Egypt's Struggling Economy (FINAL)

Final Video Mashup

Final Sustainability Mashup - Nelson

Final Video

Final Video

Final Video Mashup

Suez Canal Mash-up

Egyptian Mash-Up: Nile River

Egypt Sustainability video Mashup

Take 2 of the worst video ever made. This one has credits!

Egyptian Government's Efforts to Sustain Natural Resources

            The Nile River has served as Egypt’s lifeline for centuries, supplying water to the civilizations that flourished along its banks throughout history. Today, nearly 90 percent of Egypt’s 68 million people live on 5 percent of the land area along the Nile Valley. A rapidly growing population is now posing a daunting challenge for Egypt to boost the productivity and sustainability of its water use. With 70 percent of the poor living in rural areas, boosting water use efficiency could result in substantive increase of on-farm and off-farm income and employment. This is why the Egyptian government was approved an US$120 Million dollar loan. With this loan the Egyptian government will start a project called the Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project, which will aid efforts to  sustain natural resources, both land and water.

The Uncertain Future of the Nile

The Nile has always been a source of life and livelihood for the people that live along its banks.  However, in the 21st Century, “industrial contamination of the river, poor resource management and the raging water politics among all of the Nile’s nations” is causing many to fear the Nile's future. The region seems to be headed for another period of famine and conflict if proactive steps aren't taken quickly. As mighty as the Nile seems, the river’s flow is not enough to satisfy the future water needs of the nations through which it runs. 

The Nile supplies over 95% of Egypt’s total water needs for irrigation, and industrial and economic activities. Therefore, Egypt’s vulnerability increases with any changes in rainfall patterns throughout the Nile Basin or any adverse climate change that impacts water availability in the coastal zones. I chose this area of research because I am curious to learn what Egypt envisions and develop in order to sustain and improve its current conditions and what steps they take to deal with the uncertain future of the Nile. 

Egypts Economical Impact

      While Egypt may not have the best economy in the world, they definitely have one of the biggest impacts on the rest of the world. With the impacts of the Suez Canal and with the use of gas and oil pipelines, Egypt has an enormous effect. With 22% of the worlds container traffic going through the Suez Canal, Egypt is a major trading dock for items moving between Asia and Europe. As crude oil prices soar and availability lessens, Egypt has begun to shuttle natural gas to surrounding countries in addition to still being a major oil exporter. Egypt is a very important middle-man in keeping the world's economy intact.

The Egyptian Struggle for Clean Power Productions

Jacob Leale



           Throughout history every advanced civilization becomes overwhelmed with the sensation of obtaining a source of energy. Energy to feed the forever changing technological advances its civilians use. Light bulbs, for example, take in electricity to produce a form of energy we use for an alternative for sunlight. Cars, are used for transportation, need a form of fuel to power its engine. Fuel is formed by refining oil from its natural state, and energy is used to provide the tools to do so. The now occurring struggle is to not only use a power source to create all these devices and tools, but to create and use a power source which doesn't have a tremendous negative impact on our ecosystems and environment. I have chosen this topic based upon my never ending interest of alternative energy sources and clean production of energy. In Egypt, we can stumble across many fine examples of power productions, such as Hydro-pumps and oil-refineries. The quest is to search for its impact on the ecosystem in the production system's surrounding areas. All we need now are reliable sources.    

   

Nelson Batista: Video Mashup

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Nelson: Focus of Research

The current state of Egyptian technology and how Egypt can put its technology, both past and present, to use in utilizing more renewable sources of energy, such as solar and wind power, to increase its sustainability. I chose this topic because the topic of renewable energy interests me, and when sustainability and technology cross paths, talking about it is almost inevitable.