Introduction
This unit takes you on a wide-ranging journey through the many aspects of sustainability and explores ways to tackle a sustainable future positively. We will look briefly at issues such as ecological footprinting, globalisation, recycling, food production, fishing, waste heat, nature and culture.
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An introduction to energy resources
Energy resources are essential for any society, be it one dependent on subsistence farming or an industrialised country. There are many different sources of energy, some well-known such as coal or petroleum, others less so, such as tides or the heat inside the Earth. Is nuclear power a salvation or a nightmare? This unit provides background information to each resource, so that you can assess them for yourself.
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Introduction
Water is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future.
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The Standard Days Method® (SDM) Toolkit: Reliable and Relevant Web-Based Information and Resources
The
SDM Toolkit provides policy makers, health care providers, and program managers
across the globe with state-of-the-art information on this highly-effective
fertility awareness-based method (FAM) of family planning that has been proven
to expand choice for women and couples.
The
SDM is a modern fertility awareness-based method of family planning that is
easy to teach, easy to learn and easy to use. Since 2002, Georgetown
University’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) has work
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The Eighth H.W. Arndt Memorial Lecture: Rehabilitating the Unloved Dollar Standard
The international dollar standard is an accident of history that greatly facilitates international trade and exchange. But erratic U.S. monetary and financial policies, have upset the U.S. and a world economy thus makes foreigners unhappy. Paradoxically, the asymmetrical nature of the dollar standard also makes many Americans unhappy because they cannot control their own exchange rate. Although nobody loves the dollar standard, it is a remarkably robust institution that is too valuable to lose a
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Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Introduction
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Justice Joe Williams of the High Court and past Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Hon. Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs.
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Indigenous Peoples' Legal Water Forum 2009 Introduction
A forum to explore the rights of Indigenous peoples to be involved in the governance of freshwater. Justice Joe Williams of the High Court and past Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court and Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Hon. Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs.
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FPCLW: Introduction
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters.
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FPCLW: Introduction
With one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand in public conservation, what visions and challenges exist for its future development and management? On Friday 10th July, the University of Otago Research Cluster for Natural Resources Law tackled these issues head-on at a significant symposium entitled The Future of Public Conservation Lands and Waters.
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Introduction to Facebook
This is my podcast of the final version which is about Facebook. It includes both my presentation and some music segments. It is of 4 minutes 26 seconds length, and I think it's not too long or too short. In the podcast I presented Facebook as a social network website, including its general information, typical audience, how does it work and its use in education. I think I foIlowed most of the instructions in "InstructionsForPreparingPodcast", while I laid my own emphases on "how does facebook w
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