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Environmental Science

Learning journal unit 4


What kinds of labels are listed here? Why?
The labels that are listed here are those that are awarded to various companies that strive to
protect the biodiversity by ensuring that the products that are consumed are friendly to the
ecosystem. They also help to make the consumer aware of the products that are ecofriendly.
They also help to balance between the rate of consumption of natural products and the
production rate so that there is no depletion. Some of these labels includes: Marine Stewardship
Council (MSC). This one helps to control the natural fisheries. It ensures that all sea foods come
from certified fisheries. It also helps to maintain the balance of fishing and the fishing population
(Cho, 2011).
Fair Trade Certified. This one helps workers and farmers to have fair deals in the production of
their products. It also aims at protecting the ecosystem by ensuring sustainable and organic
farming of products.
How do your consumer (buying) choices affect biodiversity?
Consumer buying choice is the determining factor on how biodiversity is affected. The rate of
consumption of certain products determines the rate of availing these products in the market. If
the consumption is high it means the market will strive to make sure more of theses products are
available in the market of which it affects biodiversity. On that end, the consumers have to
balance between the products they are consuming so that there is a balance in the production.
This will prevent the depletion of one product and protects the global biodiversity. For example,
in my country people will prefer to buy green groceries in the market rather than planting their
own. This leads to depletion of the small portion that is grown to the point that there is nothing
left. The consumers have to wait for a certain time for others to be produced. They could solve
these problems by planting their own in the kitchen garden with the mind of protecting
biodiversity.
Pick one of these methods that you feel would be usable in YOUR city/village/town. How?
Explain.
There are several methods that can be very useful in my city. The first example is the fair trade
certified. In my city not all farmers are treated fairly in the market. You may find that there is
just a certain group of farmers whose products are always find in the market and that always
affects the quality of production because these farmers knows whether the product is good or bad
it will be accepted in the market. On the other hand, there are other farmers whose products are
only consumed locally without reaching the bigger market. So, Fair Trade certified could help to
balance these differences.
One or two sentences or your own personal reflection on something you learned this week.
This week learning was very intriguing and motivational. I have learnt about nitrogen cycles and
the negative effects of some activities that disrupt these cycles. It was interesting to know the
intensive part of nitrogen and its importance to the environment and people as well. It was also
good to learn about various companies across the world that have ben put in place to balance the
ecosystem.
How is the class going so far for you?
It is so interesting that I have come to learn so many things about the environment that I didn’t
know. I am always happy to learn more and that what keep me going with this unit.

References
Ecology for the Masses. (2019). Supermarket Science: How Consumer Choices Could Affect
Ocean Biodiversity. [online] Available at:
https://ecologyforthemasses.com/2019/07/11/supermarket-science-how-consumer-choices-could-
affect-ocean-biodiversity/.
‌Cho, R. (2011). What You Can Do to Protect Biodiversity. [online] State of the Planet.
Available at: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2011/04/30/what-you-can-do-to-protect-
biodiversity/.

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