centuries. Similarly locating yourself in space requires an understanding of the concepts of distance‚ maps‚ and directions. Location in physical space is probably the first step in understanding your physical environment. This unit is going to focus on Map reading and other related concepts that help us to locate ourselves in physical space. A map is a graphic representation of a portion of the earth ’s surface drawn to scale‚ as seen
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the environment but as time passes by and all our actions are added up together and this might cause chaos in the future. Damaging the environment is not a petty issue. Planet earth as we all live in seems to be the only planet that is capable of supporting human life. Once it is damage beyond repair‚ it might wipe out our species. In the effort of protecting the environment‚ we will consider the effect of our actions before making decisions. Will our actions do any good to the environment or
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LABORATORY ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES SERIES LATS/9/2008-2009 (Revised & Updated Version) GUIDELINES FOR RECOGNITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT‚ 1986 CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD (MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS) `Parivesh Bhawan’‚ East Arjun Nagar Delhi -110 032 E-mail: cpcb@alpha.nic.in; Website: www.cpcb.nic.in MoEF Website: www.envfor.nic.in June‚ 2008 CONTENTS Page No. 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 Environmental Laboratory Legal Provisions
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ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law‚ ethical standards‚ and international norms. CSR is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment‚ consumers‚ employees‚ communities‚ stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere who may also be considered as stakeholders. The term "corporate social responsibility" came into common use in the late 1960s and early 1970s after many
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Our environment faces many problems today‚ and as we advance into the 21st century the problems that we face become more and more evident. Inflation on luxuries that we house today like gasoline and electricity have increased dramatically over the past half century. Other problems faced such as population and hunger‚ not only in 3rd world countries‚ but right here in the United States as well‚ have struck hard as the population of people have increased so greatly that our world cannot control the
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SUBCOMPONENTS OF ENVIRONMENT 1.1 CLASSIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENT The term Environment can be broadly defined as one’s surroundings. To be more specific we can say that it is the physical and biological habitat that surrounds us‚ which can be felt by our physical faculties (seen‚ heard‚ touched‚ smelled and tasted.) The two major classifications of environment are : (A) (B) Physical Environment: External physical factors like Air‚ Water‚ and Land etc. This is also called the Abiotic Environment. Living Environment:
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Demographic environment The phrase demographic environment is composed of two words‚ demographic which in turn comes from demography and environment. Demography is the study of the human population living in an area‚ their age‚ jobs‚ income‚ spending habits‚ ethnicity‚ and gender and so on. In terms of marketing and business‚ this study of human population actually leads to an identification of the potential customers. Businesses employ quite a few methods to identify potential customers for their
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World Environment Day Speech by Hon’ble Minister for Environment and Forests His Excellency the Vice-President of India‚ Thiru. Bhairon Singh Shekhawatji‚ Prof. Yash Pal‚ the Eminent Scientist of the country‚ Thiru. V.K. Duggal‚ Special Secretary‚ Ministry of Environment & Forests‚ Young Environmentalists‚ Ladies & Gentlemen‚ It gives me great pleasure to be among you today on the occasion of the World Environment Day and the 25th Foundation Day of the National Museum of Natural History
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What Is Macro Environment? The major external and uncontrollable factors that influence an organization’s decision making‚ and affect its performance strategies. These factor includes the economic factors; demographics; legal; political‚ and social conditions; technological changes; and natural forces. Macro environment factors are beyond the control of an organization. This is because those factors are positioned outside the organizational system. Those forces are the prime factors in corporate
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Environment Neuman views environment as the totality of three types of stressors that interact with a person at any moment in time‚ they are internal‚ external and created forces (intrapersonal‚ interpersonal and extrapersonal stressors). (Creasia & Friberg‚ 2011). The Internal environment exists within the client. The External environment exists outside the client system. The extrapersonal environment is an environment that is created and developed unconsciously by the client. The
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