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Exploring the Field of Environ Engineering: Safeguarding Our Planet for Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Combining principles from various scientific disciplines, it addresses some of the most pressing challenges facing our planet, such as pollution, waste management, and climate change. Environmental engineers work on designing and implementing systems that reduce pollution, manage waste, and protect natural resources.

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Septic system waste pervasive throughout Florida’s Indian River lagoon

Envirotec Magazine

For more than a decade, fertilizer leaching and associated stormwater runoff were thought to be the major drivers of harmful algal blooms in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. This is likely the result of increased infiltration, groundwater flow and stormwater runoff in the wet season.

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Biodigester in Practice: Real World Examples of Biodigesters in Business

Green Business Bureau

A biodigester is a contained system in which feedstock (wastewater, food waste, manure, etc) is consumed by bacteria, breaking the feedstock down into smaller molecules and compounds, and often yielding useful products like semi-treated water and free electrons. What is a Biodigester? How Are Biodigesters Used and By Whom?

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How Sustainability Innovation Is Driving The Green Economy

Green Business Bureau

cities, Replate is a tech-driven nonprofit that combats food waste by connecting food donors and food rescuers together. Food waste is both a social and environmental issue and by finding a way to fully utilize perfectly good food, insecure communities find relief and the environmental repercussions of food waste are avoided.

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Power Plant and Green Roof

Green Roof Technology

Since 1991 the Waste to Energy Power Plant in Stuttgart, Germany utilizes solid "old school" living green technology that the building almost visually disappears from the street level. greenroofs #greenwall #biophylilla #stormwater #greenrooftechnology #greeninfrastructure #greencurtain #optigreen.

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Climate Resilient Schools – SFF2023

Green Technology

Participants will learn about an innovative technical assistance network model that is designed to pair school districts with the technical services they need for green facilities projects such as waste diversion, stormwater management, and EV charging stations. You will be able to watch them in any order.

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Orlando's journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience

GreenBiz

We’ve even been researching creative applications to achieve this goal, such as floating solar farms on stormwater ponds at the Orlando International Airport and other locations throughout the region. No small act of improvement is wasted in this effort, so how much are you willing to contribute to building the future we want?