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The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: Skills for a Changing World
The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: Skills for a Changing World Responding to the threats of climate change, peak oil, resource depletion, economic uncertainty and energy insecurity demands the utmost in creativity, ingenuity, and new ways of thinking in order to reinvent self and society. In The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy, leading sustainability educators are joined [...]
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A well-designed green home construction requires consideration of several factors, which must be incorporated in the initial structuring stages. Using eco-friendly raw materials is an important management measure in the construction of green homes. This could include using high fly ash content cement instead of normal cement. Wood salvaged from old buildings and reengineered wood can be used in constructing a green home. It is best to incorporate the green features during the construction phase. Installation of a drip irrigation system instead of a sprinkler system is one such measure. Investing in a rainwater harvesting system is yet another step toward going Green. Pathways, drive ways should be made of permeable paving so that rainwater can seep through the soil.
The concept of sustainability has been tossed, turned, hammered and battered, in attempts to give it a proper definition. In the process, it is not that the truth has been elusive. It has blatantly emerged time and again, but has been conveniently underplayed. This paper explores a few schools of thought, in its efforts to bring out the directionless and disorganized journey we are undertaking, towards meeting the Goal of Environmental Sustainability.
Real estate professionals and their affiliates need education on green building. The industry needs to have a certification program and share knowledge with clients about how to lower utility bills and how to upgrade to get more value from their investment.
Do you want your business to be sustainable? How do you begin to assure that that is exactly what happens? Start with a definition and a model.
There are five levels of sustainability within an organization. In this article you will figure out what level your company is currently in, and then you can strategize how to get to where you should be.
Welcome to Point of View
n., pl., points of view. A manner of viewing things; an attitude. A position from which something is observed or considered; a standpoint. The attitude or outlook of a narrator or character in a piece of literature, a movie, or another art form.
