Sustainable Community: Mission Statement: Our mission is to cultivate sustainable and environmentally friendly practices that mobilize members both across and within communities to transform their lifestyles by promoting a shared “green” consciousness. Our model serves to empower individuals and communities toward creating a sustainable equilibrium between lifestyle and environment. Through individual and community practices‚ our movement is a culture of environmental sustainability that seeks to
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My community ETH/125 My community In my community the area is predominately white; there is not much diversity in the state of New Hampshire. I have viewed the growth of my town from when I was a child to when I have recently moved back a year ago. Fifteen years ago there was one African American family that I knew of and one Hispanic family. In high school there were some other races but I was not friends with them nor knew much about their heritage or culture. I believe that education is the
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Case study You are a worker at the Whitford Community Centre. The centre is based in a large housing estate on the fringe of a major city. The area has only been established for a relatively short time. A significant number of the residents have very low incomes or are in receipt of Centrelink benefits. The centre has focused its efforts on lobbying the local council and the state government for resources and an improved infrastructure (public transport‚ parks‚ shopping centres‚ and so on). Workers
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Community policing is a method of enforcing the law and philosophy based on the perception that collaboration and support of the society and police can help reduce crime‚ the fear of crime and to alleviate the social problems that lead to crime and. The members of the community help to identify suspects‚ to restrain offenders‚ report crimes to police and to address the social problems that lead to increase in the crime rates in the first place. Community policing advocates for organizational strategies
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Alcohol Therapeutic Communities In today’s world‚ people each and everyday from a wide range of teenagers to adults‚ abuse substances such as illegal drugs and alcohol. Not all of these people are open to admit that they indeed have a problem‚ and could really use professional help from others to stop their bad habits before they become a larger issue than it already is. Lucky for the people who are able to accept their problem at hand‚ places such as therapeutic communities are there for support
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the context of the ecological model and social determinants of health (SDOH). With the ecological model‚ we look at the environment of the individual and how the two interact together. The environment consists of peers‚ family‚ community‚ infrastructure within the community‚ etc. All these things impact the individual’s perception of their health and they outcomes they will accept for their health. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are a list of 10 items that are basically psychosocial influences
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Racism is something that’s learnt‚ not something you’re born with. Racism within the community is an extremely prevalent problem within the eyes of the minority as the oppression causes difficulty within job opportunities‚ a bias opinion from the community and a failure to communicate their opinions. Due to the oppression of the minority group‚ job opportunities have significantly decreased for them. In the US‚ racism is a well-known issue and job providers don’t want those who’ll cause trouble
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Cyberspace Community Most people view a community as the people that surround them daily and live in the same area as them. However‚ others may see a different aspect of the meaning. The definition of a community is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality‚ share the same government and often have a common cultural and historical heritage (dictionary.com). Although this may be an accurate definition‚ it varies from other peoples ideals. To some a community can be found
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Home Retail Group plc was demerged from GUS plc and its shares commenced trading on the London Stock Exchange on 11 October 2006. Argos sales slide hits Home Retail Group shares Argos has reported a big drop in sales for the past three months after experiencing worse-than-expected trading conditions‚ its owner has said. Home Retail Group shares closed down 14% after it said like-for-like sales - which strip out new selling space - at Argos fell 9.6% in 13 weeks to 28 May. It added there had
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Human resource management is the process of managing people in organizations through a structured manner. The study of groups and teams is inseparable from the study of human resource management. It helps develop a deeper understanding of employment relations. In simple words‚ groups can be defined as two or more people who interact with each other to accomplish certain goals while a team is a small amount of people with complementary skills who are committed to an approach for which they hold themselves
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