Services
What are the Ecosystem Services?
Provisional, Cultural, Supporting, and Regulating
Why are Dams Built?
To hold in a body of water for a multitude of reasons, such as water storage, to control flooding, and to generate energy.
Why is the Earth heating up?
C02 Production.
Why should we care about Provisional Services?
It produces food and such, which need to survive.
What was Dr. Seusses "The Lorax" About?
The pollution caused by faceless companies, and the ruin it leaves.
Food, Drink, Fuel, Medicine, etc.
What is the estimated percentage of electricity produced by dams.
At least 28.7% of total U.S. renewable electricity generation and about 6.2% of total U.S. electricity generation.
Why are the Bee's going away?
pesticides, drought, habitat destruction, nutrition deficit, air pollution, global warming and more.
Why should we care about Regulating Services?
We get better air, things such as this.
Simple, its about the fact that faceless companies ultimately destroy the natural resources to keep producing. They don't stop until nothing remains.
What are Regulating Services?
Pollination, improving of Air quality, natural hazards such as floods and tornadoes, etc.
What are the possible positives of Dams?
flood control, human water supply, irrigation, livestock water supply, energy generation, containment of mine tailings, recreation, or pollution control.
How do Pesticides effect the pollinating insects?
The pesticides end up killing the insects that we need for pollination
Why should we care about Supporting Services?
Without this, things such as C02 wouldn't be able to get cycled. Such things are important, and etc.
How we can prevent less waste?
Things such as Recycling more often when needed.
What are Supporting Services?
The cycling of nutrients between animals, the formation of soil, the cycling of water, photosynthesis, etc.
What are the problems with Dams?
Droughts can be produced, and Turbines end up making power that leads to the hydropower going to waste. ETC.
Around how much pollution do we produce?
At least 2 Million
Why should we care about Cultural Services?
Traditions are important to people, and ultimately deeply connected to people, and these services are what unify these people.
What are Cultural Services?
Aesthetics, Ethical Values, Recreation, Traditions based around the ecosystem, etc.
Around how many Dams are there?
There are more than 57,000 large dams worldwide.
Around how many Trash Islands are there?
Why does this matter as a whole?
Does it ultimately matter how much the individual does?
It depends on how you see things, however in the grand scheme of things, if everyone can at least try, then things can ultimately get better.