Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Swiss School

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xErMPMzSVy8
SUMAS
- This video talks about SUMAS, witch stands for Sustainability Management School
-It is located in Switzerland
-Its goal is to educate students to incorporate green programs and apply sustainability to their businesses
-It is the first school that is sustainable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWEaVywlKrY
Sustainable Consumption and Production
-Talks about the global warming causes like factories and waste
-Says that by 2050 we will not be able to live well due to all the waste
-We need to use the ecological products available for us
-The companies are working on making these products better for the consumers to by more ecological products

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAK8Cd4t0WA
An Inconvenient Truth
-It is a movie trailer focusing on the consequences of global warming
- The movie is a documentary about a guy who makes conferences about global warming and the things we can do to help minimize it

http://www.solarimpulse.com/timeline/view/6971#.UZoamDj47zY.gmail
Solar Impulse flight
-They are doing a project that is traveling around the world with a plane that has no fuel, but instead uses solar power
-They said this technology would be the future since it has no need for fossil fuels
-It could be applied to every electronic thing like a car or a and it would be better since it could lower the use of electricity by 50%

http://www.solarimpulse.com/timeline/view/6982#.UZobF0d5O94.gmail
Solar Impulse Arizona State University
-It shows us a speech given in Arizona state university talking about what these people did with their planes
- They are presented and talk about their journey
-They tell the story that they had many failures but at the end they could accomplish their goal

Starbucks and its Sustainable Consumption Practices
http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility

Starbucks, that is a world wide known company, is very aware about the situation of our planet and what it can do to help it become better and not at risk. They build greener stores that use less water and electricity. They have a filtration system that reduces the water waste by 50%.  They also have new materials that are made from recycled fibers, each cup or tray is made from recycled cardboard. In each store they have a recycling system witch separates every material to classify and have a easy recycling collection. To reduce the use of electricity their heaters and systems to cool the stores are all hybrid. Everyday this company thinks and figures out a way to have more ecofriendly systems and practices in their stores. 



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