Green Perspectives

Author : Walter Levy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : College readers
ISBN : PSU:000050854264

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Green Perspectives by Walter Levy Pdf

Author : Atle Midttun,Nina Witoszek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317644279

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Energy and Transport in Green Transition by Atle Midttun,Nina Witoszek Pdf

This book breaks new ground in the studies of green transition. It frames the ongoing transformation in terms of a "battle of modernities" with the emerging vision of ecomodernity as the final destination. It also offers a systematic exploration of the potential for extensive transformation of carbon-intensive sectors – with a focus on energy and transport – towards a low or post-carbon economy. The book does so in a comparative perspective, by pointing to a diversity of techno-economic and institutional solutions in the mature Western economies, and in the rapidly growing East and developing South. The contributors highlight a broad spectrum of available alternatives as well as illuminate conflicting interests involved. They also demonstrate how solutions to the climate challenge require parallel technological and governance innovation. The book advocates a new, overarching vision and agenda of ecomodernity – based on a synergistic paradigm-shift in industry, politics and culture – to trigger and sustain the ecological innovation necessary to tip development in a green direction. This vision cannot be monolithic; rather, it should reflect the diverse interests and conditions of the global population. This book is aimed at researchers and postgraduate students of energy, transport, environmental and climate policies, as well as development, environment, innovation and sustainability.

Author : Ruchika Singh Malyan,Punita Duhan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351138031

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Green Consumerism: Perspectives, Sustainability, and Behavior by Ruchika Singh Malyan,Punita Duhan Pdf

This new volume, Green Consumerism: The Behavior of New Age Consumer, provides a holistic understanding the importance of promoting green products and discusses consumers’ buying intentions and decisions. The chapters consider consumer behavior theory in the context of green or ecologically friendly products from both the academic and business perspectives. The chapters present the latest empirical and analytical research in the field of green marketing and provide an abundance of information about profitable and sustainable ways and strategies to deal with environmental problems. The volume considers how consumers are taking responsibility and becoming more aware, driving change in the marketplace. In response, companies are integrating appropriate green strategies into their operational activities, product development processes, and marketing activities to achieve a competitive advantage in saturated markets. This helps companies gain market share and minimize their production costs. Topics discussed in the volume include green pricing, green consumer behavior, various dimensions of consumer purchase intention, sustainable marketing, innovation techniques used to go green, eco-awareness, and other ongoing developments in this rapidly expanding area. Key features: • Discusses research on the latest trends in the field of green marketing, green practices, green products, eco-literacy, environment awareness, protection, management etc. • Provides insight about current consumer behavior, consumers’ eco-literacy levels, and their desires to go green • Covers a multitude of topics, including green pricing, green consumer behavior, sustainable marketing, innovation techniques used to go green, eco-awareness, and more

Author : Khan, Syed Abdul Rehman
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799821755

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Global Perspectives on Green Business Administration and Sustainable Supply Chain Management by Khan, Syed Abdul Rehman Pdf

Heavy industrialization in the past few decades has caused several global environmental issues including poor air quality, climate change, and outdoor air pollution-related diseases. As such, consumer pressure coupled with strict governmental policies have influenced firms to adopt and implement green practices in their supply chain and business operations in order to improve socio-environmental sustainability. Global Perspectives on Green Business Administration and Sustainable Supply Chain Management is an essential reference book that discusses innovative green practices including recycling, remanufacturing, reduction in waste and adoption of renewable energy in manufacturing. It also examines environmentally friendly policies that have been adopted by many European and Western countries. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as energy analysis, environmental protections, and logistics development, this book is ideally designed for managers, operations managers, executives, manufacturers, environmentalists, researchers, industry practitioners, academicians, and students.

Author : Ken Conca,Geoffrey D. Dabelko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429973376

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Green Planet Blues by Ken Conca,Geoffrey D. Dabelko Pdf

This book discusses the dominant paradigms and controversies that shaped debate at the time of the Stockholm conference, and in the twenty years between Stockholm and the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. It examines the challenges of international cooperation and institutional reform.

Author : Judith Green,Ronald Labonté
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781134130801

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Critical Perspectives in Public Health by Judith Green,Ronald Labonté Pdf

Combining analytical introductory chapters, edited versions of influential articles from the journal Critical Public Health and specially commissioned review articles, this volume examines the contemporary roles of ‘critical voices’ in public health research and practice from a range of disciplines and contexts.

Author : Joao Neiva de Figueiredo,Mauro F Guillen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466503182

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Green Products by Joao Neiva de Figueiredo,Mauro F Guillen Pdf

Sharing successful examples of sustainable products from around the world, Green Products: Perspectives on Innovation and Adoption supplies an in-depth analysis of the key factors that influence the adoption of sustainable products. It examines case studies of green production and consumption from a business perspective considering both techno

Author : Hartmut Berghoff,Adam Rome
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812293883

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Green Capitalism? by Hartmut Berghoff,Adam Rome Pdf

At a time when the human impact on the environment is more devastating than ever, business initiatives frame the quest to "green" capitalism as the key to humanity's long-term survival. Indeed, even before the rise of the environmental movement in the 1970s, businesses sometimes had reasons to protect parts of nature, limit their production of wastes, and support broader environmental reforms. In the last thirty years, especially, many businesses have worked hard to reduce their direct and indirect environmental footprint. But are these efforts exceptional, or can capitalism truly be environmentally conscious? Green Capitalism? offers a critical, historically informed perspective on building a more sustainable economy. Written by scholars of business history and environmental history, the essays in this volume consider the nature of capitalism through historical overviews of twentieth-century businesses and a wide range of focused case studies. Beginning early in the century, contributors explore the response of business leaders to environmental challenges in an era long before the formation of the modern regulatory state. Moving on to midcentury environmental initiatives, scholars analyze failed business efforts to green products and packaging—such as the infamous six-pack ring—in the 1960s and 1970s. The last section contains case studies of businesses that successfully managed greening initiatives, from the first effort by an electric utility to promote conservation, to the environmental overhaul of a Swedish mining company, to the problem of household waste in pre-1990 West Germany. Ranging in geographic scope from Europe to the United States, Green Capitalism? raises questions about capitalism in different historical, sociocultural, and political contexts. Contributors: Hartmut Berghoff, Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Brian C. Black, William D. Bryan, Julie Cohn, Leif Fredrickson, Hugh S. Gorman, Geoffrey Jones, David Kinkela, Roman Köster, Joseph A. Pratt, Adam Rome, Christine Meisner Rosen.

Author : William G. Moseley,Matthew A. Schnurr,Rachel Bezner-Kerr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317288060

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Africa’s Green Revolution by William G. Moseley,Matthew A. Schnurr,Rachel Bezner-Kerr Pdf

This volume examines the dominant neoliberal agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa. The text reviews the history of African agricultural and food security policy in the post-colonial period, across a range of geographical contexts, in order to contextualise the productionist approach embedded in the much heralded New Green Revolution for Africa. This strategy, supported by a range of international agencies, promotes the use of hybrid seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides to boost crop production. This approach is underpinned by a new and unprecedented level of public–private partnerships as donors actively work to promote the private sector and build links between African farmers, input suppliers, agro-dealers, agro-processors, and retailers. On the consumer end, increased supermarket penetration into poorer neighbourhoods is proffered as a solution to urban food insecurity. The chapters in this volume complicate understandings of this new approach and raise serious questions about its effectiveness as a strategy for increasing food production and alleviating poverty across the continent. This book is based on a special issue of African Geographical Review.

Author : Joao Neiva de Figueiredo,Mauro F. Guillén
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466590496

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Green Power by Joao Neiva de Figueiredo,Mauro F. Guillén Pdf

Green Power: Perspectives on Sustainable Electricity Generation provides a systematic overview of the current state of green power and renewable electrical energy production in the world. Presenting eight in-depth case studies of green power production and dissemination, it illustrates the experiences and best practices of various countries on this

Author : Siân Adiseshiah,Jacqueline Bolton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030345815

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debbie tucker green by Siân Adiseshiah,Jacqueline Bolton Pdf

This long-awaited book is the first full-length study of the work of the extraordinary contemporary black British playwright, debbie tucker green. Covering the period from 2000 (Two Women) to 2017 (a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)), it offers scholars and students the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge critical debate engendered by tucker green’s innovative dramatic works for stage, television, and radio. This groundbreaking book includes contributions by a range of outstanding scholars, including black playwriting specialists, world-leading contemporary theatre scholars and some of the very best emerging researchers in the field. While always focused on the precision and detail of tucker green’s work, this book simultaneously reframes broader debates around contemporary drama and its politics, poses new questions of theatre, and provokes scholarly thinking in ways that, however obliquely, contribute to the change for which the plays agitate.

Author : Robert B. Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 1611861020

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Building a Green Economy by Robert B. Richardson Pdf

"Humanity is at a crossroads in our pathway to future prosperity, and our next steps will impact our long-term sustainability immensely. In this timely volume, leading ecological economics scholars offer a variety of perspectives on building a green economy. Grounded in a critique of conventional thinking about unrestrained economic expansion and the costs of environmental degradation, this book presents a roadmap for an economy that prioritizes human welfare over consumerism and growth."--Back cover.

Author : Karin Bradley,Johan Hedrén
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135078423

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Green Utopianism by Karin Bradley,Johan Hedrén Pdf

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics. Instead, there is a widespread belief in ecological modernization, that sustainable societies can be created within the frame of the current global capitalist world order by taking small steps such as eco-labeling, urban densification, and recycling. However, in the context of the current crisis in which resource depletion, climate change, uneven development, and economic instability are seen as interlinked, this belief is increasingly being questioned and alternative developmental paths sought. This collection demonstrates how utopian thought can be used in a contemporary context, as critique and in exploring desired futures. The book includes theoretical perspectives on changing global socio-environmental relationships and political struggles for alternative development paths, and analyzes micro-level practices in co-housing, alternative energy provision, use of green space, transportation, co-production of urban space, peer-to-peer production and consumption, and alternative economies. It contributes research perspectives on contemporary green utopian practices and strategies, combining theoretical and empirical analyses to spark discussions of possible futures.

Author : Sam Mickey,Sean Kelly,Adam Robbert
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781438465289

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The Variety of Integral Ecologies by Sam Mickey,Sean Kelly,Adam Robbert Pdf

Presents integral approaches to ecology that cross the boundaries of the humanities, social sciences, and biophysical sciences. In the current era of increasing planetary interconnectedness, ecological theories and practices are called to become more inclusive, complex, and comprehensive. The diverse contributions to this book offer a range of integral approaches to ecology that cross the boundaries of the humanities and sciences and help us understand and respond to today’s ecological challenges. The contributors provide detailed analyses of assorted integral ecologies, drawing on such founding figures and precursors as Thomas Berry, Leonardo Boff, Holmes Rolston III, Ken Wilber, and Edgar Morin. Also included is research across the social sciences, biophysical sciences, and humanities discussing multiple worldviews and perspectives related to integral ecologies. The Variety of Integral Ecologies is both an accessible guide and an advanced supplement to the growing research for a more comprehensive understanding of ecological issues and the development of a peaceful, just, and sustainable planetary civilization.

Author : Okojie, Victoria,Igbinovia, Magnus Osahon
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781668459652

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Global Perspectives on Sustainable Library Practices by Okojie, Victoria,Igbinovia, Magnus Osahon Pdf

Libraries as social and service-based institutions are constantly seeking innovative and effective ways to meet the needs of their users and maintain relevance amidst alternative information sources. They are constantly adjusting to meet the needs of users, contribute to the personal development of users, and alight with national development. All of these have placed a burden on libraries to engage in sustainable practices both to increase their capacity to drive current developmental endeavors and to sustain future relevance. Global Perspectives on Sustainable Library Practices provides a rich and robust knowledge resource that brings together diverse sustainable library practices that will revamp library operations towards optimally meeting the current objectives of libraries as a developmental institution as well as sustaining value for future operations and service transactions. Covering topics such as access efficacy, green space development, and library service delivery, this premier reference source is an essential resource for librarians, library administrators, educators and administration of both K-12 and higher education, students of library sciences, pre-service teachers, researchers, and academicians.