This document discusses 10 of the most important environmental issues:
1. Climate change, which scientists agree is being influenced by human greenhouse gas emissions.
2. Energy, and the need to transition to cleaner renewable sources away from fossil fuels.
3. Waste, as the modern throw-away lifestyle is unsustainable and polluting waterways.
Welcome to a new worldview. Looking at the planet as your home and something you should care for may seem odd to you. Yet, this story will show you how much sense it makes. It is as much the story of your life, as it is the story of our planet.
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The paper arises many questions related to issues covered under the concept of sustainable development. Sustainable development mainly focuses on quality of life which is highly dependent upon use of natural resources and thus these resources must be sustained. The present concept of sustainable global enterprise will help to achieve three basic goals known as corporate responsibility, environmental protection and social responsiveness. The concept of sustainable development also focuses on issues related to women as they play a significant role in policy of sustainable development. Women issues are basically linked with population and fertility. The development process worldwide has contributed to increase in economic and social inequalities, environment degradation and has also led to growth in poverty.
Presentation defines Sustainability, Sustainability Management, and presents some basic tools the Sustainability Professional can use to design and implement a Sustainability strategy.
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Presentation defines Sustainability, Sustainability Management, and presents some basic tools the Sustainability Professional can use to design and implement a Sustainability strategy.
Introduction to Permaculture - FELC February 8th 2014Vince Kirchner
Basic of permaculture provided to a group of Master Gardeners, and environmentally aware citizens. Key concepts were presented with a discussion around each topic. This is a precursor to a full PDC class starting in April. www.greatlakespermaculture.com
For more classes visit
www.snaptutorial.com
ENV 100T Week 1 WileyPLUS Weekly Exam
In this graded assignment, you are assessed on the content covered in this weeks’ readings, activities, and assignments. To help you prepare, it is recommended that you first complete this week’s Learning Path and Self-
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
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DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
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- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
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In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
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And...
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Charlie Greenberg, Host
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
FIDO Alliance Osaka Seminar: Passkeys at Amazon.pdf
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•While this guide to important environmental
issues is not comprehensive, if you’re new to
green or simply want a refresher overview, this
list neatly summarizes some of our most
pressing environmental concerns … some of
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decades: from the melting polar ice caps to
catastrophic weather and threatened ecosystems,
not only is climate change real, scientists agree that
humans are influencing climate change with our
production of greenhouse gases (mainly stemming
from carbon dioxide and methane). What can you
do? How bad is it? Why do so many people still
think climate change isn’t real? Is it real?
1. Climate Change1. Climate Change
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•Clean energy vs. dirty energy. Renewable
energy. Energy independence. Petroleum.
Biofuels. Coal. Offshore drilling.
• Though no single energy source is going to be
the solution, positive developments toward a
cleaner future are happening every single day.
2. Energy2. Energy
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•The world has largely gotten accustomed to a
throw-away lifestyle, but that’s neither healthy
nor sustainable. Waterways are choked with
trash and modernized nations ship their
undesirable leftovers to the developing world.
Fashion, fast food, packaging and cheap
electronics are just some of the problems, all
under the name of ‘fast consumption’.
•Is rubbish a problem?
3. Waste3. Waste
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•Pure Water is in short supply. Our global
reserves of drinkable water are a fraction of 1%
and 1 in 5 humans does not have access to
potable (safe) water.
4. Water4. Water
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•“Food miles” – at first, local seemed logical, but
the situation is more complex than that. It’s all
about resources and efficiency.
•There are big questions: can we support the
world without turning to vegetarianism? We
know that the planet can’t afford the Western
way of eating. It would take 5 earths to support
that lifestyle! What about hunting – is that good
for the environment?
5. Food5. Food
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•This is directly tied to waste. It is well-known
that the industrialized world simply consumes in
a way that is not sustainable.
6. Consumption6. Consumption
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•From desertification to polar ice melting to
erosion and deforestation, existing land
management choices are not serving the planet
or its inhabitants very well.
• There is very little land left that is
undeveloped, either with structures or roads.
And there is virtually no land left that is not
subject to light or noise pollution.
7. Land Management7. Land Management
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•The good news is that some species have made
a comeback. The bad news is that many more
species are now under threat, including
indicator species and evolutionarily unique
species. (When an indicator species becomes
threatened, endangered, or worse, extinct, this
means an entire ecosystem faces collapse.) The
consequences can have global impact.
8. Ecosystems and Endangered
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8. Ecosystems and Endangered
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•Our tomatoes have fish DNA? Superweeds are
taking over corn fields? Wild animals are
sprouting extra limbs? What on earth (literally)
is going on?
•From genetic manipulation and cloning to
public health issues and food and drug
contamination….
•Is all that exhaust on my commute killing me?
Do cell phones really cause cancer? …
9. The Science of Public Health
Issues
9. The Science of Public Health
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•Reducing your eco-footprint by following the
rule of the three R's: Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
can be a good start. We all must help protect
the environment.
•Check this website to pick your choice among
these 100ways to reduce your impact.
Personally, I find step 62 a very funny one: if it’s
yellow, let it mellow, if it’s brown, flash it down.
Reduce your eco-printReduce your eco-print
15. • A lot of people are rightly concerned with the future
of our planet. Some of them have used their
“celebrity” status to raise awareness for the cause
click here to see a list of Green celebrities
• Both Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet have
championed environmental causes. In his case he has
a whole website dedicated to it. It is called Leonardo
Di Caprio Eco-site with some great links and also you
can find two short movies he has made: one on
global warming and another on the water cycle.
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