Showing titles in Environmental Economics

We can create more nourishment in a littler space with less assets, handling area and water asset shortage, environmental change and contamination. One source reports that yields could be multiple times higher than that developed ashore utilizing one tenth of the water. It could likewise empower nations with practically no arable land to develop crops. In short vertical or indoor homesteads can enable us to: • Grow nourishment throughout the day, consistently • Protect crops from capricious and unsafe climate occasions • Re-use water gathered from the indoor condition • Eliminate ...

The external environment of a business can effect sales dramatically both in positive and negative ways. While many business personnel spend too much time on the internal environment, the problem they may be looking to solve may actual be an external one. This paper was written for a senior business management class. Grade received was a 100%. The paper takes in knowledge learned in class and definitions to explain external environment assessment details of a business.

No matter how President Obama spins his proposed government policies, it amounts to the same thing: a power grab. In his new book, best-selling author Christopher Horner reveals an out-of-control administration that wants to impose mandates, raise taxes, and even subjugate our authority to international organizations such as the United Nations.

Zeit zu handeln: Der bekannte "Terra X"-Moderator über die Bewahrung der Artenvielfalt. "Wir befinden uns mitten im sechsten Massenartensterben und erleben den größten Artenschwund seit dem Aussterben der Dinosaurier. Der Mensch hat es ausgelöst und nur er kann ihn stoppen." Der bekannte Naturfilmer und Terra-X-Moderator Dirk Steffens engagiert sich seit Jahren für den Artenschutz, und er fordert drastische Maßnahmen.

En esta publicación se explora la mirada de nuevas economías, que velan por el bien común y están direccionadas a la sostenibilidad. El desarrollo sostenible es, seguramente, la única manera posible en el que la sociedad puede avanzar y tener una reactivación económica exitosa. Un desarrollo en el que no solo se mejore la situación económica de los individuos en general, sino que también aporte al cuidado del medio ambiente y contribuya a la construcción y el mejoramiento de las comunidades. Desde hace décadas, el crecimiento económico se ha realizado a expensas de la ...

This book presents a broad overview of the key issues in modern environmental economics with a focus on understanding and solving urban pollution challenges in developed and developing nations. This book explores how cities and nations can achieve the "win-win" of economic growth and reduced urban pollution. Special attention is paid to the incentives of households, firms and governments in reducing the production of pollution. The book examines a number of urban pollution challenges including; air, water, noise, garbage pollution and the global challenge of climate change. A special ...

It tracks the money machine of wealthy foundations and individuals who give instructions along with their money and explores how donors manipulate eco-ideology, attack selected industries, and influence government regulations by supporting agreeable experts as advisors to powerful agencies. Here are sound ideas to crack open the barriers that hide Big Green and its dangers to America's free society, our continuing achievements, and a desirable future.

Green Business Practices For Dummies provides listeners with the information they need to reduce the environmental impact of their businesses with out reducing their bottom lines. The practical and expert advice and tips presented in this title will benefit business owners at all levels, from large corporations to small, family-run stores.

In Investing to Save the Planet, Alice Ross reveals why green investing is an untapped opportunity for you to make a positive impact on the health of the planet and your portfolio. The world is changing. The climate crisis has given rise to a wave of companies that are developing cutting-edge, technological solutions to climate change, from improving energy efficiency to engineering alternative meat.

This Isn’t Fine is a surprisingly funny and accessible ride through a world on the brink of collapse—and what we can do to survive it. Diving headfirst into finance and energy, culture and ecology, Taylor Ahlstrom transforms the complex systems and histories that underpin our society into relatable narratives, all while mythbusting popular delusions on everything from free-market capitalism to electric cars.

Uncovering the Green Future: Inspiring Solutions for Environmental Challenges. Explore the intersection of economics, technology, and conservation in this engaging guide to a more sustainable future.

Dre Baldwin shares content marketing ideas for eco-friendly tableware.

Lawrence Bossidy once said that nothing we do is a higher priority than recruiting and creating individuals. Toward the day's end, you bet on individuals, not on methodologies. Furthermore, Steve Wynn discloses to us that human asset isn't what we do. It's what maintains our business. Individuals are undoubtedly the main asset in any business. The accomplishment of your association depends on the people who come in consistently and put in the work. So it makes sense that your HR division is apparently the main offices in your organization.

Economics for People and the Planet, a collection of essays by James K. Boyce on the environment, inequality, and the economy, argues that there is not an inexorable trade-off between advancing human well-being and having a clean and safe environment. The goal of economic policy should be to grow the good things that improve our well-being and environmental quality and reduce the bad things that harm humans and nature. To reorient the economy for these ends, we will need to achieve a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and power.

The Story of the Fly explores how a humble insect, with its fascinating history and manifold talents, holds the answer to profitably solving some of the most significant environmental challenges we face today.

Climate change is the world’s biggest problem. It affects every human being on Earth, and it’s going to fundamentally alter every human institution and way of life, from business and economics to politics to spirituality, religion, culture, and identity. But, as big as it is, climate change is not “the end of history.” In fact, it’s just the beginning of a new phase of the history of humanity, one that presents opportunities as well as challenges. Being ready to ride this wave of change is the true calling of our times.

Drawing from the nascent field of biophysical economics, Anthill Economics puts forth a radical new way of thinking: as 21st-century citizens, the global economy truly is our human ecosystem. It is where raw materials are sourced, goods are supplied, energy is converted, and capital is exchanged. Shouldn't it stand to reason that the same principles that affect animal ecosystems similarly apply to our - albeit more complex - human ecosystem, too? This book provides a more complete understanding of human commerce shaped by the rules of nature and laws of physics.

Just as your power bill continues to rise, the sun also rises. Why are we letting a renewable resource that beams down on us each day go to waste? Solar energy is no longer a distant dream of the future. It is a real, viable option for America’s power needs, and T.J. Kanczuzewski of Inovateus Solar is mapping out a path for energy independence for anyone looking for clean, renewable power.

Focusing the environmental debate on the principle of common commitment, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and eminent conservationist Terry L. Maple present A Contract with the Earth. They declare a need for bipartisan environmentalism: a new era of environmental stewardship with principles that they believe most Americans will share.

In this vibrant and eye-opening book, economist and broadcaster Dharshini David follows the course of an average day to reveal the green changes that are already taking place in every aspect of our world. Exploring industries such as energy, food, fashion, technology, manufacturing and finance, she asks what is happening, how quickly, who is driving it all and what it means for us.