Essays about: "My Summer"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 88 essays containing the words My Summer.
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1. On becoming an organic farmer2.14.0.0 : An autoethnographic reflection2.14.0.0
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : This thesis explores how the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) network may constitute a form of sustainable tourism on the Baltic Island of Gotland, Sweden. To do this, I narrate my own personal journey as a WWOOF volunteer trying to find my way as an organic farmer, in an autoethnographic account of my experience at Tjeldervik Gård during the spring and summer of 2023. READ MORE
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2. Estetiska värden hos gröna tak
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Grönblå infrastruktur och naturbaserade lösningar i staden blir allt viktigare med de klimatförändringar som pågår. I den urbana miljön kan gröna tak bidra med viktiga ekosystemtjänster för att t ex fördröja dagvattenavrinningen från tak, dämpa buller nära bygganden, rena luft, öka biologisk mångfald samt förbättra kulturella och estetiska värden. READ MORE
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3. Granbarkborreangrepp i och kring naturreservat : hur påverkar åtgärder?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : Granbarkborren (Ips typographus) orsakar en stor skada i dom svenska skogarna. Från dom senaste 120 åren finns data som visar många av dom större granbarkborreangreppens påverkan. Inget utbrott finns registrerat som går att jämföra med det utbrott som startade efter den rekordvarma sommaren 2018. READ MORE
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4. Controls over stream temperature in a northern boreal landscape
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapAbstract : With widespread increases in air temperature, it is expected that the temperature of aquatic ecosystems will also increase, especially at high latitudes. Warmer streams and rivers could have severe, direct impacts on cold-adapted aquatic fauna but may also indirectly influence species by reducing the amount of suitable habitat. READ MORE
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5. “It was a free and healthy job” : timber floating on the river Ångermanälven in the 20th century
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : The exploitation of northern Sweden's forests began in about the 1830s and continued expanding northwards over the following decades. A key factor that enabling the exploitation of these forests was the natural infrastructure, such as the network of rivers, creeks and flooding during the summer, which made it possible to float timber from the forests to the sawmills on the coast. READ MORE
