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Author : Tammy Kohl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615111391
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)
Download or read book A Common Sense Approach to Sustainability written by Tammy Kohl and published by . This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John E. Ikerd
Publisher : Kumarian Press
ISBN 13 : 1565492064
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Capitalism written by John E. Ikerd and published by Kumarian Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Addresses the philosophical and scientific roots of sustainability * Examines neglected ethical and moral aspects of capitalist economic theory * Advocates a new sustainable paradigm for all living organizations, businesses, economics, and societies Over the past half-century, capitalist economics has deviated from its original social purpose into an amoral quest for economic growth at any cost. A relentless pursuit of profits and the "bottom line" poses a constant threat to the earth and the life upon it. Ikerd, who spent the first half of his thirty-year academic career as a traditional free-market, neoclassical economist, came to see the inherently extractive and exploitative nature of his own field and began to develop an alternative vision for capitalism, which he lays out in this book. In order to foster a new economics of sustainability, social and ethical values must be reintegrated into capitalist economics, thus restoring a sense of balance into the economic system that ensures that communities the world over will thrive. Rather than calling for the overthrow of capitalism, Ikerd suggests how capitalism can become a vehicle for these ends. Both a penetrating critique of capitalism and an exploration of its vast and untapped potential for maximizing human welfare, Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Common Senseis written for those concerned with the future of our planet and the continued viability of global capitalism.
Author : Hans W. Morsbach
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1931498210
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (314 download)
Download or read book Common Sense Forestry written by Hans W. Morsbach and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common Sense Forestry relates thirty years' experience of an environmentally conscious woodland owner. Much of the book is devoted to starting a forest and how to maintain it. It answers such questions as: What seedlings to buy? Should your forest be monoculture or a mixed forest? What is the payback for planting and maintaining a forest? Is seeding a good way to start a forest? What kind of seeds work best? Does it pay to hire a consultant? What should he/she do for you? Does it pay to do much maintenance in your forest? How should I prune? Is timberland improvement worthwhile? How, when and whether to thin? How to herbicide and when? Can the damage done to nature by chemicals be justified by the benefits to your seedlings? What are the economics of woodland ownership? The success and history of German forestry methods is discussed and suggests what can be learned from these age-old practices. It will tell you how to file your income taxes, what equipment to buy, what works--and does not work--and why. It also provides guidance on how to deal with state and federal programs. Although intended for private woodland owners, the book is used as a classroom text in universities. The book is more practical than technical, yet still imparts knowledge of basic forestry, explaining terms such as succession and shade tolerance and how to apply these concepts in practice. Even sophisticated concepts are covered in plain, non-technical terms. Hans Morsbach, the author, believes that forestry is an art more than a science. Competent foresters may apply different methods of managing their forests and achieve comparable results. Still, it is important to be guided by natural forest principles. Doing nothing may sometimes be a better course of action than doing too much. The book suggests ways to gauge your involvement with your woodland to time available and your personal preference. It is most important that you enjoy your forest.
Author : Steve Krug
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0321648781
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (216 download)
Download or read book Don't Make Me Think written by Steve Krug and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design. Three New Chapters! Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites Web Accessibility, CSS, and you -- Making sites usable and accessible Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims "I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book. In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards
Author : Joseph L. Bast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781568330570
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Eco-Sanity written by Joseph L. Bast and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback--an easy-to-read primer of environmental dangers and the best way to address them.
Author : Mike Rosenberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137501758
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book Strategy and Sustainability written by Mike Rosenberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business and environmental sustainability are not natural bedfellows. Business is about making money; sustainability is about protecting the planet. Business is measured in months and quarters; sustainability often requires significant short term costs to secure a sometimes uncertain long-term benefit. To some activists, all executives are exploitative, selfish “1 percenters”. To some executives, all activists are irresponsible, unyielding extremists. And yet engaging with the issue isn’t optional – all businesses must have a strategy to deal with sustainability and, like any strategy, this involves making choices. Strategy and Sustainability encourages its readers to filter out the noise and make those choices in a hard-nosed and clear-eyed way. Rosenberg’s nuanced and fact-based point of view recognizes the complexity of the issues at hand and the strategic choices businesses must make. He blends the work of some of the leading academic thinkers in the field with practical examples from a variety of business sectors and geographies and offers a framework with which Senior Management might engage with the topic, not (just) to save the planet but to fulfil their short, medium, and long-term responsibilities to shareholders and other stakeholders.“/p>
Author : Mark Kauffman
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1449668631
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (496 download)
Download or read book The History and Physical Examination Workbook: A Common Sense Approach written by Mark Kauffman and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2006-07-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a typical office visit, a provider has approximately fifteen minutes to interview, examine, diagnose, and appropriately treat each patient. The History and Physical Examination Workbook: A Common Sense Approach, is a must-have resource for developing these skills. Providing clinical practice in the art of performing H and Ps through the use of flow models, this workbook encourages students to avoid memorization and develop a logical approach to patients’ chief complaints by allowing them to partner up as patient and
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565495272
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (952 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Capitalism written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides a discussion on achieving and maintaining a new economics of sustainability, including how social and ethical values must be reintegrated into capitalist economics"--Provided by publisher.
Author : A. L. Dawn French
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781482617610
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (176 download)
Download or read book A Commonsense Approach to Climate Change Adaptation written by A. L. Dawn French and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-02-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many persons are aware of climate change and the forecasts that come with the phenomenon. This book looks at practical ways that individuals and households can reduce our "environmental footprint" Placing the issue of climate change adaptation in the realm of people's everyday reality has been a major challenge of public officials and scientists. The focus of A Common Sense Approach to Climate Change Adaptation is on providing a "one-stop" space for a diversity of checklists on adaptation.
Author : Karen Flagstad
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788115510
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Making Economic and Environmental Sense written by Karen Flagstad and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes: environmental business segments, plastics recovery, analytical technology, green chemistry at work, CRADA Agreements, the international market for environmental goods and services, and more. Photos.
Author : Bo Elling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136559167
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Rationality and the Environment written by Bo Elling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental assessment and management involve the production of scientific knowledge and its use in decision-making processes. The result is that within these essentially rational, political assessment frameworks, experts are creating and applying scientific knowledge for decision and management purposes that actually have strong ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Yet these rational political frameworks lack the tools to provide guidance on ethical and aesthetic issues that affect the wider public. This revolutionary work argues that ethical and aesthetic dimensions can only be brought into environmental politics and policies by citizens actively taking a stand on the specific matters in question. The author draws on Habermas trisection of rationality as cognitive-instrumental, moral-practical and aesthetic-expressive, to suggest that truly effective environmental policy needs to activate all three approaches and not favour only the rational. To achieve this objective, the author argues that public participation in environmental policy and assessment is necessary to counteract the dictatorship of technical and economic instrumentality in environmental policy - the failure to take ethical and aesthetic rationalities into account - and, more importantly, how such policy is applied on the ground to shape our natural and material world.
Author : Piotr Stankiewicz
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1622739442
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (227 download)
Download or read book Manual of Reformed Stoicism written by Piotr Stankiewicz and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a manifesto of reformed Stoicism. It proposes a system of life which is bullet-proof, universal, viable and effective in every cosmic setting. It holds in every possible universe, under any government and within any economic system. We can be reformed Stoics no matter what we believe in. Reformed Stoicism is about enjoying and exercising our agency. In other words, it’s about the flow of making autonomous and right decisions, and about celebrating our ability to make them. With no reliance on nature, with the recalibration of metaphysical positions, with skepticism towards grand discourses and universal answers, with an emphasis on the usefulness instead of truthfulness of narratives, with no reference to the vanity argument, with criticism of both conservative and ascetic misinterpretations of Stoicism, with an overall softer and more empathic approach, we can no longer be defined by the generic term “Stoicism”. Our time, in short, calls for a fresh interpretation of Stoicism. It is time for a new generation of Stoics. Thus: reformed Stoicism.
Author : Martin Mulligan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134548826
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Sustainability written by Martin Mulligan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing field of sustainability. The book teases out the diverse but intersecting domains of sustainability and emphasises strategies for action. Aimed at those studying the subject for the first time, it is unique in giving students from different disciplinary backgrounds a coherent framework and set of core principles for applying broad sustainability principles within their personal and professional lives. These include: working to improve equality within and across generations, moving from consumerism to quality of life goals and respecting diversity in both nature and culture. Areas of emerging importance such as the economics of happiness and wellbeing stand alongside core topics including: Energy and society Consumption and consumerism Risk and resilience Waste, water and land. Key challenges and applications are explored through international case studies and each chapter includes a thematic essay drawing on diverse literature to provide an integrated introduction to fundamental issues. Launched with the brand-new Routledge Sustainability Hub, the book’s companion website contains a range of features to engage students with the interdisciplinary nature of Sustainability. Together these resources provide a wealth of material for learning, teaching and researching the topic of sustainability. This textbook is an essential companion to any sustainability course.
Author : Anna Simmons
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612510663
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book The Sovereignty Solution written by Anna Simmons and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sovereignty Solution is not an Establishment national security strategy. Instead, it describes what the U.S. could actually do to restore order to the world without having to engage in either global policing or nation-building. Currently there is no coherent plan that addresses questions like: If terrorists were to strike Chicago tomorrow, what would we do? When Chicago is burning, whom would we target? How would we respond? There is nothing in place and no strategy on the horizon to either reassure the American public or warn the world: attack us, and this is what you can expect. In this book, a Naval Postgraduate School professor and her Special Forces coauthors offer a radical yet commonsensical approach to recalibrating global security. Their book discusses what the United States could actually do to restore order to the world without having to engage in either global policing or nation-building. Two tracks to their strategy are presented: strengthening state responsibility abroad and strengthening the social fabric at home. The authors’ goal is to provoke a serious debate that addresses the gaps and disconnects between what the United States says and what it does, how it wants to be perceived, and how it is perceived. Without leaning left or right, they hope to draw many people into the debate and force Washington to rethink what it sends service men and women abroad to do.
Author : Luciana Lazzeretti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136353216
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Tourism Local Systems and Networking written by Luciana Lazzeretti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the role of networking, cooperation and partnership in destination management in response to the changing environment of the tourism industry. Firms and institutions are nowadays required to implement drastic management changes: they must adopt a systemic approach and become actively involved in formal and informal networks in order to increase efficiency and product quality, to gain a sustainable edge and face the competitive context. The work is dedicated to deepening the topics of the "Networking and Tourism Local System" session of the 12th ATLAS 2004 Annual Conference, "Networking & Partnership in Destination Development & Management", held in Naples. From a theoretical point of view, the papers included herein relate to two macro reference areas: applied economics and managerial sciences. The analysis range from national to local levels and focus on strategies, policies, and project experiences. Several cases from different areas (Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Spain, Sweden) are examined and provide features and issues that can be applied beyond the cultural and economic contexts.
Author : Paul Matthews
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351759248
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Download or read book The Revelation of Nature written by Paul Matthews and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2001. "The Revelation of Nature" embraces pragmatism, aesthetics and metaphysics in an effort to narrate a fundamental relationship between the contemporary world and the natural source and site for any world of meaning. Beginning with an exploration of Heidegger's seminal insight into the way we exist - that human existence must be understood in its everydayness - Matthews links these ideas to Heidegger's interpretation of the development of Western history in terms of its grounding metaphysical determinations to do with truth, reality and the nature of things. Matthews concludes that our everyday lives are informed and shaped by intellectual precepts and normative modes of behaviour that promote the combination and enslavement of both nature and ourselves within a mass technological grid. This book breaks new ground in theology, without underpinning the analysis with a particular religious viewpoint.
Author : Dan Willis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317428781
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Energy Accounts written by Dan Willis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does one tell the story of energy production, use, or conservation in a manner sufficiently convincing to influence policy, behavior, and design? Energy Accounts explores potential answers to this question through compelling images, data visualizations, narratives, and other examples of accounting for energy. Organized into a collection containing both examples of best practices and critiques, this impressive array of projects and contributors combines text and graphic material to explore different representations of energy data. Including work from Kieran Timberlake, SHoP, AMO, Lateral Office, WOHA, and many more, the book boasts a unique graphic design which supports and enhances its role as a valuable resource for professionals and students in architecture, engineering, and urban design.
