This study proposes the promotion of environmental protection education among communities as a solution to the serious problems of high energy consumption and carbon emissions around the world. Environmental protection education has direct and lasting influences on everyone in society; therefore, it is helpful in our fight against many serious problems caused by high energy consumption. In this...

Green spaces have been suggested to improve physical and mental health and well-being by increasing physical activity, reducing air pollution, noise, and ambient temperature, increasing social contacts and relieving psychophysiological stress. Although these mechanisms also suggest potential beneficial effects of green spaces on pregnancy outcomes, to our knowledge there is no available epidemi...

Green Computing or Green IT refers to the study and practice of using computing resources in an eco-friendly manner in order to tone down its negative impacts on the environment. The major thrust should be to reduce the unnecessary energy consumption, decrease the use of hazardous materials, minimize travel and limit printing so as to have minimum impact on the environment. To implement green c...

Substance Abuse Policies in LongTerm Care Facilities: A Survey with Implications for Education of Long-Term Care Providers John B. White, David F. Duncan, Dana Burr Bradley, Thomas Nicholson, John Bonaguro & Kathleen Abrahamson a Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA b Duncan & Associates, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA c Center for Gerontology, We...

Sustainable development (SD) requires companies to take into account both the social and environmental consequences within their activities. This paper presents research about green supply chain management and highlight the differences between green supply chain and traditional supply chain management. Then, the paper analyses the sources of the risk in green supply chain according to the SD. S...

To fulfil its environmental goals, the Government will need to bring about change in all sectors of society. Environmental education has a key role to play, yet current initiatives are inadequate. Policies for environmental education emphasise the role of schools while taking insufficient account of the importance of social and cultural factors in determining people’s actions. Environmental edu...