Manufacturing Green Gold

Author : William H. Friedland,Amy E. Barton,Robert J. Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1981-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521285844

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Manufacturing Green Gold by William H. Friedland,Amy E. Barton,Robert J. Thomas Pdf

Originally published in 1981, this book examines the ways in which social groups interact in the making of a common food in American society: iceberg lettuce. The major questions posed by the research, however, extend beyond the features of one agricultural product, as the authors analyse the organization of industrial production. The goal of the text is the integration of the analysis of social systems involving agricultural production with a broader body of theory and research concerned with production. The major theoretical categories and concepts used by the authors are primarily Marxian. Although this study could be integrated with rural and industrial sociology, it addresses a number of issues neglected by both fields.

Author : William H. Friedland,Amy E. Barton,Robert J. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:257297349

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Manufacturing Green Gold by William H. Friedland,Amy E. Barton,Robert J. Thomas Pdf

Author : Patricia Marchak
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780774845076

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Green Gold by Patricia Marchak Pdf

A comprehensive analysis of the social, political, and economic role of forests as one of the principal single-staple industries in British Columbia, this book explores the history of forestry in the province, legislation and governmental control, labour unions, community and industry structure, employment conditions for men and women, job security, and 'boom or bust' ideologies.

Author : Daniel C. Esty,Andrew Winston
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470393741

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Green to Gold by Daniel C. Esty,Andrew Winston Pdf

From the Publishers Weekly review: "Two experts from Yale tackle the business wake-up-call du jour-environmental responsibility-from every angle in this thorough, earnest guidebook: pragmatically, passionately, financially and historically. Though "no company the authors know of is on a truly long-term sustainable course," Esty and Winston label the forward-thinking, green-friendly (or at least green-acquainted) companies WaveMakers and set out to assess honestly their path toward environmental responsibility, and its impact on a company's bottom line, customers, suppliers and reputation. Following the evolution of business attitudes toward environmental concerns, Esty and Winston offer a series of fascinating plays by corporations such as Wal-Mart, GE and Chiquita (Banana), the bad guys who made good, and the good guys-watchdogs and industry associations, mostly-working behind the scenes. A vast number of topics huddle beneath the umbrella of threats to the earth, and many get a thorough analysis here: from global warming to electronic waste "take-back" legislation to subsidizing sustainable seafood. For the responsible business leader, this volume provides plenty of (organic) food for thought. "

Author : Daniel C. Esty,P.J. Simmons
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118010891

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The Green to Gold Business Playbook by Daniel C. Esty,P.J. Simmons Pdf

"Implement the green strategies outlined in Dan Esty's and Andrew Winston’s bestseller Green to Gold" Hard-nosed business advice for gaining competitive advantage through sustainability action in buildings and operations, information technology, product design, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics and transportation, marketing, accounting, and other key business functions Whether you are a climate change skeptic or an environmentalist, sustainability issues cannot be ignored in today’s corporate world. With rising energy and natural resource costs, intensified regulations, investor pressures, and a growing demand for environmentally friendly products, sustainability is no longer an option—it’s a business imperative. Unlike many green business books, the Playbook skips the environmental ideology and deals exclusively with tools and strategies that have been shown to cut costs, reduce risks, drive revenues, and build brand identity. Builds on Dan Esty and Andrew Winston’s prizewinning Green to Gold, which has become a business classic and a staple of management training across the world. Shows in detail how each business function or department can achieve an eco-advantage over the competition Offers frameworks, checklists, and action plans applicable to any business–big or small, in manufacturing or services The Green to Gold Business Playbook gives you the tools to make green work-and work profitably-for your business.

Author : Andrea Pampanelli,Neil Trivedi,Pauline Found
Publisher : Productivity Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1498707858

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The Green Factory by Andrea Pampanelli,Neil Trivedi,Pauline Found Pdf

This book follows an experienced Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) manager of a large multinational company while implementing sustainable manufacturing policies. It covers the corporate issues of balancing profit with environment concern and the behavioral issues of engaging the workforce to identify and reduce environmental waste. The book provides a practical insight into developing and deploying Lean and Green into a global, leading-edge, engineering and automotive manufacturing company and describes the real issues facing many manufacturing managers, rather than simply reporting on the observed results.

Author : Susanne Freidberg
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674057227

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Fresh by Susanne Freidberg Pdf

That rosy tomato perched on your plate in December is at the end of a great journeyÑnot just over land and sea, but across a vast and varied cultural history. This is the territory charted in Fresh. Opening the door of an ordinary refrigerator, it tells the curious story of the quality stored inside: freshness. We want fresh foods to keep us healthy, and to connect us to nature and community. We also want them convenient, pretty, and cheap. Fresh traces our paradoxical hunger to its roots in the rise of mass consumption, when freshness seemed both proof of and an antidote to progress. Susanne Freidberg begins with refrigeration, a trend as controversial at the turn of the twentieth century as genetically modified crops are today. Consumers blamed cold storage for high prices and rotten eggs but, ultimately, aggressive marketing, advances in technology, and new ideas about health and hygiene overcame this distrust. Freidberg then takes six common foods from the refrigerator to discover what each has to say about our notions of freshness. Fruit, for instance, shows why beauty trumped taste at a surprisingly early date. In the case of fish, we see how the value of a living, quivering catch has ironically hastened the death of species. And of all supermarket staples, why has milk remained the most stubbornly local? Local livelihoods; global trade; the politics of taste, community, and environmental change: all enter into this lively, surprising, yet sobering tale about the nature and cost of our hunger for freshness.

Author : Berch Berberoglu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 074251661X

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Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization by Berch Berberoglu Pdf

Ten contributions from scholars and activists discuss the political economy of the labor process in the age of global capitalism, examining how the global economy effects ordinary people in the workplace. Topics include, for example, the struggle for control at the point of production, the division of labor along racial lines in U.S. agriculture, and women and resistance in the transnational labor force. Editor Berberoglu teaches sociology at the U. of Nevada, Reno. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Andrew Rimas,Evan D. G. Fraser
Publisher : Random House
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781407060149

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Empires of Food by Andrew Rimas,Evan D. G. Fraser Pdf

For thousands of years we have grown, cooked and traded food, and over that time much has changed. Where once we subsisted on gritty, bland grains, we now enjoy culinary creations and epicurean delights made with vegetables from the New World, fish trawled from the deep sea, and flavoured with spices from the Orient. But how did we make that change from eating for survival to the innovations of modern cuisine? How has food helped to shape our culture? And what will happen when global warming and peak oil have their inevitable effect on agriculture? Empires of Food is an authoritative exploration of the innumerable ways that food has changed the course of history. The earliest cities, after all, were founded on the creation and exchange of food surpluses, and since then trade routes of ever greater sophistication have developed. We've built complex societies by shunting corn and wheat and rice along rivers, up deforested hillsides, and into the stockpots of history. But we cannot go on forever. As Evan D. G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas compellingly show, the abundance that we all enjoy comes at a price, and unless we think of a more sustainable way to grow, eat and enjoy food, we may find that our civilization reaches its best before date.

Author : Samson Jerold Samuel Chelladurai,Suresh Mayilswamy,Arun Seeralan Balakrishnan,S. Gnanasekaran
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000295900

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Green Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology by Samson Jerold Samuel Chelladurai,Suresh Mayilswamy,Arun Seeralan Balakrishnan,S. Gnanasekaran Pdf

This book includes recent theoretical and practical advancements in green composite materials and advanced manufacturing technology. It provides important original and theoretical experimental results which use nonroutine technologies often unfamiliar to some readers and covers novel applications of more familiar experimental techniques and analyses of composite problems. Green Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology: Concepts and Applications provides insight and a better understanding into the development of green composite materials and advanced manufacturing technology used in various manufacturing sectors. It highlights recent trends in the fields of green composites, metal matrix composites, ceramic matrix composites, surface modification using laser cladding, types of dust collectors in waste management and recycling in industries, machinability studies of metals and composites using surface grinding, drilling, electrical discharge machining, joining of metals using friction stir welding, shielded metal arc welding, and linear friction welding. This book is written for engineering students, postgraduate students, research scholars, faculty members, and industry professionals who are engaged in green composite materials and development of advanced manufacturing technology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UCAL:C2623766

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Engineering and Mining Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433060473604

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Manufacturing Jeweler by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Thomson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173026792292

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Green Gold by Robert Thomson Pdf

Looks at the history and future prospects for the banana industry in four Caribbean islands: Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent. It focuses on conditions for the small farmers and includes a study of Geest PLC, the company solely responsible for distributing Windward bananas in Britain.

Author : John B. Wachtman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470316245

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Materials and Equipment - Whitewares Manufacturing, Volume 15, Issue 1 by John B. Wachtman Pdf

This volume is part of the Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding (CESP) series. This series contains a collection of papers dealing with issues in both traditional ceramics (i.e., glass, whitewares, refractories, and porcelain enamel) and advanced ceramics. Topics covered in the area of advanced ceramic include bioceramics, nanomaterials, composites, solid oxide fuel cells, mechanical properties and structural design, advanced ceramic coatings, ceramic armor, porous ceramics, and more.

Author : Jack Salzman,American Studies Association
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1986-08-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521266882

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American Studies by Jack Salzman,American Studies Association Pdf

This is an annotated bibliography of 20th century books through 1983, and is a reworking of American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Works on the Civilization of the United States, published in 1982. Seeking to provide foreign nationals with a comprehensive and authoritative list of sources of information concerning America, it focuses on books that have an important cultural framework, and does not include those which are primarily theoretical or methodological. It is organized in 11 sections: anthropology and folklore; art and architecture; history; literature; music; political science; popular culture; psychology; religion; science/technology/medicine; and sociology. Each section contains a preface introducing the reader to basic bibliographic resources in that discipline and paragraph-length, non-evaluative annotations. Includes author, title, and subject indexes. ISBN 0-521-32555-2 (set) : $150.00.