Top Research Papers on Environmental Sustainability

Some time ago I was invited to an international meeting concerned with water management issues in a particular region, the boundaries of which had been clearly defined by its climatic gradients. Combined with another event, that meeting was attended not only by the participants from the region but also by delegates representing states located far from its climatic and ecological boundaries. Instead of playing the role of silent listeners, delegates from distant regions took the floor, presenting their official national statements and expressing their interest and right, to participate in the p...

This chapter reveals the overview of sustainability; the overview of environmental sustainability; environmental sustainability and climate change; environmental sustainability, water resources, and energy consumption; and the overview of sustainable tourism. Sustainability is the important issue that attempts to bridge social science with civic engineering and environmental science with the technology of the future. Environmental sustainability is important because it ensures people have water and resources, and adopting its practices protects the environment and human health. Sustainable tou...

Preface Developments in Applying Biotechnology Tools in Environmental Engineering Energy Master Planning: The Case of New Jersey Removal of Hazardous Materials from Aqueous Waste Streams Using Biomass & Enzymes With Reference to Environmental Control: Review Integrating Environmental Strategies into Industrial Production & Sustainable Development Studying Motor Development: A Biological & Environmental Perspective Phyto-Bioremediation of Polluted Marine Sediments: The Need of a Bio-Physical Approach Examination of University Students' Attitudes towards Environmental Problems: A Turkish Example...

On the international scene, Chile has gained international recognition for its annual growth rate and its stability. Nevertheless, the Achilles heel of this growth is the over-exploitation of natural resources. Alongside growth, health problems and production losses were generated as a consequence of the degradation of natural and environmental resources. Also, there is a decrease in the quality of life of the Chilean people, a situation only acknowledged recently. The situation of environmental education in Chile is more understandable when it is put in the context of Chilean history over 25 ...

This paper will throw some light on the strategies adopted by IT companies for environmental sustainability, few suggestions towards green computing and finally a proposal on how the education sector can reduce its carbon footprint by using the strategies mentioned in the paper.

BIOL 150 The World of Plants (B2, B3, ES) 3 BIOL 160 Marine Biology (B2, ES) 3 BIOL 170 Animal Diversity (B2, ES) 3 BIOL 300 Nature Study (UD-B, ES) 3 BIOL 310 Biology for Today's World (UD-B, ES) 3 BIOL 318 Our Endangered Planet (UD-B, LLD, AERM, ES, GP) 3 C W 508 Introduction to Environmental Literature (UD-C, ES) 3 CFS 543 Sustainability in the Textile, Housing, and Food Industries (UD-D, ES) 3

This book summarizes current research in marine biology, ecology and evolution, and ecology and Evolution of Marine Systems II and discusses the role of text-based learning in the development of science.

In this issue of State and Local Government Review’s Government Matters Section, two articles examine the implementation of energy sustainability programs. One article examines how state capacity affected the plans of the U.S. government to fund state energy programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The other article examines local-level citizen participation in environmental issues both in the United States and in Kyrgyzstan. The two essays are complementary; they examine different levels of government and different countries. The ARRA article presents an analysis usin...

This article investigates the driving forces of the ecological footprint (EF) and its six subcomponents to examine similarities in sources using a cross-national data set of more than 100 countries. Expectations from environmental impact, world-systems, and world-polity perspectives are incorporated in a model examining the institutional-level attributes driving national-level imprints on the biophysical environment. Results suggest that the structural factors driving ecological footprints differ across the EF's subcomponents and are similar for only one of its pieces, carbon uptake. Specifyin...

This paper reflects on the extensive literature on environmental sustainability that has been produced over the last two decades, and proposes a new approach for environmental policy that goes beyond the cost-benefit analysis that has proved so difficult to implement for non-marginal environmental issues. This approach combines the Safe Minimum Standard approach, which was proposed many years ago, with the concepts of environmental functions and ecosystem goods and services, which have been developed much more recently. It is shown that this approach provides the basis for a robust calculation...

Pervasive computing naturally lends itself to many of environmental sustainability's core challenges and is well-aligned with pervasive computing's vision, which promises to deliver computational intelligence embedded in the physical world, human enterprises, and people's lives.

A growing number of companies globally are now identifying the significance of sustaining the natural environment. The implementation of environment interventions is a mixed bag of achievements, slow progress and a lack of progress. Whereas, the progress on the policy and legal fronts is at the acceptable level, the environmental conditions in the country have not changed much to the better. The importance of environmental sustainability to development was captured in MDG 7. Despite some progress towards meeting this goal, there is still substantial unfinished business and new global and local...

This article expands the Sraffa framework to address environmental sustainability by showing how

The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as Brut land Commission (1987), defined sustainable development as the one that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Even though this definition is widely quoted, there are many conceptual and practical difficulties in evolving an operational sustainable development policy from this definition. An understanding of the nature and uses of environmental goods and linkages between economic and environmental systems would enable us to formulate a policy for sus...

This guide organizes library and web resources for students in the MBA in Sustainability & Environmental Compliance program as well as those taking courses related to sustainability.

Early literature in the field of environmental ethics suggests that environmental problems are not technological problems requiring technological solutions, but rather are problems deeply rooted in Western value systems calling for a reorientation of our values. This dissertation examines what resources are available to us in reorienting our values if this starting point is correct. Three positions can be observed in the environmental ethics literature on this issue: 1. We can go back and reinterpret our Western canonical texts and figures to determine if they can be useful in providing fresh ...

The unsustainable use of natural resources is not a current issue and it began since the Agricultural Revolution, which characterizes the change in the relationship between man and nature. Thus, the first major environmental impacts emerged, such as destruction of forests, deviation of watercourses and species's extinction. As a result of this new way of life that went from nomadism to sedentary lifestyles, there was an increase of human productive capacity and the emergence of other crafts that were not directly related to food production. Given that, this paper discusses topics regard to sus...

While acknowledging the need for “sustainability,” this paper summarizes the problems that have been encountered in our understanding and use of this concept. It explores the efforts of others to define the concept within the context of specific disciplinary areas and sets forth a proposal for a basic understanding of the term “environmental sustainability” as an expansion of our common perception of the nature of human activity so as to more clearly connect it with the ecological concept of interdependence and to serve as a goal for environmental managers. John Morelli Rochester Institute of ...

Environmental degradation has been caused by human activities in order to achieve his developmental needs. This paper examines the role of professionals and professional organizations in environmental sustainability; with specific attention to the role of the environmental engineers in environmental sustainability. Examination of environmental engineering and the environmental engineer was made; some human activities and their consequences on the environment which lead to environmental unsustainability were explained. Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the prese...

Economic assessment of environmental damage and estimate the negative externalities are of particular importance aimed assigning monetary values to use. In economic terms, using produce cost environment where there is conflict between uses, and / or quality of a good is affected beyond measure considered tolerable. This means that the environmental good in question is a rare good economic sense. However, in addition to the direct costs of use, there are also indirect costs - negative environmental externalities that are highlighted in particular the phenomenon of pollution, when appearing as e...

Environmental functions are defined as the possible uses of the non-human-made physical surroundings on which humanity is entirely dependent. Competing functions are by definition economic goods, indeed the most fundamental humanity disposes of. Environmental sustainability is defined as the dynamic equilibrium by which vital environmental functions remain available for future generations. Environmentally sustainable national income (eSNI) is defined as the maximum attainable production level by which vital environmental functions remain available for future generations. Thus the eSNI provides...

To check rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions, many management tools are being used by different industries. In order to address environmental issues the corporate sector has seen a drastic increase in the use of environmental management systems. There is strong need to check how these environmental management systems are rendering environmental management services. Research shows that environmental management systems are mistakenly expected to prescribe technical and environmental objectives. Without describing what goals an organization must achieve, they lay out a system for manag...

The chapter shows the potential and promise of technological innovation for more environmentally sustainable practices, while recognizing the ongoing challenges in changing attitudes in the surf industry, and among many participants/consumers. It echoes broader literatures showing that attitudes and behaviors around environmental issues are complex and paradoxical.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are grouped under three main titles; economic development, environmental sustainability, and improvement of social well-being. Environmental sustainability is one of the most important components of sustainable development goals because it is obvious that without a sustainable environment, economic and social development goals will be abandoned. While the unplanned use of the environment and natural resources threatens environmental sustainability, it can be said that one of the most important actors in this process is sports. Mass production an...

This paper synthesizes the evidence of a negative correlation between income inequality and environmental quality. It shows that inequality exerts adverse impact on environmental outcomes through several channels, including the household, community, national, and international channels. These channels however overlap with one another and can thus reinforce the impact of inequality. Other dimensions of inequality, in particular gender inequality, also impact environmental quality negatively. The concept of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) is not that helpful in explaining the negative corr...

Mapping Environmental Sustainability explains the development of visual mapping techniques with practical case studies that describe their application in environmental sustainability projects, from working with farmers and their networks to using visual mapping with indigenous communities and managing coastal environments.

Ellie V. Pullin Preschool is committed to: • promoting respect for, and an appreciation of, the natural environment among all at Ellie V Pullin Preschool • fostering children’s capacity to understand and respect the natural environment, and the interdependence between people, plants, animals and the land • supporting the development of positive attitudes and values in line with sustainable practices • ensuring that educators and other staff engage in sustainable practices during the operation of Ellie V Pullin Preschool.

Introduction: Connecting Leadership and Sustainability Benjamin Redekop 1. An Ecological Perspective on Leadership Theory, Research, and Practice Richard M. Wielkiewicz and Stephen P. Stelzner 2. Eco-Leadership: Towards the Development of a New Paradigm Simon Western 3. Challenges and Strategies of Leading for Sustainability Benjamin Redekop 4. Leadership and the Dynamics of Collaboration: Averting the Tragedy of the Commons Rob Williams 5. Leadership for Sustainability in Business: It's All About the Stories We Tell Martin Melaver 6. Green Heroes Re-examined: An Evaluation of Environmental Ro...

Dave Ohara uses his 25+ years of experience and technical leadership at HP, Apple and Microsoft to show how data centres can be greener. Dave's consulting clients include server companies, software companies, and a data centre construction company. You can read his blog at www.greenm3.com. Anthony Steven is a technical writer, trainer and consultant who works with some of the world's largest manufacturers of hardware and software to ensure that they create clear and consistent content. He ghost-writes the Microsoft Power of Software

While the concept of “sustainability” traditionally has emphasized the environment, the University of Florida (UF) has learned that integrating all three “legs of the sustainability stool” is a prerequisite to effecting the comprehensive institutional change sustainability proponents seek. By assessing its own degree of sustainability using guidelines established by the Global Reporting Initiative, UF united the interests of the administration with those of campus greening and social progressive constituents and, in the process, established a baseline with which to compare future metrics. Univ...

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Abstract Environmentalism is giving way to sustainability in a process that is aided by complementary shifts in economic, social and political arenas. Environmentalism was always a necessary first step. The shift towards sustainability is beginning to take place because the mood of the times is now ready to promote its early stages. However, as we contemplate more fully the fuller significance of sustainability, the very ethos of livelihood and lifestyle enters the frame of enquiry. Livelihood and lifestyle are part of the same set of phenomena defining personal and social identity, and econom...

The aim of this study is to define the eco-compatibility of biopolymers, the so called "green plastics" with a view extended to all phases of life in order to quantify the environmental impact of these materials. Nowadays, biopolymers represent the most widespread materials when it comes to replace the conventional polymers and they are considered particularly promising in terms of environmental sustainability. Indeed, the production of plastics from renewable sources in recent years has had an exponential growth (from 180 ton in 2008 to 1 million of ton in 2011). This rise is due to the marke...

Academic institutions as community members, creators of knowledge, and educators of current and future citizens and practitioners have the potential to play a significant role in establishing sustainable environments. This article examines the role of community as the learning context for colleges and universities and as co-creators for complex change processes. Collaborative educational models are presented that link environmental sustainability to community engagement and the enhancement of social and economic justice. Through interdisciplinary, community-based education students gain an awa...

Beltratti et al proposed an environmental sustainability problem and stressed the importance of two related control problems, namely, the discounted utilitarian problem and the long‐run utility problem. From the analysis of the latter, they obtained the definition of the Green Golden Rule (GGR). We discuss the optimal steady‐state solutions of the first problem and provide new results, completing the known information on it. Then we tackle the second problem and its equivalent NLP problem of maximizing the steady‐state utility. We obtain that the solutions to the NLP problem depend on the capi...

BIOL 150 The World of Plants (B2, B3, ES) 3 BIOL 160 Marine Biology (B2, ES) 3 BIOL 170 Animal Diversity (B2, ES) 3 BIOL 300 Nature Study (UD-B, ES) 3 BIOL 310 Biology for Today's World (UD-B, ES) 3 BIOL 318 Our Endangered Planet (UD-B, LLD, AERM, ES, GP) 3 BIOL 671 Ecology and Evolution of Marine Systems II (ES) 6 C W 508 Introduction to Environmental Literature (UD-C, ES) 3 CFS 543 Sustainability in the Textile, Housing, and Food Industries (UD-D, ES) 3

We note that the current intellectual, social, and economic milieu has led to general acceptance of environmental sustainability as one of the most important issues of our time. Environmental sustainability is a “big idea,” and it is “in the air” (Gladwell, 2008). Few industrial–organizational (I–O) psychologists disagree. However, there are many different ideas on the what, where, and how our field can contribute. We review facilitators, drivers, and barriers to environmental sustainability of organizations. We also discuss the ways in which cultural and international research can strengthen ...

Helping people learn to adopt more pro-social lifestyles usually involves persuading them to take new, beneficial actions. However, certain pro-social goals, such as achieving environmental sustainability, also require people to stop performing harmful actions—people are commonly instructed to drive less, use less electricity, and otherwise reduce the amount of resources they consume and waste they produce. In order to help people adopt this potentially unintuitive form of behavior change, we introduce a theoretical framework for the concept of "negabehaviors." A negabehavior is a manner of co...

This is an edited collection of new articles, published by Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2006. The editors are Professors Benjamin J. Richardson and Stepan Wood, Osgoode Hall law School, Toronto. The volume of new essays presents critical new scholarship on law for sustainable development. Its contributors provide international and comparative perspectives on the current state of environmental law and its future directions. Aimed at both students and scholars in law and other social sciences, it goes beyond conventional descriptions of environmental law and policy to a theoretical and interdiscipli...

This note presents various definitions of sustainability and outlines some of the basic issues surrounding environmental sustainability. It addresses the issue of whether one can continue economic growth, expand the economic and technological bases of developing countries, and preserve the environment for future generations. The note is useful as theoretical background for cases on the environment and technology as well as international cases, particularly those concerning economic expansion in developing countries.

Environmental concern, previous purchase behaviour, willingness to pay more and perceived convenience are found to be the main drivers for sustainability adoption, followed by the limitations and recommendations for future research.

After a brief attempt to clarify concept11al ambiguities abont sustainable development,. the author sets the framework of discHssion with the backdrop of India's rich natural endowments and far too inadequate efforts towards planned sttstainable development. He takes a critical look at efforts about planned sustainable development, with focus on the Eighth Plan. After analysing vario11s reasons for planning failures, he lays emphasis on the need for people's ·participation in the plannlna process.

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Abstract The article discusses the relationship between contract law and environmental sustainability. Firstly, it questions whether certain values, which the concept of sustainable development incorporates, are compatible with contract law. Could we consider sustainability goals as implied terms of international business contracts in the absence of an express agreement? Secondly, the article notes and analyzes the process of contractualisation of sustainability objectives in international business contracts. It also examines the current limitations of enforcing sustainability contractual clau...

The past half-century has seen profound changes in environmental research and governance. Knowledge about environmental systems and human–environment interactions has expanded enormously; policies and institutions have proliferated at all levels; the dominant concerns have shifted dramatically in scale and scope; and ‘the environment’ has become one of the most visible arenas in which science interacts with politics and policy-making. It is timely, after a decade of Environmental Research Letters (ERL), to reflect on what we—as scientists, policy-makers and interested citizens—expect of enviro...

Students often have a concept of sustainability contrasting with its definition, believing that it is moral or “green,” but not necessarily a practical imperative. This course provides a foundation in the “what” and the “why” of sustainability and how it underpins economic robustness. Some still view environmental and social responsibilities as being in tension with economic success, impeding aggressive improvement. Examining the achievements and unintended consequences since the industrial revolution that created the need for complex regulations and protective technologies, the instructor dem...

This study examines attitudes toward environmental sustainability among college students. The new area of “sustainability reporting” identifies business practices that are associated with environmental and social costs. When these costs are known, managers can take steps to reduce them, resulting in improved profit and lessened environmental impact. Many believe it has great potential to change the way business is practiced. Responses were analyzed using multidimensional scaling analyses, permitting comparison of the perceived similarity and dissimilarity of “sustainability” to other environme...

The goal of this SIG is to raise awareness of these issues in the CHI community and to start a conversation about the possibilities and responsibilities the authors have to address issues of sustainability.

Achieving Sustainability Through Environmental Planning Social Processes and the Pursuit of Sustainable Urban Development Environmental Monitoring and Planning for Sustainability The Changing Face of Environmental Policy and Practice in Britain British Land Use Planning and the European Union Sustainability, Planning and the Future.

Discussion on environmental sustainability in the past two decades has often engendered more controversy than agreement. The Beijing Olympics in 2008 and 2022 are examples of state bureaucrats and international media outlets upholding polarized viewpoints on achieving carbon neutrality. The “original ecology” folk song of 21st-century China further demonstrates how anthropocentric interests could easily divert people’s attention away from issues critical to planetary wellness.