Sustainability is the ability to live off of what is given. For example, there are three categories, economic, environmental and social, that can be placed in an imaginary "barrel of sustainability" and they all break down into even more categories that must be kept in mind when making what you are making (that has a global effect). the video above explains how in 2050 we will reach our global capacity limit and how to sustain it with compact land use.
Agroecology and the people who study it basically try to find the best ways to grow plants and produce whilst supporting the surrounding environment, "Eco-friendly". Some of the discovered practices, which are called best practices, are hedgerow, mulch, drip irrigation, crop rotation, cover crop, and interspacing. |
Capay OrganicCapay Organic were one of the field trips we were taken to and one I personally enjoyed.
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Knagg's RanchThis ranch had rice fields and salmon and we got to hunt for crawdads!
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Peterson RanchWe planted trees that will soon become hedgerows!
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