Defining human geography -

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Human Geography
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10th February 2020

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Human Geography
Introduction
Sustainability can be defined as the ability to maintain certain conditions. The optimum
conditions of the environment and the world are preferred. Sustainability is the way to go with
some of the current challenges to the environment. With the world growing continuously, the
conventional energy forms are changing into something else as they are becoming extinct with
time. Looking at these forms of energy it is possible to see that they are contributing to other
dangerous effects on the world such as global warming and the greenhouse effect. Innovation is,
therefore, proving to be the real deal to counter these negative effects. The unconventional
energy sources once employed can improve everything quicker and easier. Wastes can be used to
generate heat and electricity through the process termed as energy from waste (EFW) (Adeniran,
Nubi, & Adelopo, 2017). The various suitable technologies are used in these methods to
compress as well as disposal of the wastes. Every time the millions of tons of wastes that are
produced only serve two purposes which are either contributing to the landmass or are shipped to
the third world countries. The environmental impacts are very great from these practices and it
can be seen that the ecosystem is damaged in terms of the wildlife and human beings as their
health are endangered. The new plants that have been developed to treat wastes have designed
better ways of using landfill wastes in generating energy. There are various forms of
technologies that are used to convert wastes into energy and they can be either thermal or non-
thermal. The renewable sources of energy once used has very little impact on the environment.

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Literature review
Place
University students are well aware of their environment. The environmental
consciousness by university students sees them as a champion for sustainability. Generally, a
university is a place where a lot of research works are being conducted. For this purpose, we see
the factors of sustainability and environmental degradation being discussed heavily. University
students are also leading drives to improve on environmental conservation. A positive thing to
note among campus students is that the engagement in natural area stewardship allows activities
that teach students to be mindful of their surroundings (Antonsich, 2010). Such a learning
environment with nature at its beauty best can foster a sense of place and learn among the
students. Scholars have further proven that the engagement of students in the natural area on
campus can contribute positively to the broader sustainability goals. The sustainability goals can
be fostered and implemented much easily in the students’ groups in a campus natural
environment.
Behaviours and place
Campus students have always demonstrated a positive behavior regarding the
environmental setup that they are exposed to. Scholars have proven that a sense of place can
develop due to the environmental exposures. The open stewardship learning allows the students
to interact with the natural environment and get to enjoy experiences such as tree shades. The
clean fresh air from the environment and a serene nature brings about a balance in the view of
the environment (Chatterton, 2010). Hence, students are able to appreciate the natural processes
going around them. The issues to do with sustainability largely depend on behaviors. A bad
behavior while interacting with the environment limits the sustainability efforts. Any discussion