Business Sustainability: Women as the change agents *Ms. Vidya Sampath & Ms. Husnain Sabah* “Women are the best index of the coming Introduction Business sustainability signifies the ability to stay resilient to survive the uncertainty presented by this dynamic global market place and to optimally manage the financial‚ social and environmental threat‚ obligation and opportunity. These may be translated as the 3 P’s of Business Sustainability – Profits‚ People and Planet. According to the
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Gendered Experiences in Ifugao An Article Review Summary Gender is a historically and culturally constructed concept by a community. Specific meanings that people attribute to gender reflect their own historical‚ cultural‚ political and economic processes in daily life. Social roles are viewed by Ifugao people as always in relation with their family. They work cooperatively to provide for the needs of their families. In turn‚ work activities have culturally designated gender codes. These codes
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4 Overview • Syllabus & course expectations • Ch. 1: Science and the Environment – The State of the Planet – Environmental Science • The Environmental Movement – 3 Unifying Themes • Sound science • Sustainability • Stewardship – Moving Toward a Sustainable Future 13 Exercise 1 • Think‚ Pair‚ Share – Think about the topic – Write down your ideas on a sheet of paper • Write your name & date at the top of your paper. Turn it in at the end of lecture. – Break into pairs – Share
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political‚ and social issues. In Paul Johnson’s article‚ “Colonialism’s Back-and Not a Moment Too Soon”‚ we see that the present-day generation in Africa has grown to believe that colonialism is “inherently evil”‚ due to many historical realities. In Wangari Maathai’s The Challenge For Africa‚ our eyes are opened to the multitude of issues that Africa faces everyday‚ many of which stemmed from nineteenth century colonialism itself. But‚ the inhabitants of Africa have yet to recognize the severity and
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GLOBAL WARMING Global warming is the increase of earth’s average temperature as the result of green house effect. Green house gases in the atmosphere act like a mirror reflecting back the heat radiation which would otherwise be dispersed into space. Greenhouse effect is the problem of gradual rise of gases such as carbon dioxide in the air surrounding the earth which traps the heat if the sun. Greenhouse gases are any of the gases that are thought to cause green house effect.
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” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 564(July):142-166. Loeber‚R.‚ D.P. Farrington‚ and D. Petechuk.(2003). Child Delinquency: Early Intervention and Prevention. Washington‚ D.C: OJJDP‚ U.S. Department of Justice. Maathai‚ Wangari.(2010).Rehabilitation Quotes. www.quotesdaddy.com/tag/Rehabilitation Martinson‚ R.(1974) Moon‚ Melissa M.‚ F.T. Cullen‚ J.P. Wright‚ and J. Pealer.(2003). “’It Takes a Village’ Public Willingness to Help Wayward Youths.” Youth Violence and Juvenile
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CHANGE OVER TIME THEME COMPARISON BY REGION: GENDER STRUCTURES REGIONS Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods Foundations 4500 BCE To 600 CE Post-Classical 600 – 1450 CE Early Modern 1450 – 1750 CE Modern 1750 – 1914 CE Contemporary 1914 - Present SOUTHWEST ASIA Paleolithic Societies: Generalized gender equality. Women gathered but they often did hunt. Women could be leaders and sat in council. Men/women both raised children and provide for the social groups as life was subsistence. Neolithic
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Chapter 10 Review 1A)Describe the Green Belt Movement founded by Wangari Maathai Q)The Green Belt Movement is a movement that organizes poor women in rural Kenya to plant and protect millions of trees in order to combat deforestation. A)Distinguish among an old-growth forest‚ a second growth forest‚ and a tree plantation Q)An old-growth forest is an uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for several hundred years or more
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TOPIC :- How India and Africa compete ‚ collaborate and co-create the future on environment issue INDIAFRICA: - STRIDE FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION In a world ravaged with war‚ famine‚ nuclear waste and other disasters‚ a common concern for future occupies significant position between both the African continent and India. Though identifying similarities between the two cultures is not the same as identifying existing differences‚ this essay is an attempt towards finding a solution to environmental
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Chapter 5 of Environmental Science by William and Mary Ann Cunningham begins with defining biomes and explaining how temperature and precipitation are very important for biome distribution. Temperature and precipitation also change in altitude. It also gives some examples of biomes such as tropical rainforest‚ boreal forest and savanna. In Rowan Jacobsen article “Down by the River”‚ he described the Colorado River. It discusses how Jacobsen traveled to the city Yuma. Jacobsen then went on to describe
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