Final Assignment (Ryan May)

Before entering APES I knew there was a limited supply of useable water, but what I was not aware of was the waste water that we dump back into our water supply. This is waste water being disposed off by dumping it into fresh water, thus polluting useable water.We can not survive without water and we are clearly not using the water sustainably. It amazes me that roughly .07% of frwesh water is available to us as humans and this is how we decide to use it. With technology we should be able to use water more sustainably then we do, but instead we decide to waste our limited supply and wait til the last minute to find a solution. Much like the lack of fossil fuels and the depletion of the ozone.





Malnutrition is something that has never crossed my mind until APES. Not because I dont care, but because I live in the U.S where obesity is the problem. It is very sad to think of all the food we consume and waste each day, when kids all over the world are suffering from malnutrition diseases such as marasmus and kwashiorkor. We have the luxury to actually waste food while children and adults all over the globe suffer.

APES has literally convinced me to have 2.1 kids, even though thats impossibl, but I would only have 2 kids. We are growing exponentially and there is already enough stress on earth and its limited resources. If everyone had only 2 children then we would replace ourselves when we die and prevent growth. This would allow us to sustain the earth and its resources.

Ryan May

Kamchatka Salmon

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a vast blade of land stabbing southwestward through cold seas from the mainland of northeastern Russia. The area of Kamchatka is consisting of many wild habitats, and also is home to 350, 000 people. The people here are over fishing the beautiful rivers that are in Kamchatka. The rivers in Kamchatka are are where at least 20% of all wild salmon come to spawn. The salmon are so vital to this area though, its a matter of sustainability. The salmon are being over fished, but the people need economic growth and food. The people are so reliablke on the salmon, there modo is this "Kamchatka was created by nature as if for the very reproduction of salmon." The saying is right, the area is perfect conditions for salmon to breed. Permafrost is almost absent, rain is plentiful, drainage is good and steady, and because of Kamchatka's isolation from mainland river systems, its streams are empty to other fish except the salmon and a few other fish breeds. But, the fish are being over huntyed, the post soviet economy left kamchatka with no choice except to use the salmon to stay alive. The salmon have a rough journey after being born, the have to survive and make there way to the ocean and circulate until its time to return to the river and reproduce, and every year the number that returns gets smaller and smaller and in return the number of offspring grows smaller and smaller. and with the same amount of fisheries the salmon will all be gone soon. Some thing needs to be done to relieve the people of Kamchatka, and the salmon. Without the salmon the whole economy of Kamchatka would fall apart, along with the river system itself. Thats how vital the salmon is to the the people and habitat of kamchatka.

Ryan May