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Matthew Freitas

How Food is Driving-and is Driven by-Climate Change - 0 views

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    This article discusses how climate change could affect the major food crops of the world. It also talks about how food drives up the rate of green house gases. From production to transportation and refrigeration-emits up to a third of human-generated greenhouse gases. The purpose of the article is to get people to search for a more sustainable food industry.
Nick Lombardo

Why Sustainability Needs a Rally Cry from the Sports Industry - 1 views

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    This article intruoduces some of the strides taken by some professsional sports franchises and their stadiums/arenas to make the world a better place. For example, "The National Hockey League sends unused food at arenas to local soup kitchens, keeping 105 tons of food out of landfills."
Matthew Freitas

Season Has Changed, but the Drought Endures - 0 views

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    This article explains how right now more than 62% of the United states is in a drought and how it will hurt our agricultural economy. Raised food prices, dried out wells, and wild fires will be a direct result of the drought. The drought however is pushing Scientist and meteorologist to find more sustainable ways to farm and ways to prevent droughts like this in the future.
Matthew Freitas

Increasing Urban Populations - 0 views

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    The article explains how from now to 2050 the population is expected to grow by 2.6 Billion. Developing countries will have a the hardest time with this. It talks about developing countries already have problems providing food, water, and other essentials to the citizens. The growth in people will lead to increasing slums, more health problems, and many other things.
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