Environmental Science, Technology and Sustainability
Environmental Science, Technology and Sustainability What are You Doing to Help Megan Lade University of Phoenix (Online Campus) Environmental science can be defined in many ways. Whether you discuss physical implications and problems we face today or the methods and technologies created for environmental sustainability, environmental science is a very dynamic field of study that relates to our world and what we are doing to preserve its beauty and resources for future generations. In my mind, the most important aspect of environmental science is education. Knowing what is going on around us and creating ways to effectively live symbiotically with our natural environment (as much as we can) is the answer to preserving our home. Modern technology has put a huge strain on our natural resources and environment, but that is only due to human demand. Due to our constant need for fossil fuels, our emissions destroying our atmosphere are through the roof. Burning gasoline creates carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas linked to global warming on a large scale. According to US Department of Energy, Americans used more than 350 million gallons of gasoline per day, in 2013. To put that into perspective, burning one gallon of gasoline produces more than 19 pounds of carbon dioxide now think about how many miles you drive to and from work in one day and multiply that by the 7 billion people in the world Although technology, as a whole, seems to be tearing apart our environment on a global scale some technology has been created to answer societies need for power and energy while maintaining a very small, if not non-existent, emissions footprint. Harnessing power from the wind is one of the cleanest and most sustainable ways to generate electricity as it produces no toxic pollution or global warming emissions. Wind is also abundant, inexhaustible, and affordable, which makes it a viable and large-scale alternative to fossil fuels (Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy