Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. From an institutional perspective, it marks the beginning of the cycle of release, testing, review, and revision under GRIs new governance structure. The GRI was launched in 1997 as a joint initiative of the U.S. non-governmental organisation Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and United Nations Environment Programme with the goal of enhancing the quality, rigor, and utility of sustainability reporting. The first set of GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines appeared as an Exposure Draft in 1999. Following testing and public comment, the GRI released the June 2000 Guidelines. The 2002 Guidelines represent the GRI Boards view of a consensus on a reporting framework at this point in time that is a blend of a diverse range of perspectives. There are numerous ways to use the 2002 Guidelines. An organisation may choose to simply use them for informal reference or to apply the Guidelines in an incremental fashion.
Adventure Tourism Project Management Madli Tuvike There is no such thing as a totally sustainable tourism (Swarbrooke, 1999). Tourism as one of the leading industries in the world is contributing to sustainable development (Mintel, 2005). Tourism needs to cope with changing world and world order, also trends that are occurring. Sustainable tourism is one rising industry in tourism market. Swarbroke (1999) and David (2011) are suggesting that sustainable tourism and sustainability is taking wider part in tourism industry. Moreover, Mintel (2005) states that tourism contribution to sustainable development is being recognised increasingly by governments and international organisations. In addition, United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO, a.i.) states that tourism nowadays takes full responsibility of impacts that it is making, such as current and future economic, social and environmental
disadvantageous. I expect no argument in asserting that a normal sensitivity is a healthy, indispensable ingredient for optimal education. Sensitivity can be heightened or blunted by education. It is intertwined with curiosity. An ideal education affords numerous and varied opportunities for students to touch, see, smell, listen, hear; to spark their curiosity. When I was a child the things that pleased me were largely other than the plants which have earned me a living as an adult. For example, I collected postage stamps, played basketball, was fond of listening to music, played all manner of games, but dealt only in a neutral, uninspired fashion with plants. The one thing that was constant and of supreme importance was my love of reading. I don't recall why, but by an early age, say age 9, I was a phenomenal reader of books, a habit that persisted all the way until college. Reading expands one's mind immensely
Global Environmental Problems: · Energy · Water · Global Climate Change · Land Use and Development · Ozone Depletion · Waste · Resource Depletion · Ecological Health (Biodiversity) · Human Health · Air Quality Sustainable Development The main principle of sustainable development is the following: improvement of the quality of human life through economic growth and increase of consumption should not distort the chances of future generations to meet their basic needs. Sustainable Development = Economy + Social Sphere + Environment There are many different definitions of sustainable development (www.agenda21.ee). The objective of sustainable development is not to restrict economic activity for
and campaigning programmes around our five core Values: Support Community Trade, Defend Human Rights, Against Animal Testing, Activate Self-Esteem, and Protect Our Planet. We also have our own charity, The Body Shop Foundation. Launched in 1990 (registered charity no. 802757) we give financial support to pioneering, frontline organisations that otherwise have little hope of conventional funding. The Foundation's focus is to assist those working to achieve progress in the areas of human and civil rights, environmental and animal protection. We are part of the L'Oréal family. CLICK HERE to find out more about our parent company. History The very first The Body Shop® store opened on 26th March 1976 in Brighton, on the south coast of England. By 1978 the first overseas franchise is a kiosk in Brussels and by 1982 new shops open at a rate of two per month.
Unfortunately, people do not always know how to take care of the things that are vital to our survivor but what we take for granted such as water, air and forests products. However, things have improved in recent years. What has been done to improve the environment in Estonia? People today are too lazy to think or to do something to protect the environment. They dump their waste into forests and even rivers which causes air and water pollution. Fortunately, people have come up with different organisations and events to help clean our envrionment. An annual event such as ,,Teeme ära!" motivates people to go out, spend time with friends and family and have fun while cleaning up the trash. This event first took place in 2008 and is now one of the biggest worldwide environmental events. Estonian Commission on Sustainable Development is one of the organisations that is working on improving the conditions of our country´s environment. This organisation focuses
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•Objects that are created from a given class are called instances of that class •Encapsulation means that the properties and methods of an object are not directly accessible to the outside world. •Inheritance is the ability to create new classes based on an existing class. The new class inherits all the properties and methods and events of the base class, and can be customized with additional properties and methods. •Polymorphism is the ability of different classes to define properties or methods with the same name. Polymorphism is essential to object-oriented programming because it allows you to call methods with the same names, no matter what type of object is in use at the moment. 2. COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY – THE PROBLEM The Problem •Today, anything and anyone must be net-enabled. •Automated business processes, products, and software systems need to evolve in „e-Time“. •Everything must be changeable, extensible, adaptable.
African nation – the young Republic of Biafra. But Biafra was defeated and Nigeria remained one, as a giant of Africa. In the last 32 years, I have watched with horror and outright helplessness as the downward slide of the African race continues to escalate. But rather than address the problems, we resort to blaming the Caucasians, Asians and others for our misfortune. We are not men enough to accept responsibility for our actions. Africans blame either the British, French or little Portuguese/Spanish for their problems. Africans in America blame the Caucasians for all their problems, or any other ethic group they have allowed to take over their neighbours, a frequently recurring phenomena. Africans blame the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Group of 7, the former colonial masters for the abject poverty in our respective countries. We blame the wars ravaging
8 Howe Brian and Covell Katherine, 2007, p.20. 9 Unicef, The United Nations Convention on The Rights of The Child (2014). http://www.unicef.org.uk/Documents/Publication- pdfs/UNCRC_PRESS200910web.pdf [accessed 5 April 2014] 10 Unicef, UNCRC (Articles 2 & 12) 6 `States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child…For this purpose, the child shall in particular be provided the opportunity to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting the child, either directly, or through a representative or an appropriate body, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of national law`11
Current environmental problems make us vulnerable to disasters and tragedies, now and in the future. Unless we address the various issues seriously we are surely doomed for disaster. Current environmental problems require urgent attention. 1. Pollution: Pollution of air, water and soil require millions of years to recoup. Industry and motor vehicle exhaust are the number one pollutants. Heavy metals, nitrates and plastic are toxins responsible for pollution. While water pollution is caused by oil spill, acid rain, urban runoff; air pollution is caused by various gases and toxins released by industries and factories and burning of fossil fuels; soil pollution is majorly caused by industrial waste that deprives soil from essential nutrients. FIND OUT 5 WAYS HOW TO STOP POLLUTION. 2. Global Warming: Climate changes like global warming is the result of human practices like emission of Greenhouse gases
What modes of communication are we talking about? Well there can be no static definition for the channels of mass communication as they are increasing all the time. But any form of communication which is seen and understood by a large mass of people can be taken to mean mass communication or mass media channels. Why is mass media so attractive to people? Mass media holds a kind of mystique in the minds of the people. It is because the communication is designed in such a way that it appeals to a larger demographic segment. The test of a good mass communication marketing drive is to see if it gets the people talking. If it does, then not only does it mean that the advertising drive has been successful, but the organization in charge of the mass communication is also getting publicity by the word-of-mouth channel! Mass Media Influence It is hard to argue with the fact that mass media has a compelling effect on the human mind
years. The first flower probably did not survive for long, and flowers must have remained rare and isolated phenomena, since conditions were most likely not yet favorable for a widespread flowering to occur. One day, however, a critical threshold was reached, and suddenly there would have been an explosion of color and scent all over the planet – if a perceiving consciousness had been there to witness it. Much later, those delicate and fragrant beings we call flowers would come to play an essential part in the evolution of consciousness of another species. Humans would increasingly be drawn to and fascinated by them. As the consciousness of human beings developed, flowers were most likely the first thing they came to value that had no utilitarian purpose for them, that is to say, was not linked in some way to survival. They provided inspiration to countless artists, poets, and mystics
The combination of these trends resulted in moving renewable energy's share of total US energy to nearly 7 percent, up from over 6 percent in 2005 During 2006 renewable energy consumption reached its highest level since 1997, which was a record year for hydropower due to water availability . Hydropower is the second largest source of renewable energy consumption. Biomass and conventional hydroelectric power had the largest volumetric increases at 220 and 166 trillion Btu respectively, while wind energy consumption had the fastest annual rate of growth at almost 50 percent. The electric power sector continued to be the largest consumer of renewable energy in 2006 (55 percent of total), primarily due to the very large contribution of conventional hydroelectric power . The industrial sector was second (29 percent of the total), due to that sector's major consumption of wood and derived fuels. Geothermal and conventional hydropower played only minor roles in the industrial sector
The main influences on the development of the English language 1.2 Origins of English as Global Language The first significant step in the progress of English towards its status as a global language took place at the end of the sixteenth century. At that time, the number of mother- tongue English speakers in the world is thought to have been 400 million and more, almost all of them living in the British Isles.“Between the end of the reign of Elizabeth I (1603) and the 6 beginning of the reign of Elizabeth II (1952), this figure increased almost fiftyfold, to some 250 million, the vast majority living outside the British Isles... ” [3, p.30] Then, in the eighteenth century, there was a vast wave of immigration from northern Ireland
Columbia University, respectively. He is past president of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. He attributes his long-standing interest in the in- tricacies of social influence to the fact that he was raised in an entirely Italian family, in a predominantly Polish neighborhood, in a historically German city (Milwaukee), in an otherwise rural state. Preface The initial version of Influence was designed for the popular reader, and as such, an attempt was made to write it in an engaging style. In the subsequent versions, that style is retained, but in addition, I present the research evidence for my statements, recommendations, and conclusions. Although they are dramatized and corrobo- rated through such devices as interviews, quotes, and systematic personal observa- tions, the conclusions of Influence are based on controlled, psychological research.
This emphasis reflects the long-standing concern in the NHS with how to address the division of care across primary and secondary care in particular. ·Integrated care is an organising principle for care delivery that aims to improve patient care and experience through improved coordination. Integration is the combined set of methods, processes and models that seek to bring this about. ·Achieving integrated care requires that those involved with planning, financing and providing services have a shared vision, employ a combination of processes and mechanisms, and ensure that the patient's perspective remains a central organising principle throughout. ·There is an urgent need for more robust and high-quality evidence to inform decisions about how to develop integrated care. There is no single model of integrated care that is suited to all contexts, settings and circumstances
ecosystem will be disheveled. It will affect humans as well because we are a part of wildlife. Animals and plants benefit us just by being there. These benefits, whichthat are called "ecosystem services", which most of us take for granted. Some of these services are obvious; fFor instance, there are the plants and animals that we eat. Meanwhile, photosynthetic plankton in the sea and green plants, provide us with the oxygen we breathe. If those things disappear humans will lose physical goods in their life. From a lot of different animal species that are in a danger of extinction we, humans, get the medicine that cures will cure our sicknesses. The use of animal parts in traditional medicine can also contribute to a species' decline, despite there being no real evidence of the efficacy of these treatments. The rarity of a creature does not protect it from being killed in the name of
An area of operation of commercial demand for commodities In addition, I have to define what is marketing. Marketing is a human activity to satisfy needs and wants, through an exchange process. A demand is a want for which consumer is prepared to pay a price. A want is anything or service the consumer desires or seek. Wants become demand when backed by purchasing power. Marketing is the creation and the delivery of a standards of living, it is finding out what customers want, then planning and developing a product or service that will satisfy those wants and then determining the best way to price, promote and distribute that product or service. The purpose of business is to create a customer by which stress is laid on to aspects: 1) identification of consumer needs and 2) organizing the business to meet these needs. And now about importance of marketing to the society. In today’s society marketing plays a major role
materials into intermediate and finished products, and the distribution of these finished products to customers. Supply chains exist in both service and manufacturing organizations, although the complexity of the chain may vary greatly from industry to industry and firm to firm. Supply chain management is typically viewed to lie between fully vertically integrated firms, where the entire material flow is owned by a single firm and those where each channel member operates independently. Therefore coordination between the various players in the chain is key in its effective management. Cooper and Ellram [1993] compare supply chain management to a well-balanced and well-practiced relay team. Such a team is more competitive when each player knows how to be positioned for the hand-off. The relationships are the strongest between players who directly pass the
Martin Luther King Junior on Racism: · Acquiescence (go along) - it allows a person, who does wrong, to continue in their wrongness (ignorance and in justice). Non violent. · Violence- it only leads to more violence in an ever expanding spiral. Resistance. · The answer is Nonviolent resistance Plato's Cratylus (modified for simplicity) Hermogenes · Any word can serve to name a thing · Reason: Different languages have different names for things · Socrates' reductio ad absurdum: There can be no such thing as a private language Cratylus · There are natural names for things · Reason: When we look at our language we can see that names have natural meanings, a handsaw is a saw which we can use with our hand · Socrates' reductio ad absurdum: A jews harp is neither a harp nor does it have anything to do with Jews. Socrates' Synthesis
they disobey. Who should have that kind of power? Actually the political power is quite mysterious by itself. If someone has legitimate political power over me then he or she has a right to force me to do things that they want.(Wolff, 1996) But how can other person have rights to tell me what I have to do? It feels insulting if someone says to me what I have to do especially if he or she thinks that he or she has a right to punish me if I disobey. But of course there is a different view. We need to think about, how will the others behave if they were not held back by laws. If we think about it then there might be a lot to say about the importance of political power. (Wolff, 1996) Nature condition We think that it is self-evident that we live in the world of political institutions.(Wolff, 1996) These institutions divide and make political power. They determine people to their work positions which need responsibility. That way these people say that they have right
its external appearance y Constantly without desire, one observes its essence y When our mind is at peace without any desires, we are able to observe clearly the essence of Tao y When we are not lusting or attracted to someone, we can see clearly the character and faults of the person 1.4) Tao and Its Name y These two emerge together but differ in name y The internal essence and the external manifestations may appear to be different, but they are from the same source y The unity is said to be the mystery y Mystery of mysteries, the door to all wonders y The singular source that we call Tao is where the essence and manifestations were created y This singular source is the Truth that we are all seeking to understand, regardless of our background 14) Invisible, Inaudible, Intangible y What cannot be seen is called the invisible y What cannot be heard is called the inaudible
of clean energy. India and China have both invested extensively in creative biogas technology to provide fuel for their citizens and there are a number of interesting applications for this gas which appeal to people who are interested in sustainable energy and the health of the environment. The basis for biogas is organic material such as food scraps and feces which are held in an anaerobic area, which can range from a storage tank which is not ventilated to a device which is specifically designed to produce gases. The conditions attract anaerobic bacteria, which start to break down the organic material, producing methane and carbon dioxide as a by-product. Another type of biogas which includes hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide can be obtained through the gasification of biomass such as wood or rice husks, a technique which is used to manufacture gas industrially. The gases produced through anaerobic fermentation or gasification are
It’s raining outside - how do you know it is? I can see it’s raining. How to convince yourself its raining? A good reason to doubt - 49 other peaople have the same opinion. Falsifiable → possible; not falsified World disappeared in 2012 and got recreated 3 secs later → unfalsifiable - cannot prove it’s true/wrong, cannot provide any tests to prove it. Or - one or another but not both → exclusive - one or another (both) → inclusive (Invited those who are managers or specialists - both) Arguments valid or not - logic is a science where to decide it Different arguments lead to different methods. 1 - Recognizing arguments What is an argument? An argument is a group of statements, so that one or more of them (called the premises) is said to provide support for one of the others (called the conclusion). When the course starts, you should listen But the course has started Therefore, you should listen. What is a Statement
fruits of success, but of success itself,” and/or ● the “joy of creating, of getting things done, or simply of exercising one's energy and ingenuity” (Schumpeter 1934, 93) Entrepreneurs – bearers of the mechanism of change It is however the producer who as a rule initiates economic change, and consumers are educated by him if necessary; they are taught to want new things which differ in some respect or other from those which they have been in the habit of using.” (Schumpeter 2002[1934], 65) The Schumpeterian “Entrepreneur”: the person or organisational unit responsible for combining the factors necessary for innovation. Schumpeter on economic development: a process of qualitative change, driven by innovation, taking place in historical time – the “entrepreneurial function”: the action of creating new combinations of existing resources.
death penalty. He resisted against irrational moral emotions as the instigation for ethical conduct, saying only reasonable grounds could justify the moral decisions of individuals and legislators. And now his theory of is the one that is known for justifying torture (Verplaetse, 2008). Since 9/11 and the following fight against terrorism it became clear that the Bush administration thought of torture as something justifiable while it goes against all possible agreed upon treaties and conventions. One could indeed possibly think of situations that could serve as an exception to the prohibition of torture but these hypothetical situations can hardly relate to real situations. The ticking bomb argument looks at the hypothetical case where a leader of a state is asked to give their permission to torture a captured rebel leader because he (probably)
Edulugude võistlus Success-story competition „Small Town Inhabitants – Educated or Uneducated People“ To begin with, my childhood was quite ordinary, I spent a lot of time in my country home, spending most of my time playing. I have been raised by my mother. As I grew older, I got more and more interested in different things. At one point it occured to me that when I want to be successful in some field, then I really have to educate myself in that filed.When my friends have characterised me then they have mainly mentioned that I am an active person, who has been successful in different fields. I still do not think I am succesful because it is a really complicated definition, but I know that I have succeeded in doing several things. For me the key is my so called success has been
This is part of our endeavor, but ultimately it is up to the Supreme Lord to reveal Himself. So we pray to Him to reveal Himself. ISOPANISAD SECTION 1 OVERVIEW (INVO-MANTRA 3) Invo-mantra 1 What is the principle? Invo - Everything is perfect. Mantra 1 Everything belongs to the Ishvara Ishavasya Mantra 1 How living in harmony with it benefits. principle Mantra 3 How living in disharmony with it harms Scriptures don't say that we have to give up all happiness. We can enjoy even on material level, but how? We can enjoy our quota. OVERVIEW OF ISO MANTRA 1 PURPORT (P 1-2) Glory of Vedic knowledge (p 3-4) How the Lord is the proprietor of everything. (p 5) Eg of one's quota in nature.
· It's easy to say something, but it's harder to mean it. · Distance isn't a big factor in a relationship. Communication is. But most of all, commitment is the biggest. · A broken heart can hurt but it's the memories that kill you. · Every girl deserves to be treated with respect and not to be lied to or cheated on. · Remember, you need to open your eyes before opening your mouth! · When people start telling you you've changed, it's actually because you've just stopped living life THEIR way. · In life, shit happens, so forget about the past, and make the best of the future! · If you don't understand my silence, how do you understand my words? · Karma exists, good or bad. Karma comes in any ways. It may not come today but it WILL someday. · A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears. · All men are idiots... But I'm in love with their king. · Boy, if you're looking for perfection, you've got the wrong girl
XV Those who recive gifts should be grateful each person should try to accomodae themselves to others(compleasance) One should pardon others(unless its dangerous to do so) When taking revenge, one should look to the future, not the past. None should declare hatred or ontempt for others Part Two: Of Commonwealth I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition; that thou give up, thy right to him, and authorise all his actions in like manner. Death of the king (charles I) XVII Convenant w/o the sword are but words" A nation will fight with another nation, but once there is peace they will fall back into fighting among themselves The state is mortal god *The soveregin can do no injury to the individual because he has delegated authoroty to him *The sovereign has the right to ban books in the intrest of peace *The sovereign has the right to make laws regarding property and reward or punish according to
Their dear departed mother did much better. You are extravagant; and it offends me, To see you always decked out like a princess. A woman who would please her husband's eyes Alone, wants no such wealth of fineries. CLEANTE But, madam, after all . . . MADAME PERNELLE Sir, as for you, The lady's brother, I esteem you highly, Love and respect you. But, sir, all the same, If I were in my son's, her husband's, place, I'd urgently entreat you not to come Within our doors. You preach a way of living That decent people cannot tolerate. I'm rather frank with you; but that's my way-- I don't mince matters, when I mean a thing. DAMIS Mr. Tartuffe, your friend, is mighty lucky . . . MADAME PERNELLE He is a holy man, and must be heeded; I can't endure, with any show of patience, To hear a scatterbrains like you attack him. DAMIS What! Shall I let a bigot criticaster Come and usurp a tyrant's power here? And shall we never dare amuse ourselves Till this fine gentleman deigns to consent?
3 He's working at his father's shop inherited. 1 1 staunchly / resolutely for the time being. 3 When it comes to politics, 2 By and large 4 They'll be here any moment now. Edward and his dad have a lot in 3 swiftly 5 Everybody makes mistakes once common. 4 loosely in a while. 4 Luke is the spitting image of Matt 5 categorically 6 My brother was still a baby at the Damon. 6 widely time. 5 Personality-wise, I take after my 7 resolutely / staunchly mum. 8 strictly 5 unaffected inappropriate
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