Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins (www.natcap.org) Capital - It’s the accumulated wealth in the form of investments‚ factories‚ and equipment. An economy requires four types of capitalism to function: 1. Human capital – labour & intelligence‚ culture and organization 2. Financial capital – cash investments‚ and monetary instruments 3. Manufactured capital – infrastructure‚ machines‚ tools and factories 4. Natural capital – resources‚ living systems & ecosystem services
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world are affected by natural disasters. These may be caused by climate change such as drought‚ flood‚ and cyclone‚ the environment such as pollution‚ deforestation‚ desertification‚ pest infestation or combinations of these‚ or the destroy of ozone layer will contribute to the green house effect. People’s homes are wiped out and livelihoods are destroyed. Poverty‚ population pressures and environmental degradation mean that increasing numbers of people are vulnerable to natural disasters. In Australia
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OPTIMAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES: A STEP TOWARDS MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL MDGS According to Angelsen‚ et.al (1998)‚ there exist a two-way relationship between poverty and environment in the developing countries which is referred to as the Environmental-Poverty Nexus. Poverty causes environmental degradation‚ and in turn‚ the degradations in environment exacerbate poverty. As such‚ the more visible environmental problems are mostly associated with regenerative resources‚ which are in constant danger
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Death Without Weeping Has poverty ravaged mother love in the shantytowns of Brazil? Nancy Scheper-Hughes I have seen death without weeping‚ The destiny of the Northeast is death‚ Cattle they kill‚ To the people they do something worse Anonymous Brazilian singer (1965) "WHY DO THE CHURCH BELLS RING SO often’?" I asked Nailza de Arruda soon after I moved into a corner of her tiny mud-walled hut near the top of the shantytown called the Alto do Cruzeiro (Crucifix Hill) . I was then a Peace
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RESOURCES Why farmers sometimes need to change the pH of soil A healthy‚ productive farm is created from the ground up. The fertility‚ structure and biological activity of your soil are the keys to raising successful crops. Great soil grows great plants with increased vigour and pest tolerance‚ not to mention maximized yields. There’s a lot to know about your soil for sure‚ but the most critical measurement is its pH. What is pH? Represented on a scale of 0 to 14‚ pH is the measurement of the
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Ramon Ramirez The Natural World: Are We a Part of it or Separated From it? The natural world is a source that many of us humans take for granted. It is full of resources that benefit all of us‚ but we should be careful as to how much of those resources we use. Even though the natural world cannot communicate with us verbally‚ its patterns allow us to do many things such as‚ predict weather. As for the question as to whether or not we humans are a part of the natural world or not‚ I think we are
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Juveniles Sentenced to Life without Parole Cruel or Just Unusual? [pic] Juvenile Sentencing: Life without Parole‚ Cruel or Just Unusual? When the Judge announced the verdict “Guilty” there was a slight murmur in the court room as was expected. Then the Judge began to announce the sentence “Life in prison without the possibility of parole”‚ the words cutting through the air like an arrow through a paper target. The courtroom was an arena of mixed feelings‚ half cheering in a celebratory
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countries poach the natural resources of underdeveloped countries and then use them to create products which are later sold again for a greater profit. This general principle would be known as mercantilism which has been practiced by most European nations and some would argue that the United States has done it and to some degree is doing it now in Iraq in the form of oil. Another challenge is that these third world nations rely upon the global nations for support and aid and without it their people would
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Recommendations Report to Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and the Minister of Foreign Affairs “Ever since the Industrial Revolution‚ energy and the need to secure it’s supply have been fundamental to any position of power in the world." At the very start of my recommendation report‚ I would like to say something about importance of an energy as a full concept for a certain country. Without an energy production or sufficient resources we cannot mention about a development in certain
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Electricity from Natural Gas Natural gas is a fossil fuel formed when layers of buried plants and animals are exposed to intense heat and pressure over thousands of years. The energy that the plants and animals originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form of carbon in natural gas. Natural gas is combusted to generate electricity‚ enabling this stored energy to be transformed into usable power. Natural gas is a nonrenewable resource because it cannot be replenished on a human time frame
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