In most of the African countries, agriculture is synonym of subsistence farming. Agriculture provides the mainstay of the economy, employing most of the active population. There is no econom... Read more

Sustainable development means building our communities so that we can all live comfortably without consuming all of our resources. We make an impact on our environment through how we live ou... Read more

Natural disasters are often frightening and difficult for us to understand, because we have no control over when and where they happen. What we can control is how prepared we are as communit... Read more

In the past decade, it has been called everything from the “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind” to the “greatest challenge to face man”. There have been conventions, coalitions, and c... Read more

There was a time when people thought of the environment, they thought of its beauty; but now as the natural beauty of the earth that disappears, many people around the world have awoken to t... Read more

Much less than one percent of the Earth’s water is available for human use. This still represents a huge amount of water. This water is not distributed evenly over the planet. Areas th... Read more

People use many of the Earth’s natural resources. All of the products we use have a natural resource base. Minerals, forest products, water, and soil are just a few of the natural reso... Read more

Life on Earth is possible because energy flows one way through ecosystems, while matter cycles endlessly. Water and elements, such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur are examples o... Read more

Acid precipitation has been an important environmental topic for many years. What is acid precipitation? Acids are an important group of chemicals. All acids contain chemicals that are combi... Read more

 Scientists have shown that the Earth’s average temperature has risen slightly in the last few decades. But, not all scientists agree on what changes this will bring in Earth’s c... Read more