Engineering and the Environment Flashcards
What is the difference between an Environmental Engineer and Environmentalist?
An Environmental Engineer tries to minimize the impact of
pollution or prevents it (if possible
An Environmentalist has a passion to protect the
environment
reasons why Big Technologies for Developing Nations fail
Expensive
Required Skilled Labour
Large social organization (Trust/Responsibility vs Corruption)
Import Materials Externally
Of the 41.8 tonnes of e-waste, what percentage is recycled?
Less than 10%
What did the population scientist Dr. Paul Ehrlich, of Stanford University, predict for the 1970’s and 1980’s
tens of millions of starving people
An ecological footprint is a
the impact of a community expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
In `Engineering and the Environment’, the solution suggested for global warming was
immediate clear-cutting of all rain forests
Hormesis may be defined as
the strengthening of the metabolism as a result of exposure to low levels of toxins
In 2015, the carbon dioxide concentration reached a high of
400 ppm
The three elements of the triple top line are
Ecology, equity, and economy.
the ecosystem that best prevents global warming is
the peat bog.
what mineral is not a a conflict mineral?
Copper
EWB stands for
Engineers Without Borders.
