Going Green – Should A Company Do It? Ben Surato Baker College – MKT111B Environmental efforts of modern times date back to the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ during postwar America. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 was the first piece of legislation to lay down federal regulation of water quality passed by Congress. (PBS.org‚ n.d.) This type of legislation was put in place forcing businesses to recognize corporate responsibility and eco-friendly practices. Since that time
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generations. "Green" or "ecological design" is one positive response to the environmental crisis. It can be defined as any design or planning taking account of ecological principles such as the reduction of pollution‚ sustainable growth‚ recycling‚ energy efficiency and conservation of scarce resources. Green design results in fewer goods‚ smaller goods‚ or products made from environmentally friendly materials‚ that are cleaner‚ quieter and longer lasting or biodegradable. Green design can be
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Giving a helping hand In today’s society‚ “going green” has ultimately become the latest and greatest fad sweeping the nation; from recyclable grocery bags to vegetable oil being used as gasoline replacement‚ our society is slowly coming together to accommodate our environment. As we have seen in the last decade our world’s lack of natural resources and pollution problems have become a huge ordeal. Having to find alternatives from gasoline‚ for example‚ could potentially help our economic recession
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Green Revolution AN INTRODUCTION TO THE “GREEN REVOLUTION” Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s‚ that increased agriculture production worldwide‚ particularly in the developing world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. The initiatives‚ led by Norman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a billion people from starvation and the dangerous outcomes
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Green initiatives are becoming increasingly popular in our society. Green products‚ green buildings and environmentally-conscious groups are everywhere. Major corporations are taking green initiatives very seriously and taking great strides to go green for their consumers and employees. Academic institutions play a major role in our communities and it’s important for universities and colleges to also recognize their role in our environment. IUP‚ along with many other universities around the country
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In the 1940s‚ the Green Revolution was introduced to the world. The Green Revolution consisted of new methods of harvesting crops‚ fertilizers and pesticides were introduced‚ and companies were able to mass produce crops. This revolution started when the Rockefeller Foundation launched a research project to hope to improve the agriculture in Mexico#. New technological advances helped the revolution spread on account of the fact that a new‚ more effective and productive way to harvest crops was invented
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Go Green Have you ever been told to “go green”? “Go green” is becoming a commonly known phrase‚ even though the concept is not new. Chances are you have heard this term in regards to your home‚ transportation‚ or shopping. So what does it mean anyway? Well a simple answer is to make choices in how you live and use resources that are environmental conscious‚ while keeping pollution and waste to a minimum. Many people have made going green a lifestyle and their behaviors directly influence their
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2008 APEC Clean Development Conference – The Current Applications and Future Promotion of Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development National Tsing-Hua University‚ Hsinchu‚ Chinese Taipei Dec.15.2008 Green Chemistry for the Improvement of Human Welfare Gwo-Dong Roam ‚ Wan-Yi Wu‚ Chung-Han Chiou‚ Chung-Wen Yen Office of Sustainable Development Environmental Protection Administration‚ Chinese Taipei Tel: 02-23822841; E-mail: gdroam@sun.epa.gov.tw Viewpoints & Experiences: . Roadmap:
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masses’ current favorite is the new Soylent Green. With Green‚ the Soylent Corporation has branched out a bit‚ turning‚ according to its advertising literature‚ to the vastness of the oceans for its raw materials— whereas Soylents Yellow and Red are soybean derivatives‚ Soylent Green is made from oceanic plankton‚ the closest thing to an infinite nutritional resource that the hard-pressed Earth still has to offer. Unfortunately‚ the very newness of Soylent Green means that it is in chronically short supply
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Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post‐occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois Year 1 Final Report Fall 2009 A collaboration between With the generous support of Acknowledgements Several organizations and individuals contributed to the success of this project. Please accept our gratitude for helping to make this project possible: Project Supporter Grand Victoria Foundation Project Partners U.S. Green Building Council‐Chicago Chapter
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