Tags: sustainability

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  1. PLANT Talking Points: Economic Botany - how we value plants...

    10 Oct 2015 |

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/816Imagine a world where the plants of the planet are harnessed to help its inhabitants find sustainable solutions for some of their most pressing needs...

  2. Environmental Justice and Fresh Water

    24 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Adriana Perez, Jill Schneiderman, Meg Stewart, Joshua Villalobos

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/276This module enables students to identify the freshwater components of the hydrologic cycle and connect them to the basic need of all human beings for equal access to clean freshwater. 

  3. A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making

    24 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Sarah Fortner, Martha Murphy, Hannah Scherer

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/291This module addresses agricultural productivity by providing students with the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands,...

  4. Modeling Crop Rotation with Discrete Mathematics

    11 Mar 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Jennifer Lorraine Cartier, Kellen Myers, Victoria Ferguson, Yekaterina Voskoboynik

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/864Module Summary: The production of crops is essential to human life. Producing these crops, however, comes with it a cost to the environment. The commonly used agricultural...