All aspects of environmental sustainability – from climate change studies to ecological anthropology and environmental sociology
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LF Murillo started the topic 2024 SEEKCommons Fellowship Opportunity in the discussion
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Dear all,
I hope you’re well! I’m writing to let you know that applications are now open for the inaugural SEEKCommons Fellowship cohort.
The SEEKCommons Fellowship is funded by NSF and run by partners at University of Notre Dame, OEDP, and The HDF Group. The goal of the fellowship is to bring graduate students, post-doctoral res…[Read more]
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S M Sigerson deposited FUTURE HUMAN EVOLUTION – Can we change human nature? in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Humanity’s age-old dilemmas are often set down to what we call human nature. Even the most philosophical shake their heads in despair at this, as an impassible boundary to progress. Though some have denied its existence, studies indicate that we do indeed have a nature, instincts, and patterns of behavior which are endemic to our species. Even…[Read more]
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Stephanie Leite deposited ReMobilizing the Future—Mastery Project in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReMobilizing the Future is the third project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the systems and policies that facilitate and…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Implications of the arrest of Indian environment activist in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
Climate activist Disha Ravi was arrested by the police on 13 February 2021. The Government of India charged her with sedition.
The 22-year-old Disha Ravi was charged with contributing to the ‘toolkit’ prepared by Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg for mobilizing support for the ongoing agitation of the landowners (farmers) of…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited पर्यावरणीय प्रभाव आकलन का मसौदा और सत्ता के निहितार्थ in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
भारतीय पर्यावरण कार्यकर्ता दिशा रवि को 13 फरवरी, 2021 को पुलिस ने देशद्रोह के आरोप में गिरफ्तार किया गया था। आरोप था कि उन्होंने पंजाब के भू-स्वामियों (किसानों) के आंदोलन को जन-समर्थन दिलाने के लिए स्वीडन की पर्यावरण कार्यकर्ता ग्रेटा थनबर्ग द्वारा तैयार की गयी रूप-रेखा (टूल-किट) के निर्माण में भूमिका निभायी थी।
भारतीय मीडिया ने दिशा रवि की गि…[Read more]
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited Culture and National Development in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
Nigeria as a developing country is on the fast track to the attainment of development, or supposedly so. In this endeavour, priority is inevitably placed on science and technology as the only routes for the attainment of this dream. Such one track minded disposition is mouthed to the exclusion of other factors that contribute to the development of…[Read more]
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited The Theatre and Sustainable Human Development: Fumes of Fuel and Boundless Love as Paradigms in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
The performing Arts encompass a wide range of disciplines which are invariably synonymous with creativity, thus, creativity is the hallmark of performance. For the sake of clarity, Performing Arts comprise Theatre Arts, Music, Dance and Choreography and the electronic media of Radio, Television and film commonly referred
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Martins Uze E. Tugbokorowei deposited Mangrove Forest Folklore and the Drama of J. P. Clark-Bekederemo in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
The drama of the Niger Delta region has enjoyed robust scholarship. This essay interrogates J. P. Clark-Bekederemo’s drama against the cultural milieu of the region and tries to investigate the connections between the rich folklore of the area and the wealth of poetry and imagery contained in his drama. The essay investigates the terrain,…[Read more]
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Lawrence K Wang deposited CLOSED WATER SYSTEMS FOR RECYCLING WATER AND FIBERS IN FOREST AND PAPER INDUSTRY WITH FLOTATION AND SPRAY FILTRATION in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months ago
Wang, Lawrence K. and Wang, Mu-Hao Sung (2022). Closed water systems for recycling water and fibers in forest and paper industry with flotation and spray filtration. In: “Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)”, Wang, Lawrence K. and Tsao, Hung-ping (editors). Volume 4, Number 7B, July 2022;…[Read more]
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Lawrence K Wang deposited TITANIUM DIOXIDE RECOVERY, FILLER RETENTION AND WHITE WATER TREATMENT USING FLOTATION AND MEMBRANE FILTRATION in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 9 months ago
Wang, Lawrence K. and Wang, Mu-Hao Sung (2022). Titanium dioxide recovery, filler retention and white water treatment using flotation and membrane filtration.. In: “Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)”, Wang, Lawrence K. and Tsao, Hung-ping (editors). Volume 4, Number 7, July 2022; pp.72.…[Read more]
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Lawrence K Wang deposited COD DETERMINATION AND CLEANING SOLUTION PREPARATION USING POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MINIMIZATION in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 9 months ago
Wang, Mu-Hao Sung and Wang, Lawrence K. (2022). COD determination and cleaning solution preparation using potassium permanganate for hazardous waste minimization.. In: “Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)”, Wang, Lawrence K. and Tsao, Hung-ping (editors). Volume 4, Number 6, June 2022;…[Read more]
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Lawrence K Wang deposited UNDERSTANDING EVAPORATION, TRANSPIRATION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF VOLUME FOR AGRICULTURAL WASTE MANAGEMENT in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 9 months ago
This publication introduces (a) natural evaporation from water and land surfaces and the evaporation equations using either metric units or the US customary units; (b) natural transpiration and evapotranspiration phenomenon ; (c) the description, applications, limitations, design criteria and performance of evapotranspiration wastewater treatment…[Read more]
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Gabriele Turco deposited Il Programma Life: un incentivo pigouviano per la tutela degli ecosistemi in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months ago
Secondo la teoria delle esternalità di Pigou, le imprese private possono generare costi per la società (detti “esternalità negative”) determinati, ad esempio, dall’inquinamento e dal deterioramento dell’ambiente. Le stesse, tuttavia, possono produrre benefici e supportare gli ecosistemi naturali. Affinché il mondo delle aziende possa generare un…[Read more]
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Gabriele Turco deposited Idrogeno: sfide e opportunità per leconomia del futuro in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month ago
Nel giugno 2019, Fatih Birol, direttore dell’International Energy Agency dichiarava che l’idrogeno sta godendo di uno slancio senza precedenti in tutto il mondo e che potrebbe finalmente essere inserito in un percorso per realizzare il suo potenziale di lungo periodo, come soluzione energetica pulita. Per cogliere questa opportunità, i gove…[Read more]
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Lawrence K Wang deposited ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, BETTER SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTES MANAGEMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE DAF LANDFILL LEACHATE PRETREATMENT: UNIDO EFFORTS in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months ago
Wang, Lawrence K. and Wang, Mu-Hao Sung (2021). Ecologically Sustainable Industrial Development, Better Solid and Hazardous Wastes Management, and Sustainable DAF Landfill Leachate Pretreatment: UNIDO Efforts. In: “Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)”, Wang, Lawrence K. and Tsao, Hung-ping…[Read more]
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Gabriele Turco deposited La posizione degli Stati Uniti sul Climate Change attraverso i discorsi dei Presidenti in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months ago
L’obiettivo del presente elaborato è quello di confrontare le posizioni politiche in materia di cambiamento climatico delle amministrazioni degli Stati Uniti dal 1992 a oggi, attraverso un’analisi comparata di discorsi pubblici e conferenze stampa tenute dai rispettivi Presidenti. L’analisi del discorso sarà accompagnata dall’esame di alcune po…[Read more]
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Gabriele Turco deposited Economia circolare: i cinque modelli di business in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months ago
Con questo articolo ci si propone di analizzare le iniziative con cui le aziende private provano a coniugare la crescita economica con la tutela dell’ambiente, delle risorse e degli ecosistemi naturali, attraverso lo sviluppo di modelli di business innovativi. Per ciascun modello si evidenzieranno esempi, punti di forza e debolezza, fornendo, in c…[Read more]
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Yung-Tse Hung deposited Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association (OCEESA) Report, Regular Issue, February 2020 in the group
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
This OCEESA report, which is regular issue of OCEESA Journal (Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association Journal). This report is OCEESA report number: OCEESA/JL-2020/3701, February 2020, ISSN 1072 -7248. This report is also OCEESA Journal, Volume 37, Number 1, February 2020. Yung-Tse Hung, Permanent Executive Director,…[Read more]
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Samuel Johnson started the topic MLA 2021 Sessions in the discussion
Sustainability on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months ago
Hi all,
I am interested in proposing a just-in-time session for MLA 2021 concerning forest fires and ecological crisis. I think a round-table format on media, teaching, and the role of the humanities in teaching/researching ecological crisis would be timely and work well for these new sessions. My research is centered in South America and…[Read more]
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