Agricultural Practices
Essays

Origins of Environmental Law in Canada and the United Kingdom

¶ … sky may not be actually falling, but environmentalists are sounding the clarion call that the earth is in big trouble and action needs to be taken now to avoid potentially disastrous consequences in the future.

This paper reviews three articles from Healthy People 2020. Global Health looks at issues that impact health from a global perspective and how they affect the United States. Early and Middle Childhood examines issues that affect the health and development of children from birth to age 12. Immunization and Infectious Diseases explores issues that stem from inadequately immunized population and some of the potential ramifications.

¶ … Huaorani of Ecuador are a fascinating group of people that have recently been uprooted from their traditional nomadic way of life and placed in social and political constraints.

¶ … Dominican Republic is an island nation of rich culture and lasting tradition, located in the Caribbean Sea. Winning its status as an independent republic in 1844, the republic is best known for its beaches, resorts,…

Environmental determinism has long been out of favor among historians and social scientists, although well into the 19th Century even the majority of Westerners were highly dependent on the climate and environment for…

China's Daughter of the River -- a Personal Snapshot of Memoir of Marxism's betrayal in the form of Maoism

Technological advances have impacted every area of human existence on almost every area of the planet, with few exceptions. Nearly every aspect of daily mundane life is affected by technology, including communication…

¶ … innovations in agricultural technologies, the dire predictions of global famine made by Stanford University Professor Paul R. Ehrlich in his book, The Population Bomb (1968) have not materialized to date.

There has been much talk surrounding the environmental issues of food production, with many now suggesting the city is the ideal place for growing food to cater for rapidly expanding urban populations. In Singapore, small-scale examples of this are emerging, such as Changi General Hospital and the Tanjong Pagar apartment complex. This dissertation will examine the Vertical Farming movement, and look at the opportunities and challenges for implementing such strategies in Singapore. The research would include sustainable building designs related to architecture and minimal agriculture. The research would consider the application of interviews and case studies in order to come up with reliable and valid results in relation to the research question.