Essays about: "Industrial soil"
Showing result 31 - 35 of 114 essays containing the words Industrial soil.
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31. Motives for Engaging in Alternative Food Networks : A Case Study with Partner Companies to Regionalwert AG
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Modern society’s industrial food system has led to several environmental problems and is compromising the fundamental aspects of agriculture such as fertile soil, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. In addition to this, the food system contributes to economic and social difficulties for actors within the agricultural sector. READ MORE
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32. Farmers perspective’s on the frictions and tractions of regenerative agriculture in Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The notion that the world's food system is in crisis is becoming more common. Such arguments point to a slew of problems, ranging from malnutrition, poverty, and obesity to industrial farming, overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, low food security, environmental destruction, biodiversity depletion, animal health, as well as corporate domination and a lack of resilience. READ MORE
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33. Rooftop plant factories: effects on energy use for heating, cooling and electric lighting
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Within the next thirty years, two thirds of the human population will live in a city. This growing urban population requires a major shift in the way we produce and distribute food, since industrial agriculture practices contribute to climate change, biodiversity losses, pollution of waterways, soil degradation, etc. READ MORE
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34. Come/post : A Playful Contribution to Rehabilitate Soil
University essay from Konstfack/IndustridesignAbstract : In this project I will explore food waste and how we can study and partake in nature’s ecosystem, in our daily lives, using a playful approach. One-third of all food produced in the world is wasted. Our systems encourage consumeristic behaviours and wastefulness, they encourage exponential growth in preference to circularity. READ MORE
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35. Effekten av PCB126 in vitro på tidig embryonalutveckling hos nötkreatur
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : Polyklorerade bifenyler (PCB) är industrikemikalier som började framställas i stora mängder under 1930-talet. Kommersiellt har PCB varit tillgängligt som komplexa kemiska blandningar i bland annat bekämpningsmedel, färg, plaster och olika elektriska komponenter. PCB är en grupp av över 200 dioxin- eller icke dioxinlika klorerade kolväten. READ MORE