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Notes from Sections on
Friday, 12-Nov-2004
- Efficient Use of space (Erika and Anjani)
- Waste management (Alexandra and Olga)
- solar aquatic system- takes out bad things from waste and feeds it to
fish
- what kind of bacteria used
- recycling center
- ship out bad waste
- water treatment
- biomass- decompose organic waste to methane for fuel
- already in Galapagos on a small scale
- Transportation/Fuel (Amanda S.)
- materials for roads eco-nice
- hybrid transportation vehicles (decrease use of fossil fuels)
- road design (turn abouts to lessen pollution)
- gas/oil control
- marine transportation
- Power (Sasha and Thatcher)
- research on current amount of power used and its sources
- solar
- biomass
- wind
- conserve power by changing windows etc. (energy save)
- decrease use of oil
- Regulations(must cooperate with the politics people) (Leanne and Jill)
- on tourists
- controlled by nat'l park
- can only go to certain places on the island
- fisherman
- immigration
- researchers
- economy (retail stores, restaraunts;mini tourists stores)
- evironmental influence:
- keep in animals (in cages)
- little expansion
- control population how
- Education (Jiho and Chen)
- expand current programs
- program for primary school
- classes for adults (fishers)
- to hold more eco-friendly jobs
- or to hurt the environment less
- advertise/PR
- involve natives in changes
- classes for tourists
- education on conservation of water and energy
- on how to best use the fish or the land
- educative the natives on why these ideas and new regulations are good
- Source of clean water (Amanda M.)
- only 1 fresh water lake in the middle of nowhere
- hotels have own desalinization plants
- tourists bring own water
- groundwater
- rainwater collection privately/city-wide
- Materials (Amritha)
- no environmentally unfriendly materials
- regulate building materials
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Email the author at jillar@mit.edu
Last Edited on
Monday, 15-Nov-2004