Politics‚ Government and Communication As the number of political parties has fallen‚ that of pressure groups has increased. In the voluntary sector alone‚ one third of the population is involved in regular work for organisations‚ several of which can be described as a pressure group. They are organised groups that don’t put up candidates for election‚ but seek to influence government policy or legislation. These organisations are also described as interest groups‚ lobby groups‚ or protest groups
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Ocean Turns Into Plastic Island? Could Happen Have you ever wondered what happens to that plastic bottle or plastic bag that you throw away? What if I told you that the bag and the bottle are slowly killing off marine life and slowly turning our oceans into dumps? This is the case and the problem is only growing and everybody is responsible for it and everybody needs to pitch in and clean up this mess. We all use plastic because it’s convenient for us‚ but in the end it ends up killing the marine
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but also in the emergence of transnational actors and consequently‚ transnational interactions‚ defined as the interaction involving at least one non-state or non-international organization actor. Example of transnational actors are NGOs‚ like Greenpeace and for-profit companies‚ like Shell. As the pace of globalization does not seem slowing down‚ scholars have started to look into the most suitable approaches and theories
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.......................................................... 7 Executive Summary The goal of this investigation was to quantify the use of two groups of chemicals ’ phthalates and synthetic musks ’ in a random selection of perfume brands. Greenpeace commissioned a laboratory to test 36 brands of eau de toilette and eau de parfum for levels of the two chemical groups.The results confirm that some synthetic musks‚ most notably the polycyclic musks galaxolide (HHCB) and tonalide (AHTN)‚ and some
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March 2001‚ heavy expenditure had been incurred in environmental risk assessment‚ waste disposal and health monitoring. The expenditure had exceeded the total profits generated by the plant since its inception. But the pressure from NGOs‚ led by Greenpeace[1]‚ who had been protesting since March 2001 had not subsided. The NGOs had indulged in novel ways of keeping the issue alive. These included chaining themselves to the HLL branch office in Chennai on 15th November 2002‚ disrupting the Annual
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The Amazon is a huge region that is across the eight developing countries‚ Brazil‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Colombia‚Ecuador‚ Guyana‚ Venezuela‚ Suriname and French Guiana‚ which have been destroyed since 1978. The Amazon have millions of species and thousands of birds and butterflies. Deforestation in the Amazon was mainly because of farmers‚ who cut down trees to produce crops for their families and local consumption. But in the 20th century‚ that began to change by industrial activities‚ agriculture and
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The environmental documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a film about the most destructive industry facing the planet today. The film’s maker Kip Anderson discusses how “animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation‚ water consumption and pollution‚ is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry‚ and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction‚ species extinction‚ habitat loss‚ topsoil erosion‚ ocean “dead zones‚” and virtually every other environmental
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United States Department of Energy 16 Objectives 16 Message Creation 16 Delivery 17 Evaluation 17 Federal Energy Regulator Commission 17 Objectives 18 Message Creation 18 Delivery 18 Evaluate 18 Non-Governmental Organizations 19 Greenpeace 19 Sierra Club 20 National Wildlife Federation 21 Tar Sands Action 21 Objectives 22 Message Creation 23 Message Delivery 24 Evaluation 24 Community Residents 25 The Objective 25 The Message 26 Delivery 26 Evaluation 27 Media
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studies‚ and corporate reports. As one would expect from any multinational company‚ IKEA donates to charity (WWF‚ UNICEF‚ Save the children ) and also works hand-in-hand with non profit organizations (Forest Stewardship Council‚ Global Compact‚ even Greenpeace). But what drew my attention most was the code of conduct that they established in 2001 and is at the core of the relationship with their suppliers. The IKEA way‚ or IWAY as it is called‚ is the subject of this report. I shall begin with an overall
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dissertation proposal Thames Valley University London School of Hospitality and Tourism Service Industries Dissertation TH60004E Promoting Sustainability The role of Green-Festivals affecting pro-environmental attitudes: the case of Glastonbury Festival Juliana Silveira 20262348 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of BA (Hons) Events Management Module Leader: Graham Berridge 1. Introduction to the Study The following study seeks to investigate
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