Variable demand as a means to more sustainable biofuels and biobased materials

Smart Surfaces in Biobased Materials

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Biofuels and Sustainable Transport: A Conceptual Discussion

Strategies for sustainably using biofuels must be thoroughly assessed at several levels. First, the use of biofuels must comply with sustainable development’s main dimensions. Second, the use of biofuels must comply with sustainable transport’s main dimensions. Third, gains from using biofuels strategies must compare favorably to gains from other sustainable transport strategies, such as alteri...

Knowledge Management as Means to Achieve a Sustainable Life-Style

The impact of human “life style” on natural system continues to grow and multiply in the last and current century. Our behavior patterns, social attitudes and customs are intertwined with our natural environment. What we do to day, not only involves changes to the existing ecosystems and destroys our environment, but also affects the habitat of the future generations. Old fashioned towns and ru...

Biobased Economy – Sustainable Use of Agricultural Resources

Pre-Noun Modifiers as a Means to Describe Product Characteristics

The article deals with the characteristics of noun phrases functioning in pre-position. Pre-noun modifiers, or attributive modifiers, are among the high-capacity structures in the contemporary English language, as they enable to devoid of prepositions and to describe objects in a laconic way. The goal of this research was to analyze the way scholars interpret this linguistic structure today, as...