)
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Sewage Treated Water goes through wetlands and then into river system:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The wetlands grow as they take excess nutrients from the treated water
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Heavy Metals:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Plants:
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Cauliflowers
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Alyssum Lesbiacum
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Alpine penny crest
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Banana skins
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Shells of peanuts
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Fibres from coconuts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Metals concerned
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Cu
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Pb
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Zn
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Ni
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Life Cycle Analysis
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Life Cycle Analysis is a technique used to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from-cradle-to-grave
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">New technology has now been developed
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Novamont (Italian Company)
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Developed a biodegradable bottle
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Using biopolymers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">No need for landfill for such products
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Need for space to put waste has been reduced as things can be recycled
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">How to get rid of waste?
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Incineration of waste
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Cogeneration is the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Cogeneration is waste to energy (W2E)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Organic – moisture content
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Household
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Prescribed (hazardous) needed temperatures - less than 1000 degrees Celsius
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">HCB’s/PCB’s (hexachlorobenzes/polychlorinated biphenyls) needed temperatures - greater than 1600 degrees Celsius (plasma arc technology)
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Put into atmosphere
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16pt;">Problems **
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Algae
 * o <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Technology needs to develop to control waste