Archives: Artigos

On a Path to Sustainable Oyster Farming and Limestone Substitutes

Oyster reefs are in major decline along both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. This is important because oyster reefs stabilize shorelines, helping to reduce levels of erosion. Around 6.2 billion oysters live in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake bay and even this number is low. Oyster population has been declining from pollution caused by…

Is There a Definitive Way to Conserve our Environment Involving Oysters and Limestone?

Through United Nation Sustainable Development Goals, Goal #12, several students from
two different countries are investigating the connection between oysters and limestone. This goal
promotes responsible production and consumption.

The Rising Issues Involving Limestone and Oysters

Goal 12 of the Sustainable Development Plan is “responsible consumption and
production.” It is important to regulate the resources we consume to ensure that we are able to
keep the environment healthy.

Agualva-Cacém: A “cidade-dormitório”

Agualva-Cacém: A “cidade-dormitório”

Nas “cidades dormitório” as atividades existentes não são suficientes para empregar e fixar a sua população ativa, o que leva a maioria dos moradores a deslocarem-se diariamente para a capital, ou para outra cidade mais populosa de forma a que aí possam exercer a sua profissão (movimentos pendulares).