Standards Could Have Saved Easter Island
Ancient Easter Island has been seen as a tragic historical folly, with the Rapa Nui people causing the complete desolation of their small ecosphere at…
Water Ballast Tank Specifications for Ships
Sea ships allow widespread trade and travel that would never been possible without them. Among the ship’s components, the ballast keeps it afloat. Ballast systems…
Tragedy of the Commons
Environmental problems derive from many different sources, but effective environmental sustainability is ultimately dependent on mentality and ideology. If people do not view something as…
Composting Standards
Recycling is one of the better solutions to curbing the amount of waste left in landfills, since it allows for the reuse of the artificial…
ISO 14000 Collection 2: Comprehensive Environmental Management Systems Collection
Standardization can help to increase efficiency of products and services while protecting the people that interact with them. They are also needed to protect nature….
Guide for Addressing Environmental Issues in Product Standards (ISO GUIDE 64:2008)
Natural climatic shift has driven the Earth through many geological epochs. It has often been accepted that we are in the Holocene (meaning “entirely recent”),…
ANSI GELPP 0001-2002: Livestock Operations Conditions
In the middle of the 20th Century, there was a “Green Revolution”. During this time, due to scientific accomplishments, the overall crop yield increased greatly,…