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    Introduction Information and public participation play an important role in the protection of the environment. To that end they have become rights which are protected internationally, continentally and domestically, ensuring that all citizens and organizations are able to play an active role in the management of the environmental at all levels. By enabling public participation, governments are inevitably providing transparency in governance and therefore reinforcing the legislative and institutional

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    legislation pertain to the economy, workforce and health. While these items are discussed daily by political pundits one issue that equally important is usually placed on the backburner due to political posturing the health of the planet. “Tackling environmental problems today is more difficult because the nature of the "problems" has changed: where such problems were once primarily scientific and technocratic in nature, they are now almost exclusively problems of politics”. (Turin) This posturing has

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    Companies Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Their Social Responsibilities”: “More than 8,000 businesses around the world have signed the UN Global Compact pledging to show good global citizenship in the areas of human rights, labor standards and environmental protection.” Businesses start to believe that CSR is the path to long-term achievement. CSR is

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    sustainability, is one of the most grandiose undertakings in American society today. Universities, corporations, households, and everything in-between, are all striving towards sustainability, but what actually is it? According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, “To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations” (EPA). With such a broad definition, there are plenty of critics

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    “An Environmental Protection Tool: Green Marketing & Its effect on Consumer (Buying) Behavior” Ms. Himani Grewal Asst. Professor, SSIM Moradabad Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India himanigrewal@yahoo.com hrgeneralist88@gmail.com Contact no.: +91- 7417219378 Ms.Vidushi Bhatnagar Asst. Professor, SSIM Moradabad Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India vidushibhatnagar@gmail.com vidushibhatnagar11@gmail.com Contact no.: +91- 9675227398 “An Environmental Protection Tool: Green Marketing

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    society, but to also note their interconnectedness with each other. Even if some people might deny environmental concerns, addressing them is urgent during a time of rapid climate change and pollution. Environmental issues are often looked at through a scientific lense, but it is also essential to view them through a social lense in terms of equality associated with environmental issues. Environmental Justice calls for “fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color

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    Since 1975, society has pushed for greater protection and conservation of depleted areas to reduce the anthropocentric impact on ecology. The need to protect areas from globalisation and “human violence” (Cronon 1995, p.19) is due to the over extraction of natural materials. The overuse of materials from the natural realm has devastating effects on the biodiversity of the land due to the lack of replenishment once resources have been extracted. Berkes (2004) presents this notion of community-based

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    Introduction Since 1975, society has pushed for greater protection and conservation of depleted areas to reduce the anthropocentric impact on ecology. The need to protect areas from globalisation and “human violence” (Cronon 1995, p.19) is due to the over extraction of natural materials. The overuse of materials from the natural realm has devastating effects on the biodiversity of the land due to the lack of replenishment once resources have been extracted. Berkes (2004) presents this notion of

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    Assignment 2: Critical Infrastructure Protection Eustace LangleyCIS 502 May-23-2013 Facilitator: Dr. Gideon U. Nwatu Strayer University Critical Infrastructure Protection Introduction The Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience advances a national unity of effort to strengthen and maintain secure, functioning, and resilient critical infrastructure (The White House Office of the Press Secretary, February 2013). It is imperative for every nation

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    communities. The imbalance of classification shows a lack of environmental justice in low-income and minority communities. According to the EPA, or Environmental Protection Agency, “environmental justice is the fair treatment… of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies,” (EPA, n.d.). However, the environmental justice, the EPA mentions is not prevalent in communities

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