Notes on the 5 videos
- SUMAS is the only university in Europe which offers both management and sustainability.
- They aim to have a brighter future.
- Companies are destroying the environment.
- Many people are trying to be sustainable but it is becoming harder because of increasing consumption.
- Solar aviation is possible.
- We can reduce by as much as half our energy consumption.
- The oceans can rise 20 ft worldwide if the ice melts.
- We have to change our forms of energy.
- By 2050 the polar ice will melt if we continue like this.
- The solar plane has an average speed of 70 miles per hour.
- We can change transportation.
- We can change how things are made.
- We can use sustainable forms of energy for everything.
- People are becoming more and more aware about this problem.
- Some companies are becoming more sustainable.
- You could help the earth by choosing carefully the products you use.
- Today it is cheaper to keep contaminating than changing to sustainable but on the long run it is worth it.
How Starbucks helps with sustainability:
- They recycle their paper cups
- They are building greener stors to help reduce water and energy consumption
- Separate waste into 3 to help reduce their footprint
- Have front store trash cans to reduce their footprints
- They use renewable energy
- Pushing to reduce energy use by 25% by 2015
- Pushing to reduce by 25% water use by 2015
- Their stores are LEED Certified stores
- They are introducing reusable cup
- They are trying to use a Design-Collection-Infrastructure plan to recycle more
- They are reducing greenhouse gas emissions to not contribute to global warming
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