Author Archives: Nicole Heath

Reflective Writing Assignment

When I was looking through potential math classes to take, math of sustainability caught my eye. I am very interested in learning how to live more sustainably and the different ways to combat climate change on an individual/collective level. I … Continue reading

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In the News: Lost Trees Overrated as Environmental Threat

For my final “in the news” blog post I read an article titled, “Lost trees hugely overrated as environmental threat, study finds” which was written by Ohio State University. This article debunks the common myth that deforestation is a relatively … Continue reading

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Ecosystem Services: Why Should We Protect Them?

My topic for my “write and respond” essay is ecosystem services and why they should be protected. I am going to be exploring ecosystem services in terms of energy and quantifying how much energy would be wasted by replacing certain … Continue reading

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In the news: Engineers develop a new way to remove co2 from the air

The article that I chose for my second in the news blog post is titled, “Engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air” by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The article talks about how MIT has developed … Continue reading

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Make an Estimate: GHG emissions

For this week’s make an estimate, I decided to try and figure out how much CO2 would be produced from one cow for an entire year. I first was curious as to how many cows would be killed if a … Continue reading

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In The News: Space Solving the Energy Crisis

In the article, “Space can solve our looming resource crisis – but the space industry itself must be sustainable” by Richard Matthews, he discusses how Australia’s space industry may be able to solve our society’s constant need for more resources … Continue reading

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Make an Estimate:Energy

For my “make an estimate” involving energy, I decided to figure out how many Joules of energy a TV uses in a year. Since this is based on my own personal use, I assumed the TV that I have is … Continue reading

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Make an Estimate: Laundry Loads

I estimated the amount of water used doing laundry per year for myself. Being a college student, I live in an apartment and I use the washers that are provided to me. These washers are very old and I am … Continue reading

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Math Quiz: Nicole Heath

\(x^2+x-20=(x-4)(x+5)\)  \(10.5(1+r)^{30}\) \((6.71\times 10^8)\times (2.3\times 10^{-4})\approx 1.54\times 10^5\) \( \pi L(1-\alpha)R^2=4\pi\sigma T^4R^2\) \(56 \text{ mi} \times \frac{1.61 \text{ km}}{1 \text{ mi}} ≈ 90 \text{ km}\) \[ 56 \text{ mi} \times \frac{ 1.61 \text { km} } {1 \text{ mi} } … Continue reading

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Institutionalizing Sustainability at Penn State

Recently I attended a lecture hosted by the Sustainability Institute that was titled “Institutionalizing Sustainability at PSU”. The main point of this talk was to discuss the ways that we as a community at Penn State can make sustainability more … Continue reading

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