well as being challenged to stimulate and create ‘more innovative’ sustainable design practices. This was complimented with (some) involvement in broader sustainable development and Corporate Social Responsibility policy and strategy development. • At the Forum for the Future‚ Chris advises a broad range of companies on how to develop sustainability strategies and improve their performance‚ as well as leading research work on sustainable marketing and innovation. He tries to ‘lever in’ his design training
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Coordination Action funded by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme for R&D‚ Priority 6.2 Sustainable Surface Transport What is it about? Characteristics Public Bicycles: • are innovative schemes of rental or free bicycles in urban areas; • can be used for daily mobility as one-way-use is possible and they can be seen as part of the public transport system; • • Example: Vélo’v in Lyon How did the French City of Lyon encourage thousands of people to
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Sustainable Innovation Key conclusions from Sustainable Innovation Conferences 2003–2006 organised by The Centre for Sustainable Design Martin Charter & Tom Clark The Centre for Sustainable Design University College for the Creative Arts www.cfsd.org.uk May 2007 Contents 1 Introduction 05 2 Definition and importance of sustainable innovation 09 3 Drivers 12 4 ‘State of the art’ and application 15 5 Obstacles 20 6 Policy needs 28
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Compare and contrast essay Using public transportation vs. driving your own car What kind of transport do you think is the most appropriate for you? Nowadays‚ people seem to be always in a hurry‚ just enough to be part of the unbearable traffic every morning in Lima‚ to realize this. There are two elements that are accurate to mention before establishing a comparison in terms of means used‚ time and money. As I could see‚ these days people prefer using their own cars instead of public transportation
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Goh Biology SAC 3 “The Transport systems play an essential role in the survival of flowering plants and mammals” It is imperative that the organism’s cells have an ideal supply of the necessary materials to ensure its survival. At the same time‚ waste material must be removed to make room for the new material coming in and to avoid infection. Necessary substances and waste material merely move in and out of unicellular organisms by diffusion‚ osmosis or active transport due to direct contact with
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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN CONTENT 1. INTRODUCING………………………………1 2. HOW FASHION HARMS THE ENVIRONMENT?.............................................1 3. FOOTPRINT…………………………………..6 ❖ My group’s footprint…………………….6 ❖ Foorprint & the world…………………...6 4. ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES………………...8 5. CROCS ………………………………………....9 ❖ Design dossier…………………………….9 ❖ Manufactory……………………………..12 ❖ Material…………………………………..12
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City Life Life of the city City life has got to be one of the most exciting places to live. Many people seem to think city life is too fast paced or too fake for them to enjoy a city life. Living in the city for me seems to be one of the most exciting places to be. Hearing all of the hustle and bustle going on outside of my house‚ seems to give me a since‚ that I am not alone in this world. There are many reasons I love the city life‚ but there are three main reasons and they are entertainment
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Introduction Sustainable Tourism can be best described as tourism that considers its economic (future and current)‚ environmental and social impacts‚ coveting to the needs of the host communities‚ environment and visitors‚ that are defined as sustainable tourism (UNWTO‚ 2005) and the protection‚ enhancement of the natural‚ social and cultural resources in which tourism depend on‚ is one of the fundamental principle of all sustainable tourism development polices (Sharpley‚R 2000‚ pp.12). To
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Sustainable Tourism in Kumarakom – A Case Study Background kumarakom is situated on the banks of the Vembanad Kayal (backwater)‚ 10 km. west of the Kottayam District Head Quarters in Kerala. Kumarakom‚ a backwater tourism hub is gaining strategic place in on the tourist map due to its natural charm and aesthetic beauty. Tourism development in Kumarakom started with the lease of KTDC land in the bird sanctuary area to Taj Kerala Resorts Limited in the 1989. Tourism has developed rapidly in the area
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM ~ ELIMINATING POVERTY (ST~EP) INTRODUCTION : At the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg‚ South Africa in August 2002‚ the World Tourism Organization (WTO)‚ supported by UNCTAD‚ took a global lead in this field‚ launching the concept of ‘Sustainable Tourism as an effective tool for Eliminating Poverty’ (ST~EP)‚ and beginning the process of putting a program in place to implement the concept. This initiative linked the longstanding WTO pursuit of Sustainable
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