Senior Project Topics

Food: (This is the topic I choose to focus on with my group for the media project but I'm not sure if i want to choose this topic for whatever we are doing in Environmental Science Class)

* Industrial vs. Organic
-> which foods take less energy to make? ( I want to know the process of making these foods and how much energy is put into it. whether it just takes sunlight and water or different machines and pesticides. I would like to research the differnt ways these food are grown and whether or not they make a significant impact on the environment through the energy it takes to make those certain foods.)

-> what impact on the environment does processing these foods have? ( I think this is a really strong question. I would like to figure out if these foods effect the environment on many different levels. I'm curious to see if one of these processes are better for the environment as well as the economy. Maybe one is better than the other or maybe they both should exist for the environment to be better.)

-> Process of making these foods ( I'd just like to do some general research on the process of making and growing these foods. I want to see which is easier to maintain or which is harder. A lot of questions pop up in my head when thinking about it. Usually when you grab something of the store you wouldn't think about that stuff but I want to go in depth in this topic)

Other Topics/Questions: (These questions/topics are just other things I'd like to research more in depth but I'm just not sure under what general topic the actually fall under because some of them overlap each other.)

-> If the human population keeps growing exponentially, how much food and water would be left in the near future for the people? And how much energy would be put into producing those foods? ( I'd like to figure out the answers to these questions. Theres no doubt that the population is ever growing but how will that impact the food and water supply? Only one percent of the earths water is accisible, so how will we survive. Is there new technologies that can help us with this probelm?)

-> How does all the energy we use effect the climate/atmosphere? ( We use a lot of energy and it does have a significant impact on the environment. Green house gasses, ozone layer, sustainable energies, etc. All these impact the environment and I'd like to go more in depth. )