We are living in a material world." This famous line in one of Madonna’s songs entitled "Material Girl" will never outgrow itself. Ever since the beginnings of monetary means‚ the main focus of living is getting more money and to be as successful as possible. This became a huge issue during the 1920’s. In this era‚ people made money from the stock market‚ illegal bootlegging and so forth. With these people hitting the jackpot‚ this then created a new rank called `new money’. This rank‚ however‚ never
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Tourism And Sustainability THE WHOLE PICTURE TOURISM Lying on beaches with blue waters; indulging in a delightful package of fiesta and fun; enjoying delicious cuisine and accompany of the local. Probably the pictures that spring to mind when you hear ‘tourism’. Indeed‚ most people long for these when they consider going on a tour. Tourism is travel for recreational and leisure purposes. Apart from this‚ there are also ecotourism‚ educational‚ medical tourism. Sustainable tourism will be zoomed
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Introduction 1.1 What is Sustainability The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED 1987‚ in Gareis et al. 2010‚ p. 2) defines sustainability as the development that conforms to the needs of the present without making or willing to make concessions on the ability of future generations in order to meet their own wants and needs. In a different concept‚ sustainability has lately turned out to be a corporate yet societal concept (Gareis et al.‚ 2010). Corporate sustainability has different
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Chapter2:Economic sustainability Blackground of Swire Coca-Cola HK Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong Limited (Swire Coca-Cola HK Ltd.) In Hong Kong has the franchise of Coca-Cola and the Coca-Cola brand products. Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong ’s major soft drink manufacturer. The company employs nearly fourteen hundred employees‚ operate 17 production lines‚ the annual production of more than 60 million cases of drinks. In addition to Coca-Cola‚ the company also produces Coke Zero‚ Diet Coke‚ Vanilla Coke
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Sustainable Mauritius Brundtland report (1987) has defined the term sustainable development as the development that meets the needs for the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs Sustainable development and planning is structured essentially around 3 elements: economic growth‚ social development and environmental protection. While development is associated with social development‚ it is also associated with environmental disasters if the development
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In the third chapter of Rethinking sustainability: A strategic financial model for Christian schools‚ Dr. Pue clearly conveys the importance of maintaining Biblical principles in the Christian school ministry. This kind of approach it is fundamental for the glorification ofour God through a fruitful educational ministry; Dr. Pue states: “You cannot violate God’s principles in pursuit of God’s purposes and expect God to bless you” (Kindle Loc.567). This simple matter of fact which is so obviously
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T RECYCLING SUSTAINABILITY SOC 112 FINAL PROJECT [Sustainability means providing for the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the environment to provide for our future generations. We are responsible for leaving our future generations a safe‚ healthy environment. We risk human and Wildlife extinction if we continue the way we are going. Our planet cannot sustain human life this way. We can all work together to advert this from happening and we must act individually as well
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Globalization & Sustainable Development Globalization allows the creation of additional value and increase efficiencies for national economies. In essence‚ this model aims at promoting productivity‚ connectivity‚ and specialization. However‚ global trade focuses on the economic wellbeing of nations in isolation of the environments they operate in. This stems from the fact that globalization rests on the views of capitalism; a system that calls for free market trade. This view of development
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Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions 1. Introduction It is a fact that about 4 billion people worldwide live on less than US$2 per day (Microfinance Bulletin‚ 2008a‚ 7) and poverty is one of the major problems that is still prevailing in today’s world. Surprisingly more than 3 billion poor people seek access to basic financial services worldwide (Helms‚ 2006‚ ix) and were ignored by commercial banks for a very long time. For commercial banks the poor were seen as “unbankable” for decades
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Sustainability‚ in a broad sense‚ is the capacity of maintaining a certain process or state. It is now most frequently used in connection with biological and human systems. In an ecological context‚ sustainability can be defined as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain ecological processes‚ functions‚ biodiversity and productivity into the future. Sustainability has become a complex term that can be applied to almost every facet of life on Earth‚ particularly the many different levels of biological
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