the globe are in desperate need for a form of transplant. Waiting lists can be years long‚ as there is an inadequacy to meet the demand. Seizing on this opportunity‚ people have turned towards the highly controversial organ trafficking system. The harvesting of such ‘black market’ organs is deemed illegal‚ but is allegedly booming in China. It has become the destination for people wanting to avoid the waiting lists and receive a ‘quick’ transplant. China conducts more transplant surgeries than any other
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We keep our houses clean. We take utmost care of our bedroom‚ making sure no dust rests on our polished furniture. From walls to carpets‚ everything in our house is neat and clean and perfectly maintained. Then why do we fail to keep our environment clean; maintenance of which is far more vital as compared to our home? The term pollution means addition of any substance which alters the quality of the environment. Substances which cause pollution or alter the natural quality of the air‚ water and
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many ways to help enhance the facility and better the water and supply system‚ as well as the energy efficiency that is being used. As stated in the article from The Telegraph Newspaper‚ “living tree houses would eliminate wasted energy used in harvesting wood for lumber‚ hauling and cutting lumber‚ and they would be carbon neutral” (Eccleston‚ 2007). Their main focus to improve these hotels is to eliminate wasted energy and make them carbon-free. Also included in the article “Eco tree houses‚ the
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Lorraine Helgeson Green Roofs are they worth it? GS1200 Natural History of Illinois September 29‚ 2008 Dr. Linda Vick Green Roofs‚ Why Bother? When we think of a roof we think of something that protects and covers the top of a building or structure. But now days‚ there is more possibilities for the use and function of a roof top. It is called a Green Roof. A green roof is creating a rooftop that is covered with plants‚ grasses or small shrubs‚ trees‚ and soil. Green roofs help
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NATIONAL RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - THE MALDIVES THE MALDIVES Hakura‚ Maldives (10 January 2005). An aerial view of the damaged Hakura resort in the Maldives‚ along a flight path taken by the UN Secretary-General‚ Kofi Annan‚ who travelled to the region. At least 23 of the 87 tourist resorts in the Maldives were devastated in the 26 December tsunami. © Sena Vidanagama/AFP/Getty Images 76 77 NATIONAL RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - THE MALDIVES 5. 5.1 NATIONAL RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL
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Improving Quality of Rural Health & Education through Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study on Jindal Steel & Power Limited *AshutoshPrayas Dash ABSTRACT CSR is the commitment of the business to contribute towards sustainable economic development‚ working with employees‚ their families‚ the local community and society at large to improve their quality of life.Rapid industrialization‚ technologies and urbanization took place as a result of Liberalization‚ Privatization and Globalization
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Low Cost Housing Design Introduction The client has requested a design of a low-cost housing estate in the coastal region of Tamil Nadu. They are particularly interested in seeing how costs can be minimized and how health and safety can be improved through the housing Design Approach The approach taken is by considering 3 aspects of a design – functional‚ economic and eco-friendly. Obviously in the case the functional aspect is to improve the public health and safety. Climate in Tamil
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We can not live in it neither can we live without it. Water is very important to us. Period. We will die without it‚ but unfortunately we also can not live with too much water. Our bodies are not designed to handle too much water. Our infrastructures also can not withhold massive amounts of water. Therefore we hope things like tsunamis‚ or hurricanes or typhoon or heavy snowfall or blizzard would not occur in an extreme manner. We all know our resources are depleting and I am going to encourage
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What is illegal logging ***Illegal logging is not always a clearly defined term‚ but can be described as forestry practices or activities connected with wood harvesting‚ processing and trade that do not conform to law. Illegalities occur right through the chain from source to consumer‚ the harvesting procedure itself may be illegal‚ including corrupt means to gain access to forests‚ extraction without permission or from a protected area‚ cutting of protected species or extraction of timber in excess
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Introduction: Rainwater‚ in most cases‚ is the most pure available source of water‚ something which gives rainwater preference over other available sources of water but more importantly‚ roof drainage pollution is also caused by rainwater. In United States the average amount of rainfall across the country is 35″ and the amount of land that is affected by excess water capable of damaging homes and properties is around 20%. Some of the most common environmental and moisture problems that are faced
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