9^th Environmental Science and Pollution Control Congress October 12-13, 2020 London, UK

Biography:

Benjamin Anabaraonye is the CEO of the BENJY POETRY AND MUSIC GLOBAL CONCEPTS, a company based in Nigeria whose goal is to spread joy and beauty to the community through inspirational poetry and music. He is an educator, researcher, author, poet, gifted blogger and the Director of the Project Green Initiative which exists to educate communities and institutions on climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation. In January 2016, he received the Green Champion Award from the United States Department of States for facilitating Understanding Climate Change. He has received trainings from United Nations Institute of Training and Research on human health and climate change. He also has a certification from Oxford University, Uk in the field Health and climate change. He has presented papers on climate change education, mitigation and adaptation at notable academic conferences in Nigeria. His abstracts and papers have been featured in International journals. Feel free to visit our educational blog: www.projectgreeninitiative.wordpress.com for our articles and poems on climate change adaptation and mitigation for global sustainability.

Abstract:

Poetry has always been associated with intensity of emotions expressed in literary form with a sense of rhythm and beauty. This study identifies poetry as a valuable tool which can be used in green entrepreneurship for sustainability and environmental safety in Africa. It also identifies poetry as a valuable tool which can be used in climate change education across various communities, cities, and countries in Africa. Climate change is one of the global issues which we must of necessity tackle with urgency in order to prevent a global warming too unbearable for the survival of mankind. The objective of this paper is to highlight the health, economic and psychological benefits of poetry on individuals, communities and institutions in Africa and beyond. It further highlights how poetry can be used innovatively in climate change education in Africa to achieve the sustainable development goals. Through literature and participant observation, it has been discovered there is an urgent need to educate our communities and institutions about the impacts of climate change and ways to adapt and mitigate for global sustainability. This paper is therefore very significant as it explores new opportunities, practices and policies in the innovative  use of poetry for climate change education and enhancing sustainability and environmental safety in Africa.
 

Biography:

Dilhani de Silva has recently completed her PhD from Staffordshire University, MSc study from the University of Wolverhampton. During her PhD, she studied the volatile organic compounds remediation by indoor plant species by employing techniques in Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry and Bioinformatics. During her MSc research, she studied biofilm formation and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella typhimurium on food processing surfaces. Currently, she works as an independent researcher in the field of air pollution. She has more than 10 conference publications in national and international conferences.

Abstract:

A wide range of volatile organic compounds (VOC) are released from building materials, household products and human activities. These have the potential to reduce indoor air quality (IAQ), poor IAQ remains a serious threat to human health. Whilst the ability of the single plant species to remove VOC from the air through a process called phytoremediation is widely recognised, little evidence is available for the value of mixed plant species (i.e. plant communities) in this respect. The work reported herein explored the potential of plant communities to remove the three most dominant VOCs: benzene, toluene and m-xylene (BTX) from indoor air. During phytoremediation, bacteria in the root zone (rhizosphere) of plants are considered the principal site contributing to the VOC reduction. This project explored BTX degrading bacteria in the rhizosphere through culture-dependent and independent approaches. 

Some bacteria in the rhizosphere utilised gaseous BTX as their sole carbon and energy sources were isolated on minimal salt agar. The majority of isolated bacteria were Gram-positive and belonged to the phylum Actinobacteria. Most of the identified bacteria belonged to the genera Microbacterium, Rhodococcus, Arthrobacter and Pseudomonas. In considering the impact of BTX upon the hizosphere microbiome, it was shown that overall there were little compositional and functional changes following exposure to 10 ppm gaseous benzene. Findings from this work enhanced our understanding of the benefit of indoor plants in relation to VOC remediation and the consequent improvement of phytoremediation systems for the protection of public health.

Biography:

Faculty of Nature, Life and the Earth Sciences, Akli Mohand Oulhadj University, Bouira, Algeria

Abstract:

        In this work we have tried to valorize by biotechnological means a sub-product of olive cultivation; olive pomace from the oil mill of Bejaia (Sidi Aiche) using it as fermentation substrate  in the production of an entomopthogenic fungal biomass. A physico-chemical and microbiological characterization was conducted on this olive residue.

   The results of the olive pomace physicochemical analysis   show fairly variable rates, which are estimated at 91%, 5.4% and 1.54% respectively for dry matter, ashes and soluble sugars. Low cellulose content was recorded in the order of 18%. With a slightly acid pH= hydrogen potential (6.02), the pomace will provide a medium for the development of fungal strains.

   Conducting the solid-state fermentation of B.bassiana on the olive-pomace substrate matrix as energy and carbon sources, in order to produce a biomass of Beauveria bassiana, yielded encouraging results (biomass production of 1.2 x 10⁸ spores / ml), accompanied by a variation in pH and degradation rates of the appropriate cellulosic compounds and soluble sugars.