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Nt1330 Week 1 Learning Journal

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Hello, Florita Best greetings to you. This week learning journal in the following for your kind review please. Thank you very much for your time and guidance! Requirement: 1. Choose one of the main water systems you have learned about that is also in your country (do you have a lake, river, coast, or coral reefs in your country?) In my country, two prominent rivers were described as Mother Rivers, Yangtze river (Chang jiang) and Huang river, they not only cut through the nation from the east to the west, but also play an important role in serving as a renewable energy option that continue to be put to good use. For example, Peter Gleick (2013) indicates, "On the Yangtze river alone, there are an estimated 50,000 dams including the largest in …show more content…

In your own words, please describe one way you think those problems could perhaps be reduced or alleviated? In addition, one way I think those problems could perhaps be reduced or alleviated is to lift Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculation, for me, human nature is ferociously competitive, by means of pursuing GDP growth, many developing counties find a stalking horse for exploitation of the surrounding resources, in my mind, economic benefits accruing to the country from its river system could never be an excuse for any governments or societies. 5. Please outline in your own words, one other new thing you learned this week in the course. How does it apply to your life? Owing to this week study, I learn the difference between water quality and water quantity, whereas tackle water pollution is a matter of utmost urgency. Like other communities, people in my country continues to trivialize the world's top environmental problem, sparse drinkable water. Hence, I want to make hay while I could, share the knowledge about water supply with my fellow peers, family members, friends, let more and more people aware of the potential water problems and then take necessary precaution to save our only planet.

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