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    It has been brought to the attention of our new Recreational Therapist staff at this facility, that there are not enough programs or accessible information pertaining to leisure resources for our current consumers who are being discharged from the facility. The specific issue we would like to address are solutions for our clients who struggle with PTSD. As an RT our job is to develop a treatment plan/service designed to restore, remediate, recreate, and rehabilitate an individual’s functional abilities

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    com/articles/what-is-the-environmental-impact-of-irrigation.html), irrigation can have several direct and indirect negative effects on the environment. Irrigation is the practice of redirecting water from one place to another, and is a common practice in horticulture, agriculture and other fields. While direct impacts of irrigation include increased groundwater and evaporation in the irrigated area, as well as decreased waterflow downstream from where the water is being sourced. Changes in moisture levels

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    Introduction This literature review examines how psychologists are addressing the connection between green outdoor spaces and student behavior. Researchers from many different fields of psychology, clinical, developmental, behavioral, and ecological, have been looking into stress relief for decades, but have only recently in the early 1990s begun looking into the interaction between green outdoor space and its restorative effects on student stress, anxiety, attention and depression. We will

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    The Decline of British Bees There are over 1500 insect species that are thought to help with pollination in the UK. Virtually any insect that visits flowers can carry out pollination. This includes the best known, the bees along with butterflies, hoverflies, a few beetles and moths. Bees are a massive component in ecological systems with 78-94% of wild plant species and 75% of crop species pollinated by animals and provide important social and economic aids to humans through crop pollination and

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    drug and alcohol abuse. Steve has not communicated verbally in six months and uses a notepad for all forms of communication.  He has identified his main goal to return home to be with his girlfriend again.  In his free time, Steve enjoys gardening in his horticulture group, reading the newspaper, completing puzzles, participating in the work program at Danville, and doing crafts.

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    Introduction Nelson Mandela has been recognized by the entire world as one of the most influential, effective, and democratic leaders, who have left after himself a great legacy. Mandela individual actions and political ideology portrayed crucial leadership attributes that are now taught in various leadership theories. As a result, this essay will focus on how transformation and servant leadership theories were reflected in his Nelson Mandela’s life as a leader. What skills

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    mental distress, or the identification of public health and social care priorities. Many of the over 200 local Mind associations across England and Wales run green projects – including Last year, The Depression Report by Lord Layard drew walking, gardening and conservation work. The attention to the economic costs of mental distress thousands of people who use our services place and the lack of treatment options. The report made great value on these kinds of activities, and report the case for “a new

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    Aquaponics: Livestock In Cities   Introduction Aquaponics is a technology of food production in a natural environment that is very amenable and adaptable to city contexts as well as capacity buildings and community led developments. It is the combination of fish, aquaculture, and plant cultivation, hydroponics, in a recirculating closed system, Rakocy (1995), Bernstein (2011), Diver (2006), and Wicoff (2011). In the present age of diminishing natural resources and insecurities in food growing

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    Nelson Mandela is known for being one of the most influential, democratic, and influential leaders in the last 100 years. Through Nelson Mandela’s political ideology and life, he lived his legacy will be taught to students for generations. In this research essay I will focus on how transformation and servant leadership theories were reflected in his life as a leader. Self-sacrifice — Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island, hammering rocks in the scorching sun during the day,

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    This report is designed to investigate the rationale behind teaching Education for Sustainability (EfS) in early childhood education, through investigating the relevant issues and concept of sustainability in relation to the pedagogies and principles of early years education. The initial part of this report will focus on three issues of sustainability, all falling under the greater sustainability concept of waste management. The report will then go on to articulate the role and importance of EfS

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