By Garrett Hess

Global Climate Change

Grazing Reducing Desertification.Dr. Savory, Zimbabwean ecologist

.African grasslands-

.1 billion hectares being burned

.Grass land above ground needs to DECAY prior to next growing season

.If not then shifts to oxygenation which smothers and kills grass

.Increase live stock= reduced desertification=reducing climate change= reduced CO2 let off.

.Holistic management and planned grazing

.Decrease in desertification because soil has nutrients from maneur from herding and herding is wide spread because it is mimicked from nature where the prey-predator relationship is established so “no tragedy of the commons” scenario comes about

Diagrams

How to implement Strategy of Grazing.Government involvement

. New Policies

. Standard Protocol

.Advertisement.Economic Involvement

. Expanding Herding rights and protocol to expand market

. Usage and maintenance new defined vegetation/horticulture= keeping BIODIVERSITY!!

Torres Viña Sol in Catalonia, España

.Houses built under ground with solar panels .Reduced Electrical on central cooling and heating

.Takes up less space

.According to the Idaho Forest Products Commission, a typical 2000 square foot house requires 26,700 board feet. An "average" tree with a 20 inch diameter and 42 linear feet of usable wood generates approximately 260 board feet. Doing the math indicates about 102 trees for that house.

.Pylorisis (thermal-chemical decomposition of organic material at elevated temperatures in absence of oxygen)

.coal is produced (compacted) versus leaf litter rotting and releasing CO2

.1million kilowatz of energy saved

Are Any of These Practices Being Used..?

The Path (Montreal, Canada)

Huge Bus that Can Drive Over Cars

Why is it so good?

.Less Congestion means less CO2 release

.Less people driving cars because of convenience

.Not as much traffic and less gas burned

.Less things to worry about like tires and gas possibly

.Runs on

.Relay charges

.Solar Power

.200,000 TON of carbon emission reduced

.No toxicity

Solar Paneled Roadways.Road ways made up of solar panels

.It is claimed that they can melt ice

.Lessens dependence on fossil fuels

.Cars that can use the electricity to repower cars

.Are equipped with temperate glass coverage (between steel and stainless steal) that can with stand a tractor

.Generates capital and pays for itself/increase in jobs

.Equipped LED light that also change; not only for roads-recreation uses too

.Use recycled goods & 2 cable corridor that runs concurrent with roadway

.One part houses electrical cables(fiber lines, cables lines, high speed internet) & another for storm water and FILTERS and TREATS them

.Came up with by engineers Julie and Scott Brusaw

.Have already built two protocols

.Indiegogo has asked them to join their In Demand program.Petroleum is expensive

Food Transportation. NRDC found that “250,000 tons of global warming gases released were attributable to imports of food products—the equivalent amount of pollution produced by more than 40,000 vehicles on the road or nearly two power plants.”

. “More than 6,000 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides were released into the air— the equivalent of almost 1.5 million vehicles or 263 power plants!”

. “300 tons of sooty particulate matter were released into the air—the equivalent of more than 1.2 million cars or 53 power plants”

. “Approximately 950 cases of asthma, 16,870 missed schools days, 43 hospital admissions, and 37 premature deaths could be attributed to the worsened air quality from food imports, according to freight transport–related projections by the California Air Resources Board.”

Regulatory or Voluntary

.Grazing-voluntary

.Busses-Regulatory

.Underground cities-Regulatory

.Solar Paneled Roadways-Regulatory

.Food Transportation-Voluntary

Changes on Current Global Society

.Grazing-Government funded programs to invest in ranching and vegetation “farming” with protocols. New Policies emplaced. Decreased burnings.

.Busses- Test runs in major cities and properly informing citizens of the standard procedures of driving around busses. New standard DOT procedures.

.Cities-Information seminars to the general public. Advertisements, governmental policy and polings and test runs of sustainable cities

.Solar Panels- Standard test runs that can be tested at the micro level and then eventually at the macro level. Start in towns, so as to make improvements. Test runs are definitely needed prior to full implementation.

.Food- Suggesting why it is good, because giving money to local farmer that add to the local economy. Prices can then be reasonable.

Environmental Injustices

.Grazing and food transportation will most likely have environmental injustices because there is always the worry of agricultural issues with the increase in vegetation and fertilizers. As for local markets the issues of pesticides are as well are an issue that need to be addressed.

Time LineSolar Paneled Roadways:Test runs (3-4 months) Minor Scale protocol Large Scale Cities Test Run Govt. Approval Legislative Interaction (2-3yrs)Food Transportation:Advertisement Local farmer markets Increase Popularity incentives to support local economy

work cited

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7PJd-9VxM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txh_HgXxH80

http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtmlhttp://www.food-hub.org/files/resources/Food%20Miles.pdf

http://grist.org/list/china-is-building-buses-so-enormous-cars-can-drive-under-them/

http://www.broward.org/PollutionPrevention/AirQuality/EducationalPrograms/Pages/ThingsToPreventClimateChange.aspx