EVR1009
Sustainability
- Compare the Corporate Social Responsibility Plans and Sustainability Initiatives of two Corporations traded on a major a stock exchange (London, Tokyo, NY etc.)
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Conflict Minerals
- Sustainable Siliviculture
- Sustainable City Plan
- EMERGY (See Center for Environmental Policy)
Pollution Problems
- Plastic Ocean
- Ocean Acidification
- Emerging Pollutants of Concern (Sources, effects, solutions)
- Acid Mine Drainage (causes, effects, solutions)
Human Health
- Endocrine Disrupters and Developed Countries
- Indoor Air Quality
- Air Quality, Monitoring & Control in ________________ (Major City)
Ecology
- Extinctions in the developing world (Causes, Effects, Solutions)
- Deforestaion in the developing world (Causes, Effects, Solutions)
- Wetland System & their Biology
- Biodiversity decline
Eco Business & Regulation
- Carbon Taxes (Concepts/Markets/Efficacy)
- Alternative Power Systems (Technology/Costs/Regulatory issues)
- Ecotourism
- Electronics Recycling
- Alternative Materials as Feedstock
- Solid Waste Recycling
Pollution Abatement Technologies
- Municipal Water Treatment
- Municipal Wastewater Treatment
- Industrial Air Pollution Control
- Petroleum Contaminated Land Reclamation and Clean up
Specific Pollutants in Atmosphere Sources, Sinks & Effects
- Ozone
- Sulfur Oxides
- Nitrogen Oxides
- Mercury
- Particulate Matter
- Methane
- Hydrogen Sulfide and Related compounds
Solid & Hazardous Waste Management
- Recycling
- Heavy Organics Collection
- Composting
- SUPERFUND
Environmental Disasters Case Studies
- Flint, Michigan Water Supply
- Deepwater Horizon
- Love Canal
- Bhopal
- TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant
- Donora Smog 1948 & Great London Smog 1952