The document discusses strategies for mitigating climate change through more sustainable consumption, production, and transport patterns. It advocates adopting faith-based personal responses like daily prayer, which can transform fossil fuel-intensive leisure activities and greenhouse gas emissions. Interfaith teachings share common values like charity, family, and prayer that could unite efforts for ecological sustainability if promoted simultaneously worldwide. An ecologically sustainable economy requires interest-free public banking, renewable resources, just distribution, and energy independence.
The document provides an agenda and overview for an environmental behaviour change course. The course covers topics such as identifying preferred behaviours to target, understanding audience segmentation, and motivations for behaviour change. It also discusses principles of social marketing and provides tips for effective environmental communications and behaviour change programs, such as focusing on benefits, barriers, and social influences. The goal is to equip participants with knowledge for designing interventions to promote pro-environmental behaviours.
This document summarizes a presentation on sustainable consumption and production, poverty alleviation, and climate change. The presentation discusses:
1) How sustainable consumption and production requires distributed innovation across systems to support both sustainability and economic growth.
2) The interlocking challenges of issues like resource depletion, climate change, and ensuring socio-economic welfare.
3) The state of the planet in terms of climate change, freshwater scarcity, and other environmental issues, as well as population growth, consumption patterns, and inequalities in consumption between rich and poor.
4) The need for businesses and societies to move towards more sustainable production and consumption patterns through approaches like eco-efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of l
Introduction
UNEP’s report, Towards a Green Economy, aims to debunk several myths and misconceptions about greening the global economy, and provides timely and practical guidance to policy makers on what reforms they need to unlock the productive and employment potential of a green economy
http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/Portals/88/documents/ger/1.0_Introduction.pdf
Green management and organizational effectiveness sjbssCharlesUgwuegbu
This document discusses the relationship between green management and organizational effectiveness. It examines how waste recycling can reduce costs and environmental pollution for organizations. The author conducted a study of 20 printing press firms in Imo State, Nigeria to analyze the effects of waste recycling on cost minimization and pollution reduction. The results showed that waste recycling has a positive and significant impact on reducing costs and pollution. The document recommends that firms in the paper industry adopt green management practices like waste recycling to gain competitive advantages and improve their environmental sustainability.
Presentation by Petrus Gunarso, Tropenbos Indonesia, one several landscape restoration initiatives by the private sector, the global community and local communities in Indonesia.
Sustainable Development - Environmental and Governance PerspectiveUNDP Eurasia
1. The document discusses sustainable development and environmental integration, noting tensions between development and environmental priorities that emerged at Rio+20.
2. It outlines key issues of "greening" policies and ensuring equitable distribution of resources, as well as challenges of connecting environment and development communities.
3. The Sustainable Development Goals are presented as an opportunity to bring these communities and agendas together through their universal nature, though it will be challenging to align them with post-2015 processes.
The document summarizes a workshop on implementing green economy through regional development planning held in Germany in November 2012. It discusses topics like balancing biodiversity conservation and livelihood needs, income generation opportunities around protected areas, and experiences from countries in integrating green economy principles. Key recommendations include securing community land tenure rights, promoting off-park livelihoods, establishing buffer zones around protected areas, and tailoring programs to local contexts.
The document provides an agenda and overview for an environmental behaviour change course. The course covers topics such as identifying preferred behaviours to target, understanding audience segmentation, and motivations for behaviour change. It also discusses principles of social marketing and provides tips for effective environmental communications and behaviour change programs, such as focusing on benefits, barriers, and social influences. The goal is to equip participants with knowledge for designing interventions to promote pro-environmental behaviours.
This document summarizes a presentation on sustainable consumption and production, poverty alleviation, and climate change. The presentation discusses:
1) How sustainable consumption and production requires distributed innovation across systems to support both sustainability and economic growth.
2) The interlocking challenges of issues like resource depletion, climate change, and ensuring socio-economic welfare.
3) The state of the planet in terms of climate change, freshwater scarcity, and other environmental issues, as well as population growth, consumption patterns, and inequalities in consumption between rich and poor.
4) The need for businesses and societies to move towards more sustainable production and consumption patterns through approaches like eco-efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of l
Introduction
UNEP’s report, Towards a Green Economy, aims to debunk several myths and misconceptions about greening the global economy, and provides timely and practical guidance to policy makers on what reforms they need to unlock the productive and employment potential of a green economy
http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/Portals/88/documents/ger/1.0_Introduction.pdf
Green management and organizational effectiveness sjbssCharlesUgwuegbu
This document discusses the relationship between green management and organizational effectiveness. It examines how waste recycling can reduce costs and environmental pollution for organizations. The author conducted a study of 20 printing press firms in Imo State, Nigeria to analyze the effects of waste recycling on cost minimization and pollution reduction. The results showed that waste recycling has a positive and significant impact on reducing costs and pollution. The document recommends that firms in the paper industry adopt green management practices like waste recycling to gain competitive advantages and improve their environmental sustainability.
Presentation by Petrus Gunarso, Tropenbos Indonesia, one several landscape restoration initiatives by the private sector, the global community and local communities in Indonesia.
Sustainable Development - Environmental and Governance PerspectiveUNDP Eurasia
1. The document discusses sustainable development and environmental integration, noting tensions between development and environmental priorities that emerged at Rio+20.
2. It outlines key issues of "greening" policies and ensuring equitable distribution of resources, as well as challenges of connecting environment and development communities.
3. The Sustainable Development Goals are presented as an opportunity to bring these communities and agendas together through their universal nature, though it will be challenging to align them with post-2015 processes.
The document summarizes a workshop on implementing green economy through regional development planning held in Germany in November 2012. It discusses topics like balancing biodiversity conservation and livelihood needs, income generation opportunities around protected areas, and experiences from countries in integrating green economy principles. Key recommendations include securing community land tenure rights, promoting off-park livelihoods, establishing buffer zones around protected areas, and tailoring programs to local contexts.
Fundamentals of Environmental Management and sustainable developmentNelson Kuriakose
here are the fundamentals of environmental managment of a business concern and measures for its sustainable development.
I have also briefly explained an example with regards to toyota.
"all the best"
The impact of environmental accounting and reporting on sustainable developme...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a research journal article that evaluated the relationship between environmental accounting and reporting and sustainable development in Nigeria. It was discovered that there is a significant relationship between the two and that environmental accounting can encourage organizations to track emissions and environmental data against reduction targets. Noncompliance with environmental accounting and reporting can have consequences. It was recommended that organizations adopt standards and graphical indicators to illustrate environmental performance over time to users.
Drivers of deforestation and forest degradationCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Gabrielle Kissinger and Martin Herold was given on 26 November 2012 at a UNFCCC COP18 side-event in Doha, Qatar. They shared findings from a recently published global assessment on the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, as well as country experiences of dealing with them in a REDD+ context. To support SBSTA considerations on REDD+, and to support ongoing national-level REDD+ planning and implementation, the assessment explores the importance of drivers, the role of drivers in REDD+ policy development and interventions, and in developing forest reference emission levels.
This document discusses solid and hazardous waste. It notes that developed countries produce the majority of hazardous waste. Various methods for managing solid and hazardous waste are discussed, including reducing waste production, reuse, recycling, composting, burning, burying, and long-term storage. Integrated waste management is presented as using a variety of these strategies together. Citizen action and policy changes are needed to further encourage waste reduction and sustainable management.
Unit IV :Addressing Environmental Concerns amitiittmgwl
The document discusses various topics related to environmental issues and sustainable tourism. It defines key concepts like ecotourism, responsible tourism, and community-based tourism. It also summarizes several important global environmental conventions focused on issues like climate change, biodiversity, and waste management. Finally, it discusses the concept of sustainable tourism development and the need to balance environmental protection, social welfare, and economic growth.
The document discusses sustainable development in the Philippines. It notes that the Philippines is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, experiencing frequent storms and flash floods. It outlines key government policies and growing business and consumer interest in sustainability. Specifically, it mentions the Philippines' goal of sourcing 70% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. Examples provided of sustainable Philippine businesses include a large solar-powered mall, eco-friendly real estate development, upcycled bag production, electric vehicles, bamboo amplifiers, bike tours, and farm schools. The document emphasizes that sustainable development requires collaboration across all sectors based on shared long-term vision and goals.
Join leading pollution experts from around the world for a conversation on the challenges of protecting the world’s marine environment from plastics.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2019/07/greening-governance-seminar-series-plastics-polluting-ocean
Part of WRI's Greening Governance seminar series.
This document summarizes the challenges of integrating ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches into national policy in Caribbean nations. It finds that EbA is absent from national policies in six of the seven Caribbean countries studied, despite ecosystem management policies being present in all countries. Key barriers to integrating EbA identified include climate change being a lower priority than economic development, climate change being framed primarily as an environmental rather than socioeconomic issue, a lack of understanding of the economic benefits of EbA, and insufficient climate funding for adaptation projects in Caribbean nations. However, opportunities also exist, such as linking EbA to existing ecosystem management practices and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre acting as an accredited entity for the Green Climate Fund
The document discusses the Green Economy Initiative (GEI) led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It defines a green economy as one that improves human well-being and social equity while significantly reducing environmental risks. The UNEP is supporting green economy initiatives in 20 countries and its approach includes establishing enabling conditions through regulations and incentives, promoting investment in key sectors like agriculture and energy, and using modeling to analyze scenarios. Transitioning to a green economy could lead to enhanced wealth, higher GDP growth, more jobs, and reduced poverty according to the analysis.
The document discusses the role of governments in environmental protection and policy making. It explains that governments can help protect environmental interests through policies that address market failures, full-cost pricing, and the tragedy of the commons. The policy making process involves legislation, funding, rule-writing, and enforcement that is influenced by political processes. Individuals can also work to influence environmental policies through civic engagement, voting, and activism. Environmental laws and regulations are used to control pollution, set safety standards, and protect species. International cooperation and treaties are needed to address global environmental challenges but have been inadequate due to lack of funding and enforcement.
Climate change in context of sustainable developmentsajid ali
Climate change poses threats to global food production, ecosystems, and human settlements. Developing countries are especially vulnerable due to their dependence on agriculture and limited capabilities. The document discusses the relationship between climate change and sustainable development, noting they are interconnected issues. It examines how factors like agriculture, human population, energy, poverty, and food insecurity relate to sustainable development and are impacted by climate change. The literature review discusses several sources that also explore the linkages between climate change and sustainable development and sustainable development's role in mitigating climate change impacts.
This document discusses climate finance for agriculture and livelihoods. It outlines several key points:
1) Upfront public financing is needed to reduce investment risks and leverage private capital for smallholder agriculture projects due to long timeframes for returns.
2) Projects must provide both short and long-term benefits to farmers through activities that improve productivity, incomes and resilience.
3) Developing local institutional capacity, secure land tenure, and addressing other barriers are important for ensuring equitable distribution of benefits to farmers.
The experts' roundtable on ASEAN circular economy
Session 2: Agriculture, Forestry and Tehnology Adoption
By Dr. Michael Brady, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor
The Green Economy Report (Title page Acknowledgements, Forward, Contents)Green Economy Initiative
This document provides an overview of a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) titled "Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication". The report examines how investments in natural capital and resource efficiency can help transition economies to a green path and achieve sustainable development goals. It analyzes investment opportunities in key economic sectors such as agriculture, water, energy, manufacturing, waste, buildings and transport. The report also models global investment scenarios and discusses enabling conditions needed to support a transition to a green economy globally.
Benefits of landscape restoration, with a focus on African dryland biomesNAP Events
Presented by: Olivier Maes
SESSION II: PLENARY – APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION IN SELECTED SECTORS
The session will set the context for approaches to adaptation by looking at: latest approaches on assessing impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security; applying disaster risk reduction as a pillar of national adaptation strategy in the Philippines; and The Hydrologic Corridor in Africa - an affordable and scalable approach to restore the water cycle and impact local climate through large scale landscape restoration, including rainwater harvesting, reforestation, soil regeneration and sustainable climate adapted agriculture.
Green agricultural policies_2087_GRI_LSE-Agriculture-GGGI-policy_lores_51Andrew Bam
This document analyzes how green agricultural policies can be designed and implemented to reduce poverty in developing countries. It examines over 20 projects in 17 countries that tested policies like payments for environmental services, subsidies, community-based natural resource management, and training programs. The key findings are that policies should target the poorest, make participation easy, and consider local economic, social and cultural factors like credit access, property rights, labor markets, and institutions. Policies also need complementary initiatives to address market issues and should allow flexibility in options to match individual circumstances. With smart, informed design that addresses these issues, green agricultural policies can help alleviate poverty while also achieving environmental goals.
The document discusses biodiversity loss, climate change, and the role of the fashion industry. It provides the following key points:
1. Biodiversity loss and climate change pose severe risks to the global economy and companies. Land use change through agriculture is a major driver of biodiversity loss globally.
2. Tools from other sectors, like the mitigation hierarchy and biodiversity action plans, can be used to measure and improve the fashion industry's impact on biodiversity in locations where raw materials are sourced.
3. Science-based targets are being developed for biodiversity that companies can use to set targets aligned with global goals to protect ecosystems and species. Over 150 brands have pledged to develop biodiversity strategies
This report examines the impacts of wasting and improper waste management on climate change. It finds that reducing waste sent to landfills and incinerators could reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to closing 21% of US coal-fired power plants. A zero waste approach prioritizing reduction, reuse, recycling and composting is identified as one of the fastest, cheapest and most effective strategies for mitigating climate change in the short term. The report calls for new policies and tools to support climate-friendly waste management.
Este documento proporciona lineamientos para la organización de un Comité Consultivo en un Instituto Superior Tecnológico Público. Se establece que el Comité tendrá dos niveles de organización, uno institucional y otro por carrera profesional. Sus funciones incluyen actualizar perfiles profesionales, promover el intercambio de información entre el instituto y empresas, y recomendar requisitos de formación acordes a las necesidades del sector productivo. Se proveen estrategias para la implementación y funcionamiento del Comité, como identificar empresas
Fundamentals of Environmental Management and sustainable developmentNelson Kuriakose
here are the fundamentals of environmental managment of a business concern and measures for its sustainable development.
I have also briefly explained an example with regards to toyota.
"all the best"
The impact of environmental accounting and reporting on sustainable developme...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a research journal article that evaluated the relationship between environmental accounting and reporting and sustainable development in Nigeria. It was discovered that there is a significant relationship between the two and that environmental accounting can encourage organizations to track emissions and environmental data against reduction targets. Noncompliance with environmental accounting and reporting can have consequences. It was recommended that organizations adopt standards and graphical indicators to illustrate environmental performance over time to users.
Drivers of deforestation and forest degradationCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Gabrielle Kissinger and Martin Herold was given on 26 November 2012 at a UNFCCC COP18 side-event in Doha, Qatar. They shared findings from a recently published global assessment on the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, as well as country experiences of dealing with them in a REDD+ context. To support SBSTA considerations on REDD+, and to support ongoing national-level REDD+ planning and implementation, the assessment explores the importance of drivers, the role of drivers in REDD+ policy development and interventions, and in developing forest reference emission levels.
This document discusses solid and hazardous waste. It notes that developed countries produce the majority of hazardous waste. Various methods for managing solid and hazardous waste are discussed, including reducing waste production, reuse, recycling, composting, burning, burying, and long-term storage. Integrated waste management is presented as using a variety of these strategies together. Citizen action and policy changes are needed to further encourage waste reduction and sustainable management.
Unit IV :Addressing Environmental Concerns amitiittmgwl
The document discusses various topics related to environmental issues and sustainable tourism. It defines key concepts like ecotourism, responsible tourism, and community-based tourism. It also summarizes several important global environmental conventions focused on issues like climate change, biodiversity, and waste management. Finally, it discusses the concept of sustainable tourism development and the need to balance environmental protection, social welfare, and economic growth.
The document discusses sustainable development in the Philippines. It notes that the Philippines is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, experiencing frequent storms and flash floods. It outlines key government policies and growing business and consumer interest in sustainability. Specifically, it mentions the Philippines' goal of sourcing 70% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. Examples provided of sustainable Philippine businesses include a large solar-powered mall, eco-friendly real estate development, upcycled bag production, electric vehicles, bamboo amplifiers, bike tours, and farm schools. The document emphasizes that sustainable development requires collaboration across all sectors based on shared long-term vision and goals.
Join leading pollution experts from around the world for a conversation on the challenges of protecting the world’s marine environment from plastics.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2019/07/greening-governance-seminar-series-plastics-polluting-ocean
Part of WRI's Greening Governance seminar series.
This document summarizes the challenges of integrating ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches into national policy in Caribbean nations. It finds that EbA is absent from national policies in six of the seven Caribbean countries studied, despite ecosystem management policies being present in all countries. Key barriers to integrating EbA identified include climate change being a lower priority than economic development, climate change being framed primarily as an environmental rather than socioeconomic issue, a lack of understanding of the economic benefits of EbA, and insufficient climate funding for adaptation projects in Caribbean nations. However, opportunities also exist, such as linking EbA to existing ecosystem management practices and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre acting as an accredited entity for the Green Climate Fund
The document discusses the Green Economy Initiative (GEI) led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It defines a green economy as one that improves human well-being and social equity while significantly reducing environmental risks. The UNEP is supporting green economy initiatives in 20 countries and its approach includes establishing enabling conditions through regulations and incentives, promoting investment in key sectors like agriculture and energy, and using modeling to analyze scenarios. Transitioning to a green economy could lead to enhanced wealth, higher GDP growth, more jobs, and reduced poverty according to the analysis.
The document discusses the role of governments in environmental protection and policy making. It explains that governments can help protect environmental interests through policies that address market failures, full-cost pricing, and the tragedy of the commons. The policy making process involves legislation, funding, rule-writing, and enforcement that is influenced by political processes. Individuals can also work to influence environmental policies through civic engagement, voting, and activism. Environmental laws and regulations are used to control pollution, set safety standards, and protect species. International cooperation and treaties are needed to address global environmental challenges but have been inadequate due to lack of funding and enforcement.
Climate change in context of sustainable developmentsajid ali
Climate change poses threats to global food production, ecosystems, and human settlements. Developing countries are especially vulnerable due to their dependence on agriculture and limited capabilities. The document discusses the relationship between climate change and sustainable development, noting they are interconnected issues. It examines how factors like agriculture, human population, energy, poverty, and food insecurity relate to sustainable development and are impacted by climate change. The literature review discusses several sources that also explore the linkages between climate change and sustainable development and sustainable development's role in mitigating climate change impacts.
This document discusses climate finance for agriculture and livelihoods. It outlines several key points:
1) Upfront public financing is needed to reduce investment risks and leverage private capital for smallholder agriculture projects due to long timeframes for returns.
2) Projects must provide both short and long-term benefits to farmers through activities that improve productivity, incomes and resilience.
3) Developing local institutional capacity, secure land tenure, and addressing other barriers are important for ensuring equitable distribution of benefits to farmers.
The experts' roundtable on ASEAN circular economy
Session 2: Agriculture, Forestry and Tehnology Adoption
By Dr. Michael Brady, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor
The Green Economy Report (Title page Acknowledgements, Forward, Contents)Green Economy Initiative
This document provides an overview of a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) titled "Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication". The report examines how investments in natural capital and resource efficiency can help transition economies to a green path and achieve sustainable development goals. It analyzes investment opportunities in key economic sectors such as agriculture, water, energy, manufacturing, waste, buildings and transport. The report also models global investment scenarios and discusses enabling conditions needed to support a transition to a green economy globally.
Benefits of landscape restoration, with a focus on African dryland biomesNAP Events
Presented by: Olivier Maes
SESSION II: PLENARY – APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION IN SELECTED SECTORS
The session will set the context for approaches to adaptation by looking at: latest approaches on assessing impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security; applying disaster risk reduction as a pillar of national adaptation strategy in the Philippines; and The Hydrologic Corridor in Africa - an affordable and scalable approach to restore the water cycle and impact local climate through large scale landscape restoration, including rainwater harvesting, reforestation, soil regeneration and sustainable climate adapted agriculture.
Green agricultural policies_2087_GRI_LSE-Agriculture-GGGI-policy_lores_51Andrew Bam
This document analyzes how green agricultural policies can be designed and implemented to reduce poverty in developing countries. It examines over 20 projects in 17 countries that tested policies like payments for environmental services, subsidies, community-based natural resource management, and training programs. The key findings are that policies should target the poorest, make participation easy, and consider local economic, social and cultural factors like credit access, property rights, labor markets, and institutions. Policies also need complementary initiatives to address market issues and should allow flexibility in options to match individual circumstances. With smart, informed design that addresses these issues, green agricultural policies can help alleviate poverty while also achieving environmental goals.
The document discusses biodiversity loss, climate change, and the role of the fashion industry. It provides the following key points:
1. Biodiversity loss and climate change pose severe risks to the global economy and companies. Land use change through agriculture is a major driver of biodiversity loss globally.
2. Tools from other sectors, like the mitigation hierarchy and biodiversity action plans, can be used to measure and improve the fashion industry's impact on biodiversity in locations where raw materials are sourced.
3. Science-based targets are being developed for biodiversity that companies can use to set targets aligned with global goals to protect ecosystems and species. Over 150 brands have pledged to develop biodiversity strategies
This report examines the impacts of wasting and improper waste management on climate change. It finds that reducing waste sent to landfills and incinerators could reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to closing 21% of US coal-fired power plants. A zero waste approach prioritizing reduction, reuse, recycling and composting is identified as one of the fastest, cheapest and most effective strategies for mitigating climate change in the short term. The report calls for new policies and tools to support climate-friendly waste management.
Este documento proporciona lineamientos para la organización de un Comité Consultivo en un Instituto Superior Tecnológico Público. Se establece que el Comité tendrá dos niveles de organización, uno institucional y otro por carrera profesional. Sus funciones incluyen actualizar perfiles profesionales, promover el intercambio de información entre el instituto y empresas, y recomendar requisitos de formación acordes a las necesidades del sector productivo. Se proveen estrategias para la implementación y funcionamiento del Comité, como identificar empresas
Inside Sales expert Tan Ansari shares the insight and in-depth knowledge that has resulted in his assembling one of the most successful inside sales teams in the MSP space. Tan discusses top trends within the MSP industry when it comes to developing a successful inside sales strategy.
In this webinar you will learn:
· How to use Social Media as a lead generation tool
· How to measure the effectiveness of your sales team
· How to set up a successful sales strategy for net new customer acquisition
Rapid Fire Tools: Top Ways to Use IT Assessments to Win New Business & GrowMAXfocus
This document discusses how IT assessments can be used to generate leads, close deals, and grow customer relationships for an MSP. It provides 10 ways assessments can be leveraged, such as for lead generation, pre-engagement checks, onboarding new clients, identifying new projects, and selling managed security or compliance services. The document also describes the features of an IT assessment tool called Network Detective that can help enable these strategies.
All Tomorrow's Programs: New Modes of Librarian Engagement and Student Collab...Lauren Ray
The document summarizes programs and services at the University of Washington Libraries Research Commons that aim to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and engagement. It describes two key programs - Scholars' Studio, which provides feedback on research projects, and CoLAB workshops, which allow students to discuss research across disciplines. It also outlines the vision for the Research Commons as an experimental space, lessons learned, and areas of focus such as assessment, advocacy, and staffing to further support interdisciplinary work.
PUEMBO DE COTOPAXI
Una descripción fotografica del otro Puembo que existe en La Mana de la provincia de Cotopaxi. Pablo Guaña. Junta Parroquial de Puembo-Quito.
Using Change Management to Transform Your Library WorkshopALATechSource
This document provides an overview of Catherine B. Soehner's presentation on using change management to transform libraries. Soehner discusses literature on organizational change, common features of successful change efforts, translating change models to real experience, and facilitating individual change. The presentation outlines Kotter's 8 stages of change and how Soehner applied them when merging the IT departments at the University of Utah's Marriott Library. It also addresses challenges like resistance to change and having difficult conversations to advance transformations.
[Mobile Day HCM] Lessons Learn from Top Mobile App in VietnamAppota Group
This document discusses lessons learned from top mobile applications in Vietnam. It provides market information on the size of Vietnam's VAS market and total number of apps/games published. Key lessons include focusing an app on serving a simple demand, targeting the right audience at the right time, following popular events, using classic designs and gameplay, targeting niche markets, and maintaining consistency. The summary emphasizes creating products focused on users and maximizing opportunities on multiple platforms.
The presentation shows how UAE adopting weather modification technologies made deserts green. Thirsty earth got rain and deserts bloomed through the application of weather modification technologies. If these are used in India,large tracts of land in Rajasthan and Kutch region of India could be transformed into green zones with abundance of agriculture and horticulture growth.
Este documento presenta dos lecturas sobre la enseñanza y el aprendizaje. La primera lectura define varios conceptos clave como enseñar, educar, pedagogía, memoria, entendimiento y voluntad. También responde tres preguntas sobre la obra de la educación, los logros de la memorización y el objetivo de la educación. La segunda lectura de Jerome Bruner discute varios enfoques pedagógicos comunes y conceptos como conocimiento, teoría, práctica educativa y cultura. Explica cuatro líneas de investigación
Citizen surveys can provide valuable feedback to improve digital services. The document discusses:
1) Why citizen/user input is important for creating effective services, as needs may change over time, and different groups have different priorities.
2) Different research methods for surveys, including quantitative, representative surveys for general trends, and qualitative focus groups for in-depth feedback on innovations.
3) A case study of a survey across five municipalities to benchmark digital services, communication channels, and priorities to guide future investments and develop services strategically based on citizen priorities.
Urban planners have proposed several designs to create safe cities, such as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). Jane Jacobs, in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, emphasized the relationship between urban safety and design, recommending features like mixed land uses and street lighting. While Oscar Newman simplified Jacob's vision in the 1970s to focus on security hardware, Jacob's approach of attracting diverse populations to public spaces through a mix of activities has also been effective in reducing crime. More recently, urban planners have proposed designs like garden cities that separate city functions into zones, though a mix of uses within cities, as Jacob's advocated, may better ensure safety.
Python puts lots of power in the hands of the developer. It takes lot of discipline to wield it, without hurting oneself. Through this talk I would like to convey my experiences, the techniques I have learnt and hope to inspire others to adopt them.
- The document discusses the importance of nutrition counseling in primary care and barriers to its implementation. It provides an effective 5 step approach ("A5 Algorithm") for physicians to provide brief but effective nutritional counseling.
- Case studies demonstrate how the approach can be used to address different patient nutritional issues like metabolic syndrome, lipid levels, and weight management.
- Effective nutrition counseling in primary care has potential to improve health outcomes and prevent deaths from diseases like obesity, hypertension and stroke. Tools and a team approach are needed to successfully incorporate it into short patient visits.
Este documento contiene más de 100 citas y frases atribuidas a filósofos, pensadores y escritores sobre temas como la sabiduría, la vida, el conocimiento y el cambio. Algunas de las citas destacan que la duda es el principio de la sabiduría, que la imaginación es más importante que el conocimiento, y que el cambio es siempre poderoso.
The document discusses environmental sustainability and sustainable development goals. It provides information on key goals like affordable clean energy, no poverty, climate action, zero hunger, and the Paris Agreement. Case studies on the environmental management systems of Panasonic and McKinsey & Company are presented. The importance of environmental sustainability to businesses is discussed. Ways individuals can contribute to sustainability are listed as planting trees, supporting sustainability organizations, carpooling, recycling, and minimizing waste.
This document discusses green growth as an approach to economic development that considers environmental sustainability. It defines green growth as low-carbon economic growth that integrates economic, social, and environmental pillars of sustainable development. The document outlines green growth paths like eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness, and strategies to address climate change through investments in infrastructure, cleaner production, and environmental laws. It also discusses promoting green growth in the Philippines through the Clean Development Mechanism and challenges to implementing green strategies.
The document discusses Sustainable Development Goal 12, which is Responsible Consumption and Production. It provides background on SDGs and explains that SDG 12 aims to change lifestyles and economic practices to ensure sustainable consumption and production that does not endanger future generations. Key targets of SDG 12 include decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation, increasing resource efficiency, and promoting sustainable lifestyles. The document then provides more details on the specific targets and indicators to measure progress towards achieving SDG 12.
ICCB 2019 presentation: Mainstreaming biodiversity for businessDr Prue Addison
Here is the presentation I delivered on behalf of Thomas Smith, as part of the International Congress for Conservation Biology symposium on 'Advancing private sector biodiversity accountability' on Monday 22 July 2019.
Here, we presented research conducted with the University of Oxford, Valuing Nature Programme, and the JNCC.
JNCC report available here: http://archive.jncc.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7678
Peer review publication on it's way!
For more information, please contact me on prue.addison@zoo.ox.ac.uk
The document discusses indicators for measuring progress towards a green economy. It outlines a framework using
environmental issues as an entry point, beginning with indicators to identify priority issues and set targets. Broad
environmental issues that could be covered include climate change, ecosystem management, resource efficiency, and
chemicals and waste management. Leading indicators are then identified for each issue, such as carbon emissions and
renewable energy use for climate change. The framework also examines indicators for policy interventions and their
impacts on well-being and equity.
The document discusses indicators for measuring progress towards a green economy. It outlines a framework using
environmental issues as an entry point, beginning with indicators to identify priority issues and set targets. Broad
environmental issues that could be covered include climate change, ecosystem management, resource efficiency, and
chemicals and waste management. Leading indicators are then identified to track each issue, such as carbon emissions,
renewable energy use, and resource productivity. The framework also examines indicators for policy interventions and their
impacts on well-being and equity.
An explanation of the economic benefits of good green infrastructure by Bill Heslegrave, Regional Director, Forestry Commission. This presentation was given in the 'economy and environment' workshop at the West Midlands Regional Observatory's Annual Conference, 20th October 2009.
The document discusses how actions to mitigate climate change through reducing deforestation and enhancing carbon stocks in agricultural and degraded landscapes can also help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change by increasing food security, productivity and biodiversity conservation. It describes agroforestry projects that combine climate mitigation, adaptation, and development benefits as an opportunity to achieve multiple goals at once. Community engagement and standards like the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards are important for project quality, transparency and equitable outcomes.
Responsibility of Organization towards Green Environment Campaign.pptxADITYATHAKUR373097
Over the past few decades there have been increasing environmental concerns which push organizations to consider environmental issues. The significance of Green Environment Campaign is increasing due to increasing concerns about environmental degradation and climate change. Hence, there is an urgent need to undertake diverse actions to reduce the adverse impact of businesses, households, and whole societies on the environment, and stop its degradation.
This document discusses environmental ethics and green business. It argues that humans have a moral obligation to protect the planet for future generations through sustainable practices. Green businesses implement these ethical practices and help reduce environmental impacts while creating economic opportunities. The document encourages public awareness of environmental issues to inspire collective action and a sustainable future.
This document discusses the importance of linking local action to policy work on sustainable consumption and production (SCP). It argues that local action can help deliver strong policy, effective infrastructure, and high levels of engagement, which are all needed to drive lasting change towards SCP. Local initiatives can test innovative solutions, engage more people, and provide evidence to inform national policymaking. While challenges remain, local action delivers practical improvements, engages individuals, and supports achieving national SCP targets.
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Sustainable Development
• Role of Business in Sustainable Development
• Sustainability Terminologies
• Corporate Sustainability
• Corporate Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
• KYOSEI & TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE (TBL)
• One of the fundamental characteristics of a corporate is perpetuity. In the eyes of law, it is treated as a separate legal entity which can hold assets and bear liabilities, can sue and be sued.
• The word sustainable is derived from sustain or sustained. The synonyms of the word sustained as per the Collins Thesaurus include perpetual, prolonged, steady.
• Sustainable development is a broad, concept that balances the need for economic growth with environmental protection and social equity.
• WCED recognized that the achievement of sustainable development could not be simply left to government regulators and policy makers. It recognized that industry has a significant role to play.
• Four fundamental Principle of Sustainable Development- Principle of Intergenerational equity; Principle of sustainable use; Principle of equitable use or intergenerational equity; Principle of integration.
• Corporate Sustainability is a business approach that creates long-term shareholder value by embracing opportunities and managing risks deriving from economic, environmental and social developments. corporate sustainability describes business practices built around social and environmental considerations • Key drivers need to be garnered to ensure sustainability - Internal Capacity Building strength; Social impact assessment; Repositioning capability; Corporate sustainability.
• Kyosei philosophy reflects a confluence of social, environmental, technological and political solutions. It works in five stages-- First is economic survival of the company. Second is cooperating with labour. Third is cooperating outside the company. Fourth is global activism, and fifth is making the government/s a Kyosei partner
• In 1999 Elkington developed the concept of the Triple Bottom Line which proposed that business goals were inseparable from the societies and environments within which they operate.
• The emergence of corporate responsibility, from being a niche interest of environmentalist and pressure groups to one public. Concern, has in part, stemmed from the realization that corporate governance and social and environmental performance are important elements of sustained financial profitability.
This document outlines the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) "Green Economy Initiative" which aims to promote a global transition to a low-carbon, resource efficient "green economy" through various initiatives and reports. The initiative will demonstrate the economic opportunities of investing in green sectors like renewable energy and green jobs. It will also evaluate the value of ecosystem services and make policy recommendations. The initiative will engage global policy processes and foster consensus on green economy concepts through regional collaborations and country technical assistance.
The document discusses how going green is good for business. It argues that green practices can save businesses money through reduced energy and water usage, help improve corporate image, and attract higher quality employees. Some key points made include that energy audits can identify ways to cut costs, sustainable buildings require less spending on utilities, and green companies have an advantage in recruiting and retaining employees who want to work for environmentally responsible businesses.
The document discusses the need to transition away from fossil fuel-based energy systems to renewable energy in order to mitigate climate change. It proposes adopting interfaith practices and values that encourage sustainable consumption patterns. Specific proposals include establishing prayer groups, prohibiting usury and interest-based loans, ensuring equitable access to renewable resources, and prioritizing the needs of future generations. The overall goal is to build an economy, society and culture that is both ecologically sustainable and socially inclusive.
This document discusses whether the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the importance of green business strategies. It begins with an abstract that outlines the paper's argument that the pandemic has brought environmental protection to the forefront for both individuals and businesses. It then provides context on the pandemic's economic impacts and reviews literature on green business strategies and practices. Specifically, it discusses lean production, production management systems, energy management, and environmental management as important green practices. The document argues that adopting a green business strategy can help companies survive the pandemic crisis and facilitate decisions that improve the environment.
The document summarizes the results of a study examining green entrepreneurship among SMEs in Greece. It includes 10 hypotheses related to SMEs' ability to incorporate green strategies and the factors influencing their greening process. The methodology section describes a survey of Greek professionals to collect data. The results section outlines the findings for each hypothesis. It found that SMEs can incorporate green strategies and consumers are willing to pay more for green products. European funding was found to positively influence greening processes, while the relationship between firm size/turnover and greening was inconclusive. Government support for greening efforts was found to have some positive but also insignificant relationships.
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1. The document discusses pacts made by the Prophet Muhammad with Christians of Najran and Jews of Medina, outlining 12 terms of the pacts.
2. It notes that the pacts established principles of coexistence between Muslims, Christians, and Jews and helped facilitate trade and social interaction between the groups in Medina.
3. The document suggests the pacts demonstrated the Prophet's efforts to establish a just system of governance and protection of rights for all, regardless of faith.
This is a rather irregular document containing the responses of Dr Muhammad Mukhtar Alam which needs refinement but it is hopes that readers would make sense about the common theme which is the application of the divinely chosen leader led humanity perspective for eliminating conflicts in the 7.81 billion muslim commune of Adam AS ,the first Muslim Khalifatullah and Hawwa AS, the divine mother of humanity.
The conceptual tools referred in this text are the ones which I organised for making sense of the terms of political and cultural critique in 1994 at International Students House. I used the same for calling for global acceptance of monotheistic framework. By 2010, I discovered the divinely chosen leadership for humanity at the seat of prophet Mohammad SUH and HP which I have been writing about these days. The text begins with a call for uniting in recognition of the divinely chosen leadership in a letter to some muslim communicators who for last 9 years have been rejecting the clear chain of Fatemi Khalifatullah at the seat of prophet Mohammad SUH and HP. These are supportive of the groups engaged in violence in the name of Islam. I have been countering them on how all the violence of Talibaan is Satanic.
I could have the privilege of learning on the chain of divinely chosen leadership post debates and personal analysis of the history of humanity.
The meeting between the Indian Home Minister and Muslim leaders from various religious and social organizations was called to discuss issues related to the security and economic well-being of Muslims in India. Key topics discussed included denouncing ISIS leader Abu Baqar al-Baghdadi, addressing the economic marginalization and lack of opportunities for Muslims, concerns over arbitrary arrests of young Muslims, and improving representation of Muslims in government and security forces. Muslim leaders unanimously rejected al-Baghdadi's claim of leadership and called for protecting the religious identity of universities like Aligarh Muslim University. They also asked the government to expedite justice, ensure minority rights, and implement policies promoting inclusive development for all Indians.
I had the privilege of being the member of the National Organising Committee for Gandhi Sadbhavna Yatra led by Anil Singh bhai of SANSAD. The minutes is shared for all wanting to have sense for relevance of Mahatma Gandhi and his ideals. His prayer meeting referred to Allah and Ishwar,but he was not aware of the importance of divinely chosen even though he met Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III at the seat of prophet Abraham SUH and HP.
The presentation was made for being part of Winning Haryana 2019 Think Tank membership with clear focus on securing abundance from renewable energy secure animal husbandry GDP generation which came under unprecedented assault by the blasphemers of Lord Krishna masking themselves up in the name of Hindu, a secular word applied for all living around the river Sindhu. I have argued for clear reference to history of the man made prohibitions against consumption of meat by 'Jains' who rever Neminath, the cousin of Lord Krishna. I have argued for protection of Sanatan Dharma ideals upheld by prophet Abraham SUH and HP referred as Brahmma here in Sanskrit texts. Prohibition of consumption of beef is not at all associated with Sanatan Dharma avtars. Cattle is capital across the societies integral to agriculture. Trade in cattle and cattle products is important for security the reward for humanity. The plot of usurers and blasphemers of Lord Krishna and prophet Abraham SUH and HP referred in history will not succeed. This plot must be defeated by all through education. I have been arguing for integration of animal husbandry GDP generation in urban habitat designs in order to ensure post oil age preparedness of the cities across the lands.
Launch of the Indian Minorities Response, Research and Coordination Centre is an important development. The initiative was under discussion for several years.under the guidance of Dr. M,J.Khan.
Economic Development of Sunni muslims suffers due to some pesh Imams educated from Darul Uloom Deoband speaking against interest ignoring the clear verse against RIBA which is defined as rates doubled and multiplied. This note shows the discussion and how, all knowledge leaders need to educate all pesh Imams on the urgent need for sticking to verse 5:130 instead of generating generating generalised hate speech against interest/Faida/Sood.
This is old version of the profile of Center for Agriculture and Rural Development where promise of the instituting a forum for food and agriculture is clear. Launch of Indian Council of Food and Agriculture in 2015 was the culmination of this dream.
Biosafety issues were discussed related to genetically modified seeds. It was argued that opposition to BT cotton and other GM crops in based on scientific evidences but more out of the desire of pesticide lobby to reduce the demand for pest resistant BT seeds. I seek post oil regime for organic and BT seeds securing the indigenous nature given seeds.
The document provides background information on the Ghadeer-e-Khum incident where the Prophet Muhammad declared Ali as the master of all believers in front of over 100,000 Muslims. It describes the location of Ghadeer-e-Khum near Mecca, the urgent revelation received, the sermon given by Muhammad establishing Ali's leadership, and the oath of allegiance sworn to Ali. The document also lists hadiths, historical reports, and over 300 scholars who have narrated accounts of this event over 14 centuries.
This is an PPT with a new headline and some updates on Ecostrategics ,a new discipline which I proposed for 7 billion action for mitigating the adverse impact of climate change accepting the interfaith commons and uniting in allegiance and obedience to Imam e Zamana/Adhinayak referred as Akshar Puroshottam of our age. I had done the PPT for educating all invoking both the Day the Judgement and then the interests of children of 40th century and beypnd, since we,need to transition to post oil age.
Mitigating Climate Change through adoption of inter faith monotheistic/Islamic commons for Personal, Social ,Environmental, National and Global Governance
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The document proposes adopting interfaith practices like prayer to transform consumption patterns and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It advocates for debt-free and interest-free financing, ecologically sustainable habitats and livelihoods, and governance frameworks that ensure distributive justice and protect renewable resource-based livelihoods. The goal is to mitigate climate change by transitioning away from fossil fuel dependence to more sustainable energy and consumption models aligned with common religious values and priorities like caring for future generations.
Ecologically intelligent world citizens well versed in sustainability of the renewable resource based consumption cooperating for feeding all and keeping all supplied with water, milk and all needed for healthy life would love to learn from the call of cognitive unity for transition to post oil age. Saudi Arabia has created 3 trillion fund for having a sustainable source of revenue for its economy. This presentation would be good for all seeking orientation to sustainability science. I had called for integration of Ecostrategic thinking earlier. Now, most of the concern are part of SDG goals.
This report would be useful for all seeking answer to rural development securing 100 per cent delivery of the entitlements. I suggest mandatory social audit for all villages engaging NGO's through Gram Sabhas since panchayat leaders wish to retain votes without causing any harm to any. NGO's organising social audits absolves Panchayat leaders of the responsibility of the findings of the social audit report. Ejaz Khan, Sarpanch of Kota Panchayat is an ideal Sarpanch offering cooperation in the social audit which Dr. Alam conducted in 2014.
This is a document containing the response of UNDP Solution Exchange community with my response along with all response.Women are leaders as mothers for future generations and generations existing now.For the sake of common connection with one womb of mother, it is critical that humanity works together for transition to post carbon and post nuclear renewable energy secure future.
This is report on the deliberations on India and Africa partnership organised by International Agriculture and Consulting Group, Indian Council of Agriculture Research and ICRISAT.
Center for Agriculture and Rural Development is cooperating with French Embassy here in Delhi. Here is a presentation made by DEFIAA delegation to India led by Prof.Groell Ygrie
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1. AGENDA FOR ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAIANBLE CITIES:
HALTING THE CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH
TRANSFORMING UNSUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION,
PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT PATTERNS
Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam
Executive Director (Hon)
CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL AUDIT, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND
GOVERNANCE (CEASIG)
AN ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO MULTIPLYING RESPONSES WITHIN AND ACROSS THE NATION/S
FOR MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
C/O- LABOUR LEAGUE FOUNDATION
62-A, DDA FLATS, ASHOK VIHAR –III, DELHI-110052
Telephone: 0-9213978834, 09466284773
Email: labourleague@yahoo.co.in, ceasig@gmail.com
2. What is climate change?
It is a change in the climate with rise in temperature of earth, change in rainfall patterns
caused due to emission of gases that is raising the temperature of earth as the amount of green
house gases generated is much more than the capacity of the green cover for absorbing.
Impact are being felt everywhere with impacts beyond the national boundaries. There are
several recorded evidences that has caused nations to take on the challenge of global warming
.Since 1997 UN intergovernmental panel on climate change has been meeting and
deliberating on the issue . There are several national responses and international agreements.
Recently China and US has expressed agreement work on climate. Speaking on occasion of
APEC summit in Sydney, Australia Mr. Hu Jintao maintained that “the United Nations
Framework convention should remain the main channel for the international efforts” to
address climate change (The Hindu, September 7, 2007).
The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
which emphasised the far-reaching consequences that continued global warming would have
across the world, has given fresh impetus to finding solution to the problem. The summit
meeting of the Group of Eight industrialised countries (G8) held in June 2007 in Germany
could saw the launch of new initiatives for collective action by both rich nations and fast-
growing developing countries to combat climate change. In its Fourth Assessment Report,
the IPCC, the international body that has the task of weighing scientific evidence on climate
change, pointed to definitive evidence that global atmospheric concentration of key
greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide had “increased markedly as a result of human
activities since 1750”. These gases were trapping the Earth’s heat that would otherwise have
radiated out into space. If the build-up of greenhouse gases and the resultant warming of the
planet was allowed to continue unchecked, there were be irreversible damage to the eco-
systems across the world with suffering for the billions. Already we have evidences the
villages moving away from sea as more and more coastal area are getting submerged in the
sea.
What is being done?
Lots of seminars and conferences have been organized for addressing the global challenge.
There are Kyoto protocol emission targets for which national strategies have been devised.
Kyoto Protocol formally known as intergovernmental panel on climate change. International
agreements have been made for reducing the emissions by the year 2020. There exists a
vibrant mobilization of civil society and m mobilization of youth groups. Several groups are
working for the policy advocacy for implementing the binding targets for the emission of
green house gases. There also exists a dynamic policy advocacy for R&D in renewable
energy for ensuring full scale replacement of non-renewable resource based energy.
What are the instruments advocated for mitigating the climate change
Energy efficient technologies are being developed for minimizing the consumption of the
energy. CFL lamps are being promoted and the distribution of CFL lamps for the scheduled
caste household is an example of value on the energy efficient utilities and equipments for
contributing in the reduction of green house gas emissions. There also goals for replacement
of non-renewable energy throng renewable energy .Green party in Germany seek full scale
replacement of non-renewable energy by renewable energy by the year 2020. Treaties signed
but not religiously followed. More funding for research for globalizing renewable energy
based services and utilities. Binding targets on emission reduction is not there as is evident
from the aspirational recommendation of the APEC summit concluded recently in Sydney as
3. part of the processes for the UN framework convention on climate change to be held in Bali
in the month of December 2007. There are plans of Action devoid of binding policies and
target for the emission of green house gases.
Problems in the strategies
Marketing of
ecologically
safe
consumption
production
Discouraging Promotion of
exhibitionist ecologically
consumption sustainable
parties habitats
Ecologically
safe national
strategy/
Faith based
Promotion of development
measures for
neighbourhoo paradigm
transformation
d trade and
of leisure use
education
pattern
Promotion of
Ecologically
ecologically
sustainable
sustainable
agriculture
transport
There are strategies that have been identified with global recognition of the need to reduce
green house emissions. Even so, they get defeated as goals are set with contradicting
outcomes and visions .For example, GDP calculation does consider the impact on
environment and ecological costs are not therefore factors in the calculation of gross
Domestic Product. Costs on environments are ignored following the conviction that all the
resources are for the use and their non-utilisation is an indicator of low technological
development. An ecologically sustainable habitat is not considered valuable with ecologically
sustainable livelihoods. Quarterly reporting on the increase in the GDP does not factor the
increase in green house gas emissions. 7th Generation Initiative in Canada with wellbeing
measurement Act in an initiative for factoring the ecological costs and cost of women's work
at home. They believe that calculation of gross domestic product must include the cost on the
4. environment that our actions in the present have www.sustainwellbeing.net. Mike Nickerson
and Joe Jordon have been campaigning for years.
Political parties continue to be inspired by short term visions and it not quite their fault.
SIMPOL is working with the voters globally for influencing the simultaneous adoption of
policies. There is need to ensure more and more simultaneous actions globally for peaceful
actions, decisions, choices that will contribute in collective ecological safety. Political parties
need to be educated for supporting the policies that ensure protection of ecologically
sustainable livelihoods and habitats. Labour League Foundation ,Sufi Trust and CEASIG has
been part of National Forum of Forest Workers and Forest People supporting the rights of
land in their traditional habitats through deleting the impact of colonial legislations that
deprived them their rights to homestead and agriculture lands. Green parties are concerned
about the ecologically safe issues but their voters are few .Most of the political parties are
concerned with issues that are more appealing to the elite and the middle class in the
immediate present.
Another major hurdle experienced in the way of getting global responses for mitigating the
climate change is continued marketing of fossil fuel intensive consumption patterns, urban
habitats designs, development paradigm, competitive nationalisms for seeking the markers of
fossil fuel intensive lifestyles, devaluation of the ecologically sustainable agriculture
consumption patterns. There exists continued political support for cultural products and
processes that are inimical to national and global ecological safety. While there are measures
for ecological impact/ environment impact assessments but then there markedly exists
absence of concerns for addressing the root causes of ecological and man made disasters.
Marginalisation of the faith based groups by the atheistic intelligentsia continues to be
problem that needs to be addressed.
Towards a solution
Reduction in the emission of green house gases through promoting measures and decision
patterns that moderate the consumption of services and utilities based on the consumption of
green house emitting fossil fuels. Following diagram attempts to demonstrate the relations
that adoption of prayer 5 times a day on the consumption pattern. Men and women following
the commands for prayer 5 times are not likely to indulge in consumption of lots evening post
work engagements that required long distance travels as this would interfere in observance of
the command for prayer /salah at the appointed hours. It can be easily seen that adoption of
this command will ensure transformation of lots of consumption of fossil fuel intensive
leisure such as going to bar and dancing halls. This can be adopted along with several other
personal and community responses for reducing the emission of green houses. Faith based
responses appear to be more effective and they need to be promoted as for this there is no
need to make additional efforts. Association of ‘conservatism’ appears to be more one of the
response that some men and women may have for communication of faith based measures.
But then it is important to see the importance of the adoption of faith based measure for
ecological efficacy, safety, suitability, desirability and validity. Faith based responses are
common and they just need to be promoted for their contribution in the ecological wellbeing
at the personal, community, social, national and global levels. There is an urgent need for the
same.
Personal faith based responses
5. Prayer 5 times a day for transforming leisure use pattern recognising that leisure use patterns
are one of the key social engagements that consume most of the fossil fuel based services and
utilities .Commands for prayer is common across the religious texts though it appears most
prominently practiced by men and women following the communications of the last
messenger.
How adoption of prayer transforms the consumption patterns
Men and women practicing prayer (salah in Arabic) do not visit dancing halls and bars as
they are more concerned about praying in time. Prayer in the afternoon, after sunset and then
prayer after dinner in the mosques makes them bound to focus on the necessary work only.
Prayer and remembrance for them is a mean of relaxation, stress busting, socialization, and
communion and so on. S/he concentrates on the essential matters in the neighbourhood and
cares for them as commanded through the messengers. Secondly they abstain from
exhibitionist consumption following the command of Allah for not transgressing the
bounds/limits set by Allah. For dressing they believe that the best dress is that of piety
determined by the extent to which they follow the commands of Allah. They abstain from
adultery following the commands against the same as they believe in upholding the best
standards of peaty. They seek forgiveness from Allah for the sinful deeds executed
intentionally or unintentionally. Thus adoption of prayer 5 times a day works as a guard for
all the behaviours that have been prohibited in the holy books across the religions.
They donate out of the sustenance for poor following the commands for zakat, khairat, fitra
and sadaqah. They do not waste and thus observe the best of the ideals communicated
through the slogan of ‘waste not, want not’. They indulge in ecologically safe consumption
and believe in moderation in all matters. The middle path communicated through the
Reduction in the
consumption of fossil
fuel based services and Reduction in the
utilities through emission of green gases
transformation of leisure
use pattern
Prayer 5 times a day for
Ecological safety with
transformation of
ecologically sustainable
exhibitionist
consumption and leisure habitats and livelihoods
use patterns globally
6. commands of Allah is best ensured through the adoption of compulsory prayers 5 times a
day. Men and men following the commands in Shiv Sankalp Taru for remembrance of Ishwar
are likely to have the similar best behaviour patterns that are ecologically safe. Their average
ecological footprints are likely to be very low. This needs to be established with
communication of more ecological audits/ water audits/green audits/ energy audits/ paper
audits/ food intake audits- a series of audits that men and women following the command of
Allah perform or they are supposed to perform. They ensure more and more pious
behaviour, consumption and production patterns. Centre for Ecological Audit, Inclusion and
global governance would like to promote generation of more pious responses as they are
directly linked to reduction in the emission of green house gases.
Inter faith commons for making the cities ecologically sustainable and socially equitable
Centre for Ecological Audit, Inclusion and Governance(CEASIG) believes in the inter faith
commons that need to be communicated and disseminated for not only global integration but
also for addressing the critical ecological challenge that we as part of humanity face . Global
warming is no longer a concern of a particular nations but it is an issue that we all as part of
humanity face. Inter faith commons need to bring to the fore for understanding that we have
common monotheistic content and messengers who upheld the best standards of justice,
communication, and struggle in their life time and fought men and women after utilizing the
best means of persuasion. Shiv Sankalp Taru has a very interesting verse that needs to be
brought in light for men and women who have special affinity for the Sanskrit textual
tradition. The timings are very much common to the timing followed by the Muslims. It is a
command that needs to be followed by all. Muslims already follow that following the
communication of God/BRAHMM communicated through the last messenger while
believing that commands were communicated through all the messengers earlier in various
languages and lands. They need to know more and more that the commands followed by
Muslims are the commands that were communicated through the earlier messengers also.
Muslims rightly believe that messengers were sent to all the lands to people who spoke
various languages following the related verse in the holy Qur’an. Commands in Shiv Sankalp
Taru “Ishwar smarate panch awasare” calls for remembrance of Ishwar who was neither
born nor gave on five occasions in a day, every day-all the 365/366 days of the year.
Establish prayer at the appointed hours 5 times (The Holy Qur’an).According to one count
there are command for establishing salah and give zakat more that 54 times in the holy
Qur’an. There are commands in Bible and Torah. Buddhist monotheistic tradition calls for
fighting the ‘mara’ in the Dhammapada and the atheistic understanding calls for adoption of
middle path in all the matters. Practice of meditation leads to transformation of consumption
patterns. Gurus in the Sikhism and Jain traditions are examples of austere life filled with
prayer and penance. Guru Nanak was a practitioner of prayer and remembrance and he is
revered for that and followed by millions of Sikhs around the world. For Sikhs, it is not
impossible to follow the best practices of Guru Nanak who established himself as a role
model for millions of Sikhs around the world. Following table indicates interfaith commons
and the impacts of its global and simultaneous adoption on ecological safety.
7. Islam Christianit Brahmanism Sikhism Judaism Buddhism Jainism
y
Prevention of √ √ √ √ √ √ √
usury
Prohibition of √ √ √ √ √ √ √
adultery and
homosexualit
y
Propagation √ √ √ √ √ √ √
of austerity
Protection of √ √ √ √ √ √ √
the institution
of family
Command for √ √ √ √ √ √ √
donating for
the poor
Command for √ √ √ √ √ √ √
prayer
How an ecologically sustainable / contended reverent economy does is built up with
happiness for all
Ecological economists are currently debating issues with the Washington consensus
economist and fighting the (there is no alternative) syndrome TINA .Noam Chomsky
believes in the alternative economic order. He also believes in the alternative political and
cultural order .Binary economists are calling for abolition of interest charged on the loans as
they believe creation of money from thin air in the books of the bankers is responsible for lots
of ecologically hostile and socially inequitable practices in consumption, production and
distribution.
Elimination of usury, fiat money that is propelling the ecologically hostile growth of urban
habitats is being pointed out to be a critical factor in building a socially inclusive and
ecologically safe economy. Similarly, debt free credit /interest free loans are being promoted
for zero debt distressed suicides and bankruptcies.
Another major feature of contented and ecological sustainable economy is protection of
ecologically sustainable habitats with renewable resource based life support systems. It is
simply impossible to envisage sustainability of non-renewable based transport systems in
perpetuity. Search for nuclear energy and intense research activity in the renewable resource
based energy is a proof for this. It needs to be noted that while nuclear energy in the short run
appears to be carbon neutral, but I the long run, this is also not sustainable as there are limited
resources for running the reactors. It is clear that resources such as uranium and thorium are
not for all the time in the future. Following Diagram shows the essential constituents of an
ecologically sustainable economy:
• Debt free money and interest free loans with public control on the creation of money
• Rights to renewable resource based habitats
• Ecologically sustainable leisure use patterns
8. • Distributive justice for renewable resource based livelihoods
• Freedom from worried of energy crisis
• Protection of Renewable resource based livelihoods
Debt free
money
/interest free
loans with
public money
Protection of Rights to
Renewable renewable
resource based resource based
livelihoods habitats
Ecologically
Sustainable/
Contended
reverent
economy
Ecologically
Freedom from
sustainable
worried of
leisure use
energy crisis
patterns
Distributive
justice for
renewable
resource based
livelihoods
Freedom from worries of energy crisis affecting energy intensive transportation systems and
habitats is an essential constituent of an ecologically sustainable and socially equitable
economy .At present most of the planners are concerned with the increasing energy
requirements and for this some countries are ready to sacrifice their ideals and foundations of
foreign policy. Left parties in India along with other parties have been vociferously opposing
the loss of independence in the foreign policy of India. It is important to ensure sustainability
for the renewable resource based life support systems and for this it is important to halt the
loss of ecologically sustainable habitats and agricultural production methodologies. It is not
9. possible to ensure sustainability for habitat designs that are based on unsustainable energy
sources. Therefore, it is not possible to ensure sustainability for skyscraper laden urban
habitats. Urban areas with shopping malls will no longer expand and remain within
ecologically sustainable limits.
Who will lead the charge?
Creating debt free money and ensuring interest free loans in not quite easy as requires change
of hearts and minds of men and women who find the proposals difficult. Success of the
proposals for ecologically sustainable and socially equitable economy and polity required
multiplication of men and women who uphold the criterion of piety. It is important that the
pious men and women across the world prohibiting peacefully what is wrong and prescribing
what is right take charge of the governance and ensure that debt free money is created, faith
based measures are adopted for mitigating the impacts of climate change. It is important to
understand the need to prepare for life after death as that would impel men and women to
adopt faith based measures more and more. Now, the signs of ecological distress too
compelling to avoid collective and personal actions for both mitigate the impacts of climate
change. It is not the after death concerns that are important but signs of ecological distress
affecting the lives of billions are clear indicators for change and taking corrective action
locally and globally. Youths and corporation who are market for non-renewable energy
intensive services and utilities need to be in charge. No longer, atheistic postmodernist
notions of lasses fair regimen of cultural, political and moral governance can be allowed to
further damage the survival interests of the billions in here and now and that of future
generations.
Hurdles in the way
There are hurdles in the way for such a massive change taking place simultaneously and
globally and most pernicious among the faith based notions are that of neo-liberal atheistic
ideology where market and profit devoid of the concerns of eternal interests of mankind are
permitted to have full freedom. It is the anti-church and anti-Islamic communications that are
the major hurdles in the way of change. It is dominance of atheistic neo-liberal ideology that
prevents men and women from adopting the faith based pious measures for addressing the
global and local challenges.
The second hurdle is the lack on coherent national and international policy with respect to
addressing the climate change. While Kyoto protocol emission target call for reduction in the
emission of green house gases, national development strategies continue to be inspired by the
perception of competitive disadvantage. It is dangerous to have such incoherence for long
time as the assessments of climate scientists are too compelling. Speaking on the occasion of
a meeting to the launch the full report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on
the impacts of global warming, Professor Martin Parry, a climate scientist with MET office in
UK and co-chairman of the working group for the report said, “We are all used to talking
about the impact of these changes coking in the lifetime of our children and grand children.
Now we know that it is us.” He added that politicians had wasted a decade in focussing on
ways to cut emissions, and had woken up recently to the need to adapt. He felt that
“mitigation has got all the attention, but we cannot mitigate out of this problem. We have
now a choice between a damaged world and a severely damaged world”. (The Hindu 20
September 2007)
10. The hurdle can be seen through assessing the levels of convergence for the various agencies
and their functioning. While there are calls for higher rates of growth, they are not assessed in
the light of the demands of ecological sustainability. Even the promotion of indexes such as
“sustainability index” is not getting the required attention and it has been left to the discretion
of the nations. There are evidences of lack of interagency cooperation and United National
Development Programme (UNDP) works against United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) mandate. Environment assessments /ministries are slighted for benefiting
ecologically hostile proposals/ policies. More often than not considerations of ecological
sustainability are ignored for sanctioning ecologically hostile projects.
Therefore there is a need to institute a governance framework that is both ecologically safe
and socially inclusive with reference to poor, old, children and women, ethnic and religious
group residing both in rural and urban habitats.
Labour League Foundation and Sufi Trust through its centre for ecological audit, social
inclusion and governance considers the need for establishing ecologically safe and socially
inclusive governance with the following features
• A governance that is cognizant of the needs of poor, rights of farmers and villages to
ecologically sustainable livelihoods and habitats
• Governance that eliminates fictitious inflationary money responsible for expansion
of ecologically hostile habitats
• Governance that promotes pious and ecologically safe consumption and production
pattern
• A government that plans for ecologically safe disaster free future for all
• Governance that ensure ecologically safe distribution of natural resources
• Governance that works for the interests of all
• Governance that ensures policy making for the rights of children, future generations
and poor
11. .
Ensures policy
making for the
rights of
children, future
generations and
poor
Plans for
Ensures the best
ecologically safe
interest for all
disaster free
/win- win for all
future for all
Ecological
sustainable and Promotes pious
socially inclusive and ecologically
governance safe
Ensures
consumption and
ecologically safe
production
distribution of
pattern
natural resources
Recognises the Eliminates
needs of poor, fictitious
rights of farmers inflationary money
and villages to
responsible for
ecologically
expansion of
sustainable
livelihoods and ecologically hostile
habitats habitats
Diagram-4
Represents the features of ecologically safe and socially inclusive governance
12. Strategies for ecologically sustainable cities
1. Multiplication of carbon neutral neighbourhood discussions across the cities and
villages. These discussions could be initiated by youth and community elders in the
neighbourhood where they gather for collective prayer, discussions. The
recommendations of the discussion simultaneous action could be presented in the form of
a memorandum to the various stakeholders at the various levels and and world leader
gathered in various summits. The first summit that has been covered by Labour League
Foundation was Green House Gas Summit held in Indonesia in December 2007. The
discussions will have local, national and global impacts. Local impact will be generated
through transformation of the leisure use pattern, consumption pattern. Email will be
used for transmitting the message globally through the e-group posts. The discussions
will be facilitated by CEASIG volunteers or the resident welfare associations will be
provided with discussion kits. CEASIG, LLF volunteers will also collect feedback on
improving the mass communication strategies for reducing personal contribution to the
green house gases. The discussions on the urgency of reducing green house gases will
lead to the transformation of personal level consumption patterns. CEASIG believes that
personal responses are critical for transformation of the consumption of pattern.
Unsustainable consumption patterns can be halted with the personal responses. Personal
responses are always part of the global responses. Carbon neutral neighbourhood
discussions (CNNDs) will multiply ecologically safe responses across the urban and rural
areas.
2. Multiplication of ecologically safe responses through promotion of green journalism-
production of analytical and advisory outputs through journalists is critical and they are
one of the major stakeholders in shaping the opinions, consumption patterns. Journalists
writing on lifestyle can substantially influence the consumption pattern of people in the
urban. They can help in shaping the tastes and defining the choices. Journalists are
important is generating democratic consensus for halting unsustainable consumption
patterns. In our times, journalists play a very critical and sometimes they are responsible
for defining the social, cultural and political trends. Labour League Foundation wishes to
secure the future of working class with ecologically sustainable habitats, consumption
patterns through its Centre for Ecological Audit, Social Inclusion and Governance.
3. Catalysing green politics /open politics- Labour league Foundation and Centre for
Ecological Audit, Social Inclusion and Governance will be supporting the process for
open and transparent politics for instilling the importance of green ideals. It will be
organising meetings with the representatives of the various political parties and seek
inclusion of ecological considerations in the election manifestoes.
4. Transformation of leisure use patterns- Labour League Foundations wishes to realise
the millennium development goals for eliminating the unsustainable consumption
patterns and it wishes to do so through suggesting transformation of the leisure use
pattern. It wishes to do so through suggesting adoption of faith based measures that are
common across the religious texts. As indicated through the diagrammatic representation
of the impact of adoption of faith based measures, it wishes to generate interfaith
consensus for acting simultaneously for transforming the leisure use patterns.
5. Calculation of ecological footprints, eliminating ecological rucksacks- Labour League
Foundation wishes to disseminate the practice of measuring ecological footprints for
getting the desired actions for reducing the number of decisions involving emission of
green house gases.
6. Ecological Audit of the consumption patterns- The ecological audit is a concept
proposed by the chairman of Labour League Foundation and it will be used along with
13. the calculation of ecological footprints for assessing the impact of various decision,
consumption and production patterns.
7. Ecological Audit of the production patterns- Production processes need to be assessed
for sustainability. There are ecologically sustainable and unsustainable production
processes. The workshops with corporations interested in realising the millennium
development goals will be conducted for getting in the changes in production processes.
8. Ecological Audit of the transport patterns- Renewable resource based transport
systems are sustainable and non-renewable resource based transport systems are not
sustainable. Ecological Audit of the transport systems will be done with ministries
dealing with transport.
9. Ecological Audit of the leisure use patterns- There are leisure use patterns that does not
use green house gas producing fossil fuels and there are leisure use pattern that are based
on renewable resources and that does not involve consumption of fossil fuels. Workshop
with the neighbourhood discussion leaders and resident welfare associations will be
conducted for necessary transformation of leisure use patterns. Children, youths and
elders will be encouraged to adopt faith based measures for relaxation and stress busting.
10. Interfaith dialogue for addressing the climate change, farmer’s suicides, and social
security for workers in unorganized sector, transforming finance sector-
Appreciation of the common commands for prayer, donation, compassion, charity and
prohibition of usury, adultery, and homosexuality is needed with wider dissemination of
the same. Adoption of these commands addresses the challenge of climate change,
ecologically hostile usurious system; Inter-faith dialogue will ensure generation of
responses across the faith groups. Delhi has a vibrant culture of interfaith dialogue. Sant
Rajinder Singh of Sawan Kripal Ashram has been conducting the same for many years.
Labour League Foundation independently or in collaboration of Sawan Kirpal Ruhani
Mission will work for generating more forums of interfaith dialogue.
11. National Convention on Inter Faith common responses for addressing the climate
change- A national convention will be organised for generating consensus for adoption
of faith based measures for addressing the climate change. There are cultural responses
for fighting the atheistic neo-liberal cultural trends emanating from Europe and copied by
youth in the name of globalisation and modernity. National Convention will address the
issue of climate change through adopting the interfaith commons while maintaining in
some forms of dietary, sartorial, linguistic, religious diversity.
12. Youth colloquiums ( Majlis-e-Naujawan)for contributing in the mitigation of the
impacts of climate change- LLF recognises the critical role of youths as an organisation
led by youths. Green youth forums will be formed and discussions will be held for
getting the desired response pattern for halting the expansion of unsustainable
consumption pattern and leisure use pattern through adoption of faith based measures.
Imagining the responses of the weaker species in the face of man made onslaughts on the
non-renewable resources
Following drawing entitled “unseen forces” represents the anguish of the billions of poor who
are angry, dispossessed and seeking an end to the process of non-renewable resource based
usurious finance fuelled expansion of consumption and production pattern that is causing
serious loss of livelihood for millions across
the Earth. India in following the model of
austere men and women can become a leader
along with Muslims, Greens and men and
women of the world who wish to halt the
14. political expansion of the atheistic neo-liberal ideology that is responsible for exacerbating
the ecological distress and suffering for millions.