Earthzine announces its second global essay and blogging competition for college and university students. The contest will award $1200 in prizes with $500 for first place. More details are linked here.
This preliminary announcement introduces Earthzine’s second global essay and blogging competition for college and university students. More detail is linked here and will become available in the next few months.
The 2009 Student Essay Competition Sustainability through Earth Observation and Engineering is pleased to announce the winners:
First Place $500 to David Tshimba, Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda for
ÛÏBy Trying to Solve a Problem, Human Beings Have Now Created a New IssueÛ
Second Place $250 to Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh, Institute of Advanced Management and Technology, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa for
Third Place $150 to Benjamin-Axel Mugema, Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda for
David Tshimba of Uganda Martyrs University takes a critical look at sustainability in modern society and how the Green Revolution has altered humans’ impacts on the environment in light of the interrelatedness of the slew of environmental issues facing humanity.
In their submission to Earthzine’s 2009 Student Essay Competition, Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh of Sierra Leone’s Institute of Advanced Management and Technology discusses the negative environmental effects of traditional slash-and-burn agriculture and presents alternatives aim to reduce human’s impact on the environment.
In his contest essay, Benjamin-Axel Mugema of Uganda’s Martyrs University explores humankind’s negative impact on the environment since the Industrial Revolution and how sustainability can lighten our toll on the natural environment while simultaneously improving life for people around the world.
In their second Earthzine 2009 Student Essay Contest submission, Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh tackles the issue of population growth and food production by proposing seawater agriculture – producing edible food using saltwater – as a means of augmenting the current food supply.
Abhinav Kumar Shukla, from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology in Kerala, examines resource use and technological advances in modern society and explains the crucial need for a new paradigm in engineering – the paradigm of sustainability.
In their submission to Earthzine’s 2009 Student Essay Competition, Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh of Sierra Leone’s Institute of Advanced Management and Technology discusses the negative environmental effects of traditional slash-and-burn agriculture and presents alternatives aim to reduce human’s impact on the environment.
