Environmental sustainability is the rates of renewable resource harvest, pollution creation, and non-renewable resource depletion. In business, environmental sustainability is about making responsible decisions that will reduce your business' negative impact on the environment. Wingate University is an example of environmental sustainability because Wingate is joining the sustainability movement on all three campuses by embracing the “triple bottom line,” intergenerational responsibility, and a participatory process. When going to the library to watch a PowerPoint presentation, I learned how Wingate University contributes to the sustainability movement. One of the main things that interested me the most was learning about the three aspects …show more content…
For example, each student in my business class needs to collect a minimum of 65 pairs of shoes to reach our class goal of 2,000 pairs for our Soles4Souls project. In the presentation, I really enjoyed the quote by Dr. Seuss stating, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not!” This quote made me reflect and realize that you really do need to care because if you don’t, nothing will be accomplished. To start making a difference you can start by thinking ecologically about the campuses. Wingate University has lots of green, LEED certified buildings, energy efficient lights, ‘green’ carpet, energy efficient boilers and recycling on campus. The university also has their own bike share program which minimizes driving and makes the environment and people healthier. I thought it was very interesting learning that the Wingate community also has a garden that grew 520 pounds of produce this past summer. Finally, I would love to join Wingate’s BIGG (Bulldogs into Going Green) program which is a sustainability student group that partners with other groups to promote the three aspects of
According to the author, the colonies received benefits from the “modern progressive nations” such as being able to yield tropical produce, receiving foodstuffs and manufactures they need, and having their territory developed by the addition of roads, railways, canals, and telegraphs. They also have the benefit of having schools and newspapers established, as well as the blessing of civilization, which according to the author, would not be attainable without the help of the progressive nations.
The concept of sustainability is about the capacity of the environment to continue to support our lives and the lives of other living creatures into the future. There are a number of programs to restore the river to maintain communities, fisheries and navigation, to ensure long-term sustainability.
“My Virtual Child” was a web based assignment on raising a child based on real life scenarios and answering questions that you are expected to answer as a real parent would. My assignment this time starts with Link being 9 years old. At 9 Link began to consume allot of food. Eating and snacking up to 9 times a day, I knew this was normal for his age. Most boys at 12 grow about 4 inches in height and put on 26 pounds every year once they begin puberty (Rogol, Roemmich, & Clark, 2002). We did our best to guide him into a healthy lifestyle, eating healthy and nutritious foods along with encouraging him to continue with the swim and water polo teams. Because he stuck with his sports as he got older, he received a full ride scholarship right out of high school.
Goal 9 - Student Services: student life, student organizations, events Student Services involves the engagement of student life, student organizations, and events doing their part to contribute to a more sustainable campus since they all take place on campus. Student organizations and events should be required to host one green event a year that is completely zero waste, meaning it does not produce any waste. A zero waste event would mean having the minimum requirements of minimizing paper advertising by using social media to advertise an event, minimizing the use of single-use decorations such as balloons and streamers, offer local, sustainable, and/or fair food if the event even requires food, offer, promote, and utilize recycling and compost bins, providing reusable and compostable service ware such as forks and spoons, and no styrofoam, non-recyclables, or non-compostable products allowed. This would help show students and even the general public that being zero waste is easier than they may think and then apply it to their own personal life. Goal 10 - Purchasing
Grinnell College students, faculty, and staff have, for years, tried to make Grinnell College and its community more sustainable. Whether it has been through sourcing food grown locally and without fossil-fuel based fertilizers, advocating for LEED-certified buildings that conserve energy and water, or altering the College’s energy profile through the implementation of large-scale wind turbines, the College has focused on reducing harmful emissions while preserving standard of living (BMUB 2014).
Sustainability implies that the organization is managing in economic, ecological and socially competent ways. All organizations range on a continuum of their sustainability level with some being more sustainable than others. Generally, as Dunphy, Griffiths and Benn (Module One, Topic 1.5) point out, the more sustainable an organization is, the more they help the surrounding environment, be this local (the particular country) or macro (the world itself). The environment also reflects the sustainability ethos and situation of the organization itself.
Within the College, there are significant sustainability efforts that are directly related to social justice. These resources are easily accessible, offering students a platform to have their voices heard regarding the College’s efforts to be more environmentally friendly. The Farmhouse theme house and the Sustainability Committee of the Student Senate are avenues for direct access to Gettysburg College officials, who have a say in campus-wide campaigns for better sustainability practices. From the perspective of community-based education, schools are an excellent resource for gaining information, but are less accessible to families in the community who do not have students attending these schools.
(claim of value) The United States’ educational system does little to promote “green” living or to enforce environmentally-friendly policies within the school system. Within the local educational system that I am part of, this fact is apparent. Glen Allen has prepared me to start living a “green lifestyle” only by means that I have
Sustainability has become a relevant word in the vocabulary of many organizations, governments and individuals. More than just a word, sustainability relates to the ability of institutions to continue executing their functions without forgetting the effects on the environment and taking into consideration the fair treatment of their employees and the human rights of society. Although sustainability is a widely used term by many individuals, the understanding of this term is not as clear as its popularity. When discussing the ideas of sustainability, most people automatically associate the term with the human impact on the environment. Others relate sustainability to the ability to cut costs and inefficiencies within the organization. A few individuals believe that sustainability is a matter of human rights. So what exactly is sustainability?
In his essay, Newport asserts that the current approach to sustainability used on most college campuses focuses far too much on the environmental and financial aspects of sustainability, all too often forgetting the social aspect in the process. He uses sources, such as the Princeton Review and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) to support his points (Newport 240). Near the end of his essay Newport puts forth the
The Office of Energy and Sustainability offers several programs and events that motivate me to
Steve Hansen was an instructor who informed many students in Wisconsin about the importance of renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and earth stewardship. His creativity, energy, and compassion inspired many to become better people. The Steve Hansen Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established to honor his spirit and memory, and to help the next generation carry on his important work. He lived the “Earth Steward” philosophy of making ways of global change from a local-to-global scales to improve ecosystem strength and individual well being. His belief in this global reasoning inspired other students and adults around him to strive to live by this philosophy and make the world a better place. He endured to teach others about the
Sustainability from a strategic business perspective is the potential for the long-term well-being of the natural environment, including all biological entities, as mutually beneficial interactions among nature and individuals, organizations, and business strategies. (O.C Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell, 2015). Business sustainably is often defined as managing the triple bottom line – a process by which companies manage their financial, social and environmental risks, obligations and opportunities. These three impacts are sometimes referred to as profits, people and planet. (Business sustainability definition from financial times lexicon, no date). This essay will discuss the idea of sustainability being an important element within a businesses and its core strategies and the importance of it within different businesses. Secondly, this study will look at how different stakeholders are affected and influenced by sustainability as this could be seen as a catalyst to improving the environment as a whole and. Then this study will look at how businesses not focusing
Sustainability is a topic that has become very important in recent years. Sustainability is defined as, “the ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely.” ("Finding and Resolving the Root Causes of the Sustainability Problem", 2014)
Every living being are directly or indirectly depend on natural environment. Sustainability helps to balance financial, social, and environmental factors to facilitate responsible business decision making over the immediate and long term. . Sustainability refers to meeting the needs of present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Oxford University press 1987, p.43). Sustainability is also being protective and aware of use of natural resources and development that meets the need of present and everything that is need for our survival and well being depends, directly or indirectly on our natural environment. According to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sustainability is