ES34 – Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture TAKE HOME FINAL EXAMINATION Querubin‚ Emmanuel S. BS Environmental Science-III 1. What are the ecological and socio-economic requirements for sustainable agriculture? Explain. According to the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) Standards‚ the ecological and socio-economic requirements for sustainable agriculture include social and environmental management system‚ wherein it should incorporate a set of policies and procedures managed
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GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE WORKING PAPER 00-04 Basic Principles of Sustainable Development Jonathan M. Harris June 2000 Tufts University Medford MA 02155‚ USA http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae © Copyright 2000 Global Development and Environment Institute‚ Tufts University G-DAE Working Paper No. 00-04: “Basic Principles of Sustainable Development” Basic Principles of Sustainable Development 1 Jonathan M. Harris jonathan.harris@tufts.edu 1. The Concept of Development
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is varied‚ explained through artistic virtues such as poetry and painting‚ and intensive study of historical struggles. Despite this‚ some view the field‚ aptly named the Humanities‚ as irrelevant‚ a passing luxury item bent on being thrown away. In her article‚ “The Humanities Are Not a Luxury: A Manifest for the Twenty-First Century‚” Martha Nell Smith details the struggles of the humanities against both real‚ and metaphorical issues‚ ranging from funding shortcomings to family views on the validity
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Chapter 6 The Time Value of Money-Annuities and Other Topics 6.1 Annuities 1) You wish to borrow $2‚000 to be repaid in 12 monthly installments of $189.12. The annual interest rate is: A) 24%. B) 8%. C) 18%. D) 12%. 2) If you have $20‚000 in an account earning 8% annually‚ what constant amount could you withdraw each year and have nothing remaining at the end of five years? A) $3‚525.62 B) $5‚008.76 C) $3‚408.88 D) $2‚465. 3) If you invest $750 every six months at 8% compounded semi-annually
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Sustainable Marketing Triple Bottom Line TBL or Green Mix: People‚ Planet‚ Profit: How to create value around these Marketing: It’s about creating‚ communicating‚ deliver‚ value to the target market and earn profit. All about creating value to the stakeholders. Marketers don’t create need‚ the need is internal but they know how to target this need. They make people aware of their needs. The job is to turn the wants into needs. Ex of TBL: Lakefield Wind Project. People and Profit: New local jobs
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FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT 5.1 Marketing Management The potential role of marketing techniques in sustainable tourism Seeking to understand the customers in terms of their motivations and determinants Need to scan its business environment for relevant data that might determine the stances it takes towards sustainable tourism The potential role of marketing techniques in sustainable tourism (cont.) The scanning should involve: 1. 2. 3. 4. Government legislation on
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Recommendations for Managers After concluding market research‚ primary research‚ and research on sustainable marketing with its positive and at times unchanging affects that it has on sales‚ the next section will elaborate on the recommendations for managers of corporations. Companies have taken more interest in their commitment to sustainable marketing as the benefits become more apparent‚ and the alternative more unsustainable. Just as natural resources are becoming insufficient and costly; stakeholders
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CONCEPT OF LUXURY BRANDS Contents I – LUXONOMY 1. The Basic Definition of Luxury 2.1. The Necessity-Luxury Continuum 2.2. The Relativity of Luxury 2.3. General Perspective for the Definition of Luxury 2. The Major Understandings of Luxury by Area of Research 3.4. The Philosophical-sociological Understanding of Luxury 3.5. The Micro-economic Understanding of Luxury: Luxury Goods 3.6. The Managerial Understanding of Luxury: Luxury
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THE 8 P’S OF LUXURY BRANDING – PILLARS OF A LUXURY BRAND Performance: Refers to the delivery of superior experience of a luxury brand at two levels – product level & experiential level. At a product level‚ it must satisfy the functional and utilitarian characteristic as well as deliver on its practical physical attributes – a recipe of quality or design excellence ingredients like creativity‚ exclusivity‚ craftsmanship‚ precision‚ materials‚ high quality & innovation. The luxury brand must perform
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Sustainable Aviation Assessment: 1 By: Gerson Fernando Panzo Teacher: Paul Fidgeon Student Number: 21091556 Critically evaluate the research that maintains ‘efforts to achieve a sustainable aviation industry will remain elusive’. (In this context ‘elusive’ is taken to represent not possible). Due date: 29.10.2013 This essay will argue for the research that maintains ‘efforts to achieve a sustainable aviation will remain impossible’ The Aviation industry
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