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Sustainable development --- Sustainable living --- Community development --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- United States --- Economic conditions --- E-books
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Education researchers worldwide face a basic question: Is their purpose to use people to develop knowledge, or use knowledge to develop people This book offers an exploration to this fundamental question by examining what three core disciplines – ecology, economics, and ecumenism – have in common. These disciplines have roots in the ancient Greek notion of the household (oikos). By examining some complementary and competing principles among the disciplines, the book uncovers some commonalities between science, economics and religion, that support a holistic view of ecology or ecological education. The format for the discussion comprises a number of selected academic chapters on each of the topics above as well as a number of other creative media which include drawings figures, prose, poetry and photography which creatively draws connections among the diverse and interdisciplinary concepts and theories presented. In addition, the content of this book has attempted minimize academic jargon to make the ideas more accessible to an audience of academics, teachers and a wider general audience.
Sustainable living. --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Education. --- Education, general. --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Education
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Sustainable living. --- Environmentalism. --- Green movement. --- Ecologism --- Environmental action groups --- Environmental groups --- Environmentalism --- Political ecology --- Sustainable living --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Green movement --- Greenwashing
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Human ecology. --- Applied anthropology. --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:316.334.5U34 --- Sustainable living. --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Ecology --- Ecological engineering --- Human beings --- Human geography --- Nature --- Environment, Human --- Human environment --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: milieuproblematiek --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Social aspects --- Human ecology --- Applied anthropology --- Sustainable living
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In our architectural pursuits, we often seem to be in search of something newer, grander, or more efficient - and this phenomenon is not novel. In the spring of 1910 hundreds of workers labored day and night to demolish the Gillender Building in New York, once the loftiest office tower in the world, in order to make way for a taller skyscraper. The New York Times puzzled over those who would sacrifice the thirteen-year-old structure, "as ruthlessly as though it were some ancient shack." In New York alone, the Gillender joined the original Grand Central Terminal, the Plaza Hotel, the Western Union Building, and the Tower Building on the list of just one generation's razed metropolitan monuments. In the innovative and wide-ranging Obsolescence, Daniel M. Abramson investigates this notion of architectural expendability and the logic by which buildings lose their value and utility. The idea that the new necessarily outperforms and makes superfluous the old, Abramson argues, helps people come to terms with modernity and capitalism's fast-paced change. Obsolescence, then, gives an unsettling experience purpose and meaning. Belief in obsolescence, as Abramson shows, also profoundly affects architectural design. In the 1960s, many architects worldwide accepted the inevitability of obselescence, experimenting with flexible, modular designs, from open-plan schools, offices, labs, and museums to vast megastructural frames and indeterminate building complexes. Some architects went so far as to embrace obsolescence's liberating promise to cast aside convention and habit, envisioning expendable short-life buildings that embodied human choice and freedom. Others, we learn, were horrified by the implications of this ephemerality and waste, and their resistance eventually set the stage for our turn to sustainability the conservation rather than disposal of resources. Abramson's fascinating tour of our idea of obsolescence culminates in an assessment of recent manifestations of sustainability, from adaptive reuse and historic preservation to postmodern and green design, which all struggle to comprehend and manage the changes that challenge us on all sides.
Architecture and technology. --- Product obsolescence. --- Architecture et technologie --- Obsolescence --- Architecture and technology --- Product obsolescence --- architectural history --- Architecture --- Architecture et technologie. --- Obsolescence. --- Aménagement urbain --- Urbanisme --- Histoire de l'architecture --- Rénovation urbaine --- Théorie de l'architecture --- 20e siècle --- architectural history, architecture, innovative, expendability, replacement, modernity, capitalism, competition, change, design, sustainability, brevity, conservation, resources, postmodernism, green living, urban spaces, technology, planning, construction, open floor, structures, buildings, culture studies, temporary, utility, aesthetics.
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We are not free from environmental risks that accompany the development of human societies. Modern economic development has accelerated environmental pollution, caused loss of natural habitats, and modified landscapes. These environmental changes have impacted natural systems: water and heat circulation, nutrient cycling, and biodiversity. These changes in natural systems degrade ecosystem services and subsequently increase environmental risks for humans. Environmental risks, therefore, are not only human health risks by pollution, climatic anomalies, and natural disasters, but also degradation of ecosystem services on which most people are relying for their lives. We cannot entirely eliminate the risks, because it is not possible to attain zero impact on the environment, but we need to find a mechanism that minimizes environmental risks for human sustainably. This is the idea of the interdisciplinary framework of “environmental risk management” theory, which advocates harmony between economic development and environmental conservation. Based on this theory, the Sustainable Living with Environmental Risk (SLER) programme, adopted by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) as one of its strategic programmes, has been training graduate students at the Yokohama National University, Japan, from 2009 to 2013 to become future environmental leaders who will take the initiative in reducing the level of environmental risks and in protecting natural resources in the developing nations of Asia and Africa. This book provides students and teachers of this new academic field with a comprehensive coverage of case studies of environmental risks and their practical management technologies not only in Japan but also in developing nations in Asia and Africa.
Sustainable living. --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Environmental management. --- Sustainable development. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Environmental Management. --- Sustainable Development. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Environmental aspects --- Physical geography. --- Geography --- Earth System Sciences --- Environmental Management --- Sustainable Development --- Environmental Risk Management --- Sustainable Society --- Biodiversity and Environment --- Interdisciplinary Science --- Leadership Education --- Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks (SLER) --- Civil engineering. --- Climate change. --- Environmental sciences. --- Civil Engineering. --- Climate Change Management and Policy. --- Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.
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This book investigates the ways in which these systems can promote public value by encouraging the disclosure and reuse of privately-held data in ways that support collective values such as environmental sustainability. Supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, the authors' research team has been working on one such system, designed to enhance consumers ability to access information about the sustainability of the products that they buy and the supply chains that produce them. Pulled by rapidly developing technology and pushed by budget cuts, politicians and public managers are attempting to find ways to increase the public value of their actions. Policymakers are increasingly acknowledging the potential that lies in publicly disclosing more of the data that they hold, as well as incentivizing individuals and organizations to access, use, and combine it in new ways. Due to technological advances which include smarter phones, better ways to track objects and people as they travel, and more efficient data processing, it is now possible to build systems which use shared, transparent data in creative ways. The book adds to the current conversation among academics and practitioners about how to promote public value through data disclosure, focusing particularly on the roles that governments, businesses and non-profit actors can play in this process, making it of interest to both scholars and policy-makers.
Data mining. --- Social policy. --- Public administration. --- Economics. --- Public Administration. --- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. --- Social Policy. --- Green movement. --- Sustainable living. --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Ecologism --- Environmental action groups --- Environmental groups --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Political ecology --- Sustainable living --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Algorithmic knowledge discovery --- Factual data analysis --- KDD (Information retrieval) --- Knowledge discovery in data --- Knowledge discovery in databases --- Mining, Data --- Database searching --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers
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The working group on Sustainable Consumption and Production, under the Nordic Council of Ministers requested consultants from Gaia to identify and write out best Nordic practice cases of sustainable consumption and production to be shared internationally within the UNEP SCP Clearinghouse. This report is the second part and covers in total 19 examples of two particular themes on: 1) Sustainable Tourism 2) Consumer Information The cases have also been added into the UNEP's 10 Year Frame-work Program (10YFP) information platform, the SCP Clearinghouse. The objective is to enhance international cooperation in order to accelerate a shift towards sustainable consumption and production in developed and developing countries. The SCP Clearinghouse is a web-based information sharing tool, which can be used by different actors as an inspiration for advancing SCP worldwide.
Scandinavia --- Social conditions. --- Sustainable development --- Consumption (Economics) --- Environmental education --- Government purchasing --- Environmental aspects --- United Nations Environment Programme. --- E-books --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Education --- Government procurement --- Procurement, Government --- Public procurement --- Public purchasing --- Purchasing --- United Nations environment programme --- United Nations. Environment programme --- Verenigde Naties. Milieuprogramma --- Sustainable living --- Sustainable tourism --- Europe, Northern --- Sustainable living. --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Green tourism --- Tourism --- Northern Europe
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Renewable Heating and Cooling: Technologies and Applications presents the latest information on the generation of heat for industry and domestic purposes, an area where a significant proportion of total energy is consumed. In Europe, this figure is estimated to be almost 50%, with the majority of heat generated by the consumption of fossil fuels. As there is a pressing need to increase the uptake of renewable heating and cooling (RHC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this book provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview on the topic. Part One introduces key RHC technologies and discusses RHC in the context of global heating and cooling demand, featuring chapters on solar thermal process heat generation, deep geothermal energy, and solar cooling technologies. Part Two explores enabling technologies, special applications, and case studies with detailed coverage of thermal energy storage, hybrid systems, and renewable heating for RHC, along with case studies in China and Sweden. Users will find this book to be an essential resource for lead engineers and engineering consultants working on renewable heating and cooling in engineering companies, as well as academics and R&D professionals in private research institutes who have a particular interest in the subject matter. Includes coverage on biomass, solar thermal, and geothermal renewable heating and cooling technologies Features chapters on solar thermal process heat generation, deep geothermal energy, solar cooling technologies, and special applications Presents case studies with detailed coverage of thermal energy storage, hybrid systems, and renewable heating for RHC Explores enabling technologies and special applications
Renewable energy sources. --- Dwellings --- Solar thermal energy. --- Solar energy. --- Solar heating. --- Sustainable living. --- Heat storage devices. --- Heating and ventilation. --- Air conditioning. --- Heat --- Storage devices, Heat --- Thermal storage devices --- Heating --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Solar heat --- Solar thermal energy --- Solar power --- Force and energy --- Renewable energy sources --- Solar radiation --- Solar thermal conversion --- Solar thermal power systems --- Solar thermal technology --- Thermodynamic conversion of solar energy --- Heat engineering --- Solar energy --- Home air conditioning --- Domestic engineering --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Storage devices --- Ventilation
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The Environment in Anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. From the classics to the most current scholarship, this text connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology, providing readers with a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems. Haenn, Wilk, and Harnish pose the most urgent questions of environmental protection: How are environmental problems mediated by cultural values? What are the environmental effects of urbanization? When do environmentalists' goals and actions conflict with those of indigenous peoples? How can we assess the impact of "environmentally correct" businesses? They also cover the fundamental topics of population growth, large scale development, biodiversity conservation, sustainable environmental management, indigenous groups, consumption, and globalization. This revised edition addresses new topics such as water, toxic waste, neoliberalism, environmental history, environmental activism, and REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), and it situates anthropology in the multi-disciplinary field of environmental research. It also offers readers a guide for developing their own plan for environmental action. This volume offers an introduction to the breadth of ecological and environmental anthropology as well as to its historical trends and current developments. Balancing landmark essays with cutting-edge scholarship, bridging theory and practice, and offering suggestions for further reading and new directions for research, The Environment in Anthropology continues to provide the ideal introduction to a burgeoning field. --! From publisher's description.
Tillämpad antropologi. --- Hållbar livsstil. --- Humanekologi. --- Umweltnutzung --- Umwelt --- Kulturökologie --- Humanökologie --- Ethnologie --- Anthropologie --- Sustainable living. --- Human ecology. --- Applied anthropology. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Human Geography. --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Völkerkunde --- Ethnografie --- Ethnographie --- Kulturwissenschaften --- Sozialwissenschaften --- Volkskunde --- Kulturanthropologie --- Mensch --- Ökologie --- Sozialökologie --- Kulturökologie --- Humanökologie --- Menschenkunde --- Menschenbild --- Anthropologe --- Nutzung --- Development anthropology --- Anthropology
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