The Final Assignment

After taking APES, I believe sustainability is defined by living a lifestyle that protects and helps the environment, and makes the world better for generations to come. One major problem preventing us from living sustainably is sewage disposal which is a cause of water pollution. It is a big problem in developing countries because most of the people in these area live unsanitary because they do not have access to clean water. Some conflicts from this sewage disposal is that in these areas it can contaminate the environment and can cause the disease, diarrhoea. Ways we are trying to clean up this problem is by treating it in water treatment plants. Another problem dealing with water is eutrophication, which deals with the enrichment of nutrients in the environment. The main problem with this is that it can cause algae blooms in habitats, with marine creatures, like lakes. The bad thing is that the algae blooms uses all the oxygen leaving low dissolved oxygen, which does not leave much for the marine creatures. This causes death in the lakes, mostly organisms such as fish.


3 Pictures

This picture represents this course because it basically shows what we were taught, which was that we, as humans, control the fate of environment. It symbolizes that we have the environment in our hands, and we have to make decisions like living sustainable to make the world the best place to live for everyone. We have to protect the environment and organisms, and as humans we are the last hope for a safe and clean world.

This picture is of acid rain which is also considered acid deposition. Acid rain is formed from acidic pollutents in the atmosphere and have highly destructive results. It is one of the most important and destructive problems in the environment, and gets worse because it is invisible. As you see in the picture, the acid rain can not be seen because they are invisible gases that usaully come from coal-burning power plants.

This picture shows a big problem in the deforestation problem, which is rain forest destruction. Rain forests are being quickly destroyed and cut down at a fast rate. There are many rain forests that recieve public attetion, from forests in Amazon to Venezuela. The world's population growth is a primary cause of rain forste destruction. This is because more people need land to live and wood from the trees for products.