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...se. This ensured a wide acceptance and a strong participation. As a result, EcoDesign turned out to have a significance which went far beyond just environmental improvements. Apart from direct cost reductions, it turned to be an effective concept to critically review decisions taken in the past. In its mature form it has grown into a powerful general management tool. ...
...ng with EcoDesign as of the early nineties of last century. There has been a variety of drivers to do so, varying from ethics to complying with (new) environmental legislation. After 25 years a new generation of EcoDesigners has entered the field. This generation operates from the wider sustainability perspective, that is taking apart from environmental also social and eco...
...21st century jobs. Additionally, the Kü‘oko‘a Plan supports STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) education and research in high ... ...s and projects with unique, cutting-edge innovations in product development, technology, commercial application; local companies with positive environ... ...velopment, technology, commercial application; local companies with positive environmental and business impact, and promising growth and investment po... ...nywhere. Maui’s Haleakala, in fact, has been the chosen site of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope, which scientists expect will broaden knowledg... ...erator that seeks out and commercializes brilliant ideas in the bio-medical, environmental, security and health care fields, was named the statewide w... ...eceive world class surgical and medical care here in Hawai‘i,” he said. “Our technology companies are very relevant in providing solutions for the Asi... ...ed tis- sues for transplantation, products to combat counterfeiting, and new technology for environmental reme- diation. There is a great deal of syn-... ...r transplantation, products to combat counterfeiting, and new technology for environmental reme- diation. There is a great deal of syn- ergy, and it i... ...ower’s Secret Inc. Noni Biotech, International Pacific Biodiesel Inc. Westec Environmental Solutions Kaua‘i County Aqua Engineers Inc. Malie Inc. City...
...rth Law of Robotics IX. Surrogates: The Interrupted Self X. Avatar: The Ecology of Environmentalism XI. The Invention of Lying: Fact and Truth XII... ...ion - surely, we should feel entitled to invade his brain and extract it? Once such technology is available - shouldn't authorized bodies of inspect... ...at the brain and its flesh-and- blood container were once united, before science or technology had them sundered. But what about a human brain that ... ...neglected or wilfully ignored. Also Read: Psychophysics Return The Ecology of Environmentalism "It wasn't just predictable curmudgeons like ... ...dulterated surroundings can be found in the more malignant forms of fundamentalist environmentalism and in pop-culture (the most recent example of ... ... have only recently begun paying lip service to sustainable development and to the environmental costs of their policies. Thus, in a way, they brid... ...f the West continue to indulge in rampant consumption, but now it is suffused with environmental guilt rather than driven by unadulterated hedonism... ... intelligent from merely observing their behaviour. It is a fallacy to insist that technology and collaboration are predicated on intelligence. Eve... ...with a limited sample of Life, we have examples of directional (goal-oriented) and technology-empowered behaviour by non-sentient entities (compute...
...that. We are 16 KABBALAH REVEALED trying to fight terrorism, poverty, crime, environmental degradation, disease, and other “sicknesses of civiliza-... ...cal shield to protect us from it. The initial reason we developed science and technology was to secure our shielded existence away from Nature’s el... ... of com- pensating for our self-centered oppositeness from Nature by choosing technology, we should have changed our ego- ism to altruism, and conseq... ...to use their knowledge to gain material pleasures. Today, with the progress of technology and the heightened drive of our egos, misusing knowledge ha... ...ng knowledge has The Greatest Wish of All 43 become the norm. Yet, the more technology progresses, the more dangerous we are becoming to ourselves... ...ill lack the appropriate method to deal with them. They are like a whole new technology that we must still learn to deal with. So while we are lear... ... seed remains the same kind of seed, its appearance may change as a result of environmental influences such as sunlight, soil, fertilizers, moisture...
...nventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpotatochip.htm Microchips The Journal of Environmental Science and Technology published study according ... .../inventors/blpotatochip.htm Microchips The Journal of Environmental Science and Technology published study according to which 1.6 kilograms of ... ...ery company Maillefer. It proceeded to become the largest Scandinavian information technology company by digesting Ericsson's data systems division... ...its. Education Graduated a few semesters in the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. Ph.D. in Philosophy (major: Philosophy of Ph...
...f human society and its social structures: education, cul- ture, science, and technology. Humanity marched proud- ly forward, believing that progress... ...verything. If we observe human evolution in culture, educa- tion, science, and technology in light of the understand- ing that desires lead all these ... ...y, a new entity—a bacterial colony—was formed, which was better suited to the environmental conditions. A bacteria is actually a community of bacter... ...we raced to evolve in numerous ways—through culture, education, science, and technology. Today, however, we have suddenly reached an im- passe, and ... ...tion, Baal HaSulam explains that, “the Creator eventuated and gave human- ity technology, until they have invented the atom and the hydrogen bombs. ...
... with an identical wavelength as that of the receiver. Thus, we only feel the environmental phenomena that correspond to our sensory systems. Moreov... ...t the level of our world, as they realize that there is no hap- piness in high technology, or the development of our culture and ethics. Drugs and ot... ...han this world. At that point, one would become the “Son of Man.” Science and technology have been developed only to lead us to a dead end, to the u... ... have been developed only to lead us to a dead end, to the understanding that technology is not the way to go. But before we look for the new way, w... ... what He wants to tell us. For that to happen, we had to develop our minds and technology to believe the possibility of an infinite speed, of energy ... ...hould be internal, spiritual, and not external. The Creator has us develop our technology while sustaining our internal evolution, both as individual... ...urroundings. On the other hand, we can always change ourselves along with the environmental changes. Changes to our environment affect us in proport...
... once?” - J.Cross/Stone 24 “Individually,” Brand said. Except for some of the modern technology, Brand knew his way around a studio set and the... ...orgi said. “What communication devices do you have?” Brand asked. “We have the latest in technology. High frequency two way radios tuned to a speci... ...hat he it could be used as a missile shield defense system.” “How would it work?” “The technology is complicated, but the easy answer is that afte... ... that is an FBI issue.” “Your conclusion?” “Someone had access to some very privileged technology.” “Or?” “I’m not going to suggest an FBI age... ...t for him to accept the second spot. “I’m fine,” he said. “I’ve been concentrating on the environmental issues. We’re taking a beating in the media....
...lack the appropriate method to deal with them. They are like a whole new technology that we must learn how to work with. So while we are still lear... ...d remains the same kind of seed, its appearance may change as a result of environmental influences such as sunlight, soil, fertilizers, moisture, an...
... as “hidden” only because it is still hidden from us. But just as science and technology in the 19th century did not suc- ceed in finding out much ab... ...owly gained experience, and became convinced that the progress of science and technology, including medical technology, does not deliver us from pai... ... ment. It is happening very powerfully in our time, and therefore, along with technology, there are courses in astrology and the supernatural that ... ... we express our freedom to choose our way. The more correct the choice of the environmental factor is, the greater the acceleration. Indeed, we can ...
...’ Tale: An Allegory, 83 6 I Got a Mashup, 122 7 The Enclosure of Science and Technology: T wo Case Studies, 160 8 A Creative Commons, 179 9 An Eviden... ...se Studies, 160 8 A Creative Commons, 179 9 An Evidence-Free Zone, 205 10 An Environmentalism for Information, 230 Notes and Further Readings, 249 Ind... ... 10 has its roots both in my article “A Politics of Intellec- tual Property: Environmentalism for the Net?” 3 and in the symposium, Cul- tural Environ... ...cisely because we are in the information age, we need a movement—akin to the environmental movement—to preserve the public domain. The explosion of in... ...alue of the public domain. This enlightenment does not happen by itself. The environmentalists helped us to see the world differently, to see that the... ...ty and the public domain is important in every area of culture, science, and technology. As a result, it ranges widely in subject matter. Yet readers ... ... creative expression. The promise of copyright is this: if you are a radical environmentalist who wants to alert the world to the danger posed by clim... ...t and the decoding of the human genome? We could turn to the cutting edge of technology or to economics or information theory. But none of those would... ...nfor- mation superhighway” that it was presumed would replace the “immature” technology of the Net. The government was wrong about that, and about a l...
...lture provides perhaps the best model for consideration of the ideal of sustainability. From ancient Asian wisdom through modern global forces and technology to the central environmental issue of food production, we have identified some necessary conditions for sustainability. Yet, our approaches to care of the natural environment seem to be based on erroneous assumptio...
...s ix Author’s Foreword xi Chapter 1 Stepping Back to Survey the Landscape 1 Chapter 2 The Unacknowledged Debt to Asia: A Different Agricultural and Environmental Reality 13 Agriculture’s Legacy 14 Agricultural Origins 15 Contact with the West 23 Religion, Nature and Agriculture 26 ‘Indianised’ Agriculture 31 Secular Approaches 34 Common Heritage 38 Chapter 3 Global Dev...
... the globe in much less than 80 days, but money and information can do so in seconds. Markets, wars and products are all becoming globalized, as are environmental impacts and the circulation of ideas”. ...
...efing was requested by Senator Smith (R-NH and Chair of the EPW) and Mr. David Conover (Chief of Staff-EPW) because of the need to look at energy and technology issues over times scales of 5-20 years. The briefing was organized by Dr. Theodore Loder and was held on Oct. 18, 2000 in the Senate Dirksen Building, Washington, DC....
...ional agribusiness, negotiation, retained potential, and acceptance of new ideas, suggest that Thailand should remain a major agricultural country as environmental and religious concerns contribute to its unique agriculture. From hunters and gatherers through agro-cities, State-religious Empires infiltrated by migrating Tai persons with a wet glutinous rice technology,...
... Chapter 3 - Arrival of Tai Agriculture Chinese Tai Muang F Integrating Technologies Tai Agriculturists Migrating Farmers Tai in Thailand Tai Traits Environmental Traditions Tai and Buddhist Environments Summary Chapter 4 - Expansion of Thai Agriculture from 1200 C Agricultural Organisation Agricultural Administration Integrating Irrigation Systems Agricultural Dominati...
...From hunters and gatherers through agro-cities, State-religious Empires infiltrated by migrating Tai persons with a wet glutinous rice technology, evolved to produce a sustainable agriculture. Rice culture determined administrative structures in a pragmatic society which regularly produced a saleable surplus. Ayutthaya’s ascendancy, continuing today, consoli...
...RINAL, AND POLICY CHALLENGES IN THE CYBER WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Col Rebecca A. Keller, USAF 53 US NATIONAL SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC . . .85 Lt Col Lars Helmrich, Swedish Air Force 54 CONSIDERATIONS FOR A US NUCLEAR FORCE STRUCTURE BELOW A 1,000-WARHEAD LIMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Lt Col ...
...morrows. Dare we evade that challenge? Ismail Serageldin Chairman, The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Vice President for Environmentally Sustainable Development, The World Bank...
... Food Production 42 Sustainability and Image 45 People and Agriculture 47 Towards an Alternative Approach 51 Chapter 3. UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION: ENVIRONMENTAL EMPATHY 55 Awareness 55 Bread Baskets of the World 58 The Global Need 59 The Imperative of Education 60 Public Environmental Education 63 Changes in Agricultural Education 66 Information or Knowledge 70 Chapte...
...ly misunderstood, are the factors which led me to produce this Gutenberg edition. In these times when every second popular science book is about the "environmental crisis", why resurrect such an ancient document? Simply because its fundamental argument is a timeless one, an insufficiently appreciated one, and one which is probably as briefly and as clearly expressed here a...