the intersection of emergency preparedness, public health and environmental policy
Apple, Blackberry, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Motorola, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba and other consumer electronics companies can be less unsustainable than their competitors and less unsustainable tomorrow than they are today. However, given: The state of the art in manufacturing, Electronics are made with designs that are supplanted before they wear out, and Recycling consumer electronics is [...]
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Abstract. By burning fossil fuels we have put 3.6 trillion tons of Carbon Dioxide, CO2 in the atmosphere1 in the last 200 years – most in the last 60. This has changed the concentration of atmospheric CO2 from 250 parts per Million, ppm, to 390 ppm, an increase of approximately 35.9%. This increase of atmospheric [...]
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If your car is accelerating out of control, whether it's a Toyota, a BMW, or any car, Put your foot on the brake – and press the brake with a steady pressure. Put the car in Neutral. (Just like manual tranmissions, automatic transmissions have a “Neutral” setting. You shouldn't drive if you don't know this.) [...]
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The Brundtland Commission defines sustainability as "Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs." How do you do it? Harnessing processes, not consuming resources. (click here). In Making Sustainability Work, 2008. ISBN 9781906093051, Marc Epstein describes how to do it; the corporate structures needed. We'll get [...]
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The [$34 million] the city wants to spend on [the Brooklyn House of Detention design] contract would be better used as a means to reduce class sizes and build more schools. - William Thompson November 19, 2009, Press Release, YouTube, Gotham Schools Part I. Bill Thompson: "Schools not Prisons" On November 19, 2009, Comptroller of [...]
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Obama in Strasbourg, "pollution from cars in Boston or from factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic ... what I want to do is not only fix the immediate crisis, but, working in partnership with other countries, create a path for sustainable, responsible growth."
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The classic definition of Sustainability; providing the needs of today without compromising our ability to meet our needs tomorrow. And how do you do it? Harnessing processes; rather than consuming resources.
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