Archive for September, 2009

What are some direct consequences of water pollution? Also, any known sites with good pollution stats?

We are attempting to complete a biology project, but are having some difficulties concerning the research portion.
What are some direct consequences of water pollution?
(ex: animal, human, environmental…)
And we have been searching for stats but have not come across sufficient information for our project…if you know of any books, sites, articles, etc. that would be GREATLY [...]

Environmental Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities?

I need to find out some solutions to the major environmental challenges such as Energy, Water, Food and Transportation.
But I need 2 answers to each solution level; personal, community and the Nation/world. Great chance for best answer points!
Sorry if that question wasn’t clear enough, but I’m looking for two answers for each level of each [...]

Can someone please review a part of my college acceptance letter? ?

i mean spelling, grammar and just if it makes sense and all. any feed back?
applying to SDSU, SFSU, CSUF, CSULA with a 2.62.
please help! really nervous.
this is the question:
Describe any volunteer, extracurricular activities, or work experience in which you are or have been involved in the past two years.
this is my response:
I [...]

How does Sustainability relate to NUCLEAR POWER?

I am doing a report on Nuclear power and need to relate it to sustainability…what are you thoughts?
Thanks
According to this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability
"Sustainability, in a general sense, is the capacity to maintain a certain process or state indefinitely. The concept of sustainability applies to all aspects of life on Earth and is commonly defined within ecological, social [...]

is there really a water conservation law in san diego?

My dads telling me I cant wash the car at my own house and that I have to wash it at a carwash place, because there’s a water conservation law. I think hes lying.. is this true ..?
San Diego is going through a rough patch presently. We are facing water shortage problems. The fresh water [...]

Water your lawn in the middle of the day?

I am trying to find information about watering your lawn. I have found information about watering your lawn at night and such. But cannot find anything about how much water your need to water your lawn in the middle of the day and how much water is wasted.
The project that I am working on is [...]

What product/s can I use to help the water in my bathtub drain better?

We live in a rural area and use water from the well. Our waste water goes through a drain field in the front of our property (not a septic system). The draining is slowing down in my bathtub, but not in my son’s. I assume it’s because of my hair, but it’s [...]

Is the warning against nightime watering of lawns an urban myth?

I live in a region of significant rainfall–about 60 to 70 inches a year.
Much of that rain falls in the nighttime.
My lawn seems to tolerate–even thrive–on this nocturnal precipitation.
Is there any difference between rain at night and watering at night?
I see no signs of disease in the grass.
It is hard for me to accomplish much [...]

Water Quality?

hmmm
My water seemed to have turned orangy and brownish…
How do I fix this problem?
Assuming you don’t have peat moss or driftwood in the tank then the most likely cause is a build up of proteins and fats in the water. Odds are very, very slim that it’s free floating brown algae, they almost never [...]

Management plan for creek, pls help?

Assume the role of President of your local catchment care group. You have been granted government funding for the purpose of implementing a management plan for your local stream so that it can operate at maximum health and sustainability. Funding will be allocated over a period of five years. The first instalment of funding will [...]