Last APES blog!

Burning Trash- it does reduce the land needed for landfills, breaks down far more waste faster, and usually doesn't contaminate groundwater, but... leads to air pollution, releases dioxins from burning plastics, and encourages waste generation

http://theconversation.com/garbage-in-garbage-out-incinerating-trash-is-not-an-effective-way-to-protect-the-climate-or-reduce-waste-84182

3-2-1 response on your blog as always (and for the last time)

Blog due 4/17

What is precision agriculture? It's already here!

Watch (>4 minutes) https://youtu.be/581Kx8wzTMc

Then read
https://www.edf.org/ecosystems/sustainable-agriculture/precision-agriculture

3-2-1 response

Blog due 4/10

Land use for food

Pick one of the TED talks below and write your 3-2-1 response over it

Livestock and land use
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_foley_the_other_inconvenient_truth

GMOs and land use
https://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_ronald_the_case_for_engineering_our_food

Aquaculture (off land use)
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_greenberg_the_four_fish_we_re_overeating_and_what_to_eat_instead

blog due 4/3

Diet and Climate Change

Read https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/commission-report-great-food-transformation-plant-diet-climate-change/

optional fact sheet to check out: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-04/documents/9509_fastfacts_20180410v2_508.pdf

3-2-1 response as always