SUSTAIN 2S03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anthropocene, Container Deposit Legislation In The United States, Environmental Policy
2 Aug 2018
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Lecture 5 (cid:120) every day, our world goes through ~1 million years of plant productivity . A lot of people don"t have interest in climate change, so they aren"t motivated to act upon it. National geographic series: putting one person"s lifetime of stuff in one spot. You understand your product and have an emotional connection with the pieces when you know where you got it from. Try to get mcmaster to turn off their lights at night or have a 30 second timer for all lights, except for lecture halls. Smaller companies are larger consumers, since they aren"t as educated and they have fewer regulations that they need to follow. Meat farms consume much more in terms of emissions than other farms. Cars not only have an environmental impact from use, but also from manufacturing them. Companies often fail because materials don"t actually work the way they are supposed to. Taxation might cause increase in prices of products or out-sourcing.
