Category: Sustainability
Sustainability and environmental management
| November 9, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under Eco-ncepts, Source: Wikipedia, Sustainability |
At the global scale and in the broadest sense sustainability and environmental management involves managing the oceans, freshwater systems, land and atmosphere, according tosustainability principles.[1][2] Land use change is fundamental to the operations of the biosphere because alterations in the relative proportions of land dedicated to urbanisation, agriculture, forest, woodland,grassland and pasture have a marked effect on the global water, carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles.[3] Management of…
Eco-friendly gifts
| November 7, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under eco-friendly, Sustainability |
Eco-Friendly Glossary* Bamboo Garments – Bamboo is 100% naturally grown and sustainable, it is also naturally antibacterial & Bamboo fibre is 100% biodegradable. As the fastest growing plant in the world, bamboo grows to its maximum height in about 3 months and reaches maturity in 3-4 years.Bamboo is known to improve soil quality in degraded…
Ecology
| November 5, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under eco-friendly, Eco-ncepts |
Ecology (from Greek: ?????, “house” or “living relations”; -?????, “study of”) is the scientific study of the relation of living organisms to each other and their surroundings.[1] Ecology includes the study of plant and animal populations, plant and animal communities andecosystems. Ecologists study a range of living phenomena from the role of bacteria in nutrient recycling to the effects…
Definition of sustainability
| November 3, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under Eco-ncepts, Source: Wikipedia |
The word sustainability is derived from the Latin sustinere (tenere, to hold; sus, up). Dictionaries provide more than ten meanings for sustain, the main ones being to “maintain”, “support”, or “endure”.[3][4] However, since the 1980s sustainability has been used more in the sense of human sustainability on planet Earth and this has resulted in the most widely quoted definition…
Eco-friendly
| November 2, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under eco-friendly, Eco-ncepts, Source: Wikipedia |
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Eco-friendly) Environmentally friendly (also eco-friendly, nature friendly, and green) are synonyms used to refer to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies considered to inflict minimal or no harm on the environment.[1] To make consumers aware, environmentally friendly goods and services often are marked with eco-labels. But because there is no single international standard for this concept,…
Recycling
| November 1, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under Eco-ncepts, Recycling, Source: Wikipedia |
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 3R Concepts Waste Disposal Hierarchy Reduce Reuse Recycle Barter Dematerialization Downcycling Dumpster diving Ecodesign Ethical consumerism Freeganism Extended producer responsibility Industrial ecology Industrial metabolism Material flow analysis Product stewardship Simple living Upcycling Zero waste Recyclable materials[show] Recycling involves processing used materials (waste) into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful…
Plastic
| September 9, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under Environmental issues, Recycling, Source: Wikipedia |
Plastics are durable and degrade very slowly; the molecular bonds that make plastic so durable make it equally resistant to natural processes of degradation. Since the 1950s, one billion tons of plastic have been discarded and may persist for hundreds or even thousands of years.[21] In some cases, burning plastic can release toxic fumes. Burning…
Ecology – A to Z
| September 9, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under Glossary of ecology, Source: Wikipedia |
A adaptive behavior – In behavioral ecology, this is any behavior which contributes to an individual’s reproductive success and is thus subject to the forces of natural selection. Adaptive management – a systematic process for continually improving management policies and practices by learning from the outcomes of operational programs adoption – when an organism permanently…
Sustainability
| September 1, 2010 | Posted by Hilra under Eco-ncepts, Sustainability |
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. For humans, sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions. Healthy ecosystems and environments provide vital goods and…
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