Environment

The principles of sustainability agenda requires Governments, industry and the public to make efforts to reduce the amount of wastes by: encouraging recycling; reducing wasteful… Read More »Waste

Noise pollution is an increasing source of misery to many people in our society. Noise can be defined as unwanted sound. It is a source… Read More »Noise Pollution

Soil is an integral part of the environment. It is essential for the production of food and other crops, for maintaining biodiversity, for the landscape.… Read More »Soil

Ozone is a form of oxygen. In the stratosphere, around 25 km above the Earth’s surface, there is a layer of ozone that absorbs ultra-violet… Read More »Ozone Depletion

Sustainability requires the balancing of the needs for land for development with the amount of land available. Large populations place significant stresses on available land,… Read More »Land Use

Covering about 70% of the earths surface, the oceans are a highly productive system which continuously recycles chemicals, nutrients and water through the “hydrological cycle”,… Read More »Oceans

Lakes are one of the planet’s most important freshwater resources providing water for domestic, agricultural and industrial uses for much of the world’s population. We… Read More »Freshwater

Although it has often received bad publicity, many people argue that nuclear power has a significant part to play in maintaining a balanced energy policy.… Read More »Radioactivity

In recent years the increasing amount of lighting, including street, security and advertising lighting, has meant that a dark sky has become a rarity, particularly… Read More »Light Pollution