[pic] The Green Revolution The world’s worst recorded food disaster occurred in 1943 in British-ruled India. Known as the Bengal Famine‚ an estimated 4 million people died of hunger that year in eastern India (which included today’s Bangladesh). Initially‚ this catastrophe was attributed to an acute shortfall in food production in the area. However‚ Indian economist Amartya Sen (recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics‚ 1998) has established that while food shortage was a contributor to the
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The Green Supply Chain: Fad or Sound Business Practice? (The Hospitality Industry Specifics) Shelagh Kelley BUA 542 MB18 – Operations & Logistics Management Carl Kooyoomjian April 16‚ 2013 During the early 1990’s there was an increasing concern for the environment. Consumers began looking at companies that were known for hurting the environment and at that time‚ only those companies were targeted. Today‚ more consumers have been educated
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Green Technology INF 103 Computer Literacy Carolyn Hughes February 20‚ 2012 ABSTRACT There are many things in this world that are ever evolving in technology‚ from vehicles‚ television‚ cell phones‚ and even green technology. Some of us might not be too familiar with green; however‚ most people use green technology without even knowing the difference. The following will address questions concerning green technology. 1. What is green technology? 2. What advantages and disadvantages
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Green Computing: Should It Be Photonics or Spintronics for Quantum Computers? Xavier Mattam xaviermattam@hotmail.com Abstract - Quantum Computers are widely acclaimed as the future computers. There is so much research being done in this field of Quantum Computers that one would rightly feel that the advent of Quantum Computers for everyday use is not far off. But at a time when Global Warming has become a real threat to our very existence‚ the question we need to responsibly ask ourselves before
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In this article‚ Buffam discusses the potential risks that green roof runoff can have on downstream ecosystems. Though beneficial in some areas‚ storm water runoff from these roofs have been found to seep harmful chemicals that can contaminate water quality. Sources of phosphorous‚ carbon‚ copper and iron have all been identified as a part of the hazardous runoff. It has been anticipated that these green roof ecosystems have fluctuating runoff concentrations depending on plant production‚ microscopic
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Green Revolution From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Green Revolution (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] Increased use of various technologies such as pesticides‚ herbicides‚ and fertilizers as well as new breeds of high yield crops were employed in the decades after the Second World War to greatly increase global food production. |[pic] | |Agriculture
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Toxic Pair The polarizing relationship between Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai was one full of subtle conflict‚ jealousy‚ and fear. There is no doubt that the two were‚ to an extent‚ very loyal to one another. However‚ Mao’s undying jealousy of Zhou receiving spotlight led to increasing tensions between the two comrades. Zhou’s increasing wariness of Mao’s capability to make sound political decisions for the country also increased tensions‚ but not just for the two of them. Their relationship was sometimes
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However‚ it is not right to blame a teacher for making a biased assessment. The idea of a less biased assessment comes from the teacher’s knowledge of the student and of reading and writing. The more practiced teachers are with understanding student literary practices‚ the more likely better results will appear from assessments. Things that
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INTRODUCTION Green awareness is not a new topic from last few years. Most interesting thing is HR professionals in the organization are not only aware about this rather they start working for it. HR professionals in organization can develop a powerful social conscience and green sense of responsibility internal and external customers‚ stakeholders‚ partners etc. Recent times‚ consumers demand ethics and environmental credentials as a top priority. Society and business see their agenda align. HR
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Bazerman (2016)‚ this loyalty may foster either ethical behavior or corruption. In their study‚ they found that members who are more loyal or are primed to be more loyal do less harm than their counterparts due to greater ethical salience. However‚ when competition was taken into account‚ individuals who were more loyal did more harm than their counterparts (Hildreth et al‚
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