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The tourism industry should be concerned not only about profitability, but also about its impact on the global environment. One example is TUIfly, a German airline corporation, that sets new environmental standards. In 1998, when the oil price was still below 20 dollars per barrel, TUIfly has already started to replace the old generation aircraft of type Boing 737 Classic with the new Boeing 737-800. At that time, TUIfly was a pioneer in investing in sustainable efficiency. Protecting the…

Industrialization occurs when a country transforms from an agricultural society to a society centered on materialism and manufacturing. While industrialization led to economic growth, a booming population and an interconnected world, it also led to environmental damage. When countries become industrialized, they produce more products, and consume more resources. Ultimately, this leads to resource depletion, which causes deforestation and increased carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.…

Genetic engineering, also called biotechnology, is a science in which genetic material is altered, transformed, and modified in various ways in order to manipulate certain characteristics of certain organisms or populations of organisms. Emerging in the 1970’s, this new technology is a study of genetics, heredity, and can be applied to plants, animals, and humans. Stated by Stephen P. Stich in Genetic Engineering: Opposing viewpoints: (p.74) “Genetic Engineering poses moral and social dilemmas…

The creation of mass production, by way of Henry Ford’s introduction of the assembly line, catapulted the world into a realm of mass standardization, establishing a platform for lower production costs and a virtually homogeneous society. Nearly identical homes, vehicles and footwear ultimately sparks the need for practices that aid in perpetuating one’s own individuality. Physicality, for example, is one of the few palpable means of conveying personal identity. With mass production, fashion…

Whaling has existed throughout many different cultures through many different eras. It has been, in the past, a largely profitable commercial business for many years that many nations would partake in including Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Japan. It became evident that the continuation of whaling on a commercial scale would soon lead to the extinction of the species and that forms of regulation needed to be created to prevent the loss of these mammals. Through regulation was seen to be needed,…

As human technological improvement progresses into the present-day, the public is confronted with difficult issues. Genetic modification and cloning are both notable examples of technological issues that have considerable moral and ethical implications. Genetic modification is a stirring subject, and genetically modified organisms in particular, has widespread potential to develop modern day agriculture. To move towards a sustainable future in food production there should be the widespread…

Did you know that carbon dioxide levels in the air are at their highest in 650,000 years? Or that nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2000? How about the fact that global average sea level has risen nearly 7” in (178 mm) over the past 100 years and that the global forest lost between 2000 and 2012 would cover more than twice the area of Texas? (Global Climate Change). These alarming statistics should be enough evidence to make you aware of the seriousness of the problem…

Impact and Accomplishments of Environmental Sustainability Movement Environmental sustainability as a social movement has grown and evolved to be a societal phenomenon, gathering massive supporters, advocates, global recognition and political interest. The movement since its inception, has recorded a great deal of accomplishments worthy of note. Perhaps the most renowned and early accomplishments dates back to 1916, when the National Park Service was established. Gottlieb (2005) notes how…

Task 3 - Impact on Information System Strategy This section discusses the impact of social networking on nonprofit-making organizations and how social networking will impact on the planning of information systems. 3.1. Impact of social networking on non-profit organizations Social networking sites such as MySpace, Friendster and Facebook have become very popular, with membership reaching more than 200 million today. The popularity of these sites can be attributed to the freedom in allowing…

Throughout the years oil and gas compaines have come up with a technique known as fracking where people drilled into deep shale fromations to retreat natural gases and oil from the oceans. Fracking transformed the United States economic system by providing a new alternative at seeking oil and gas from the oceans, however not everyone agrred to the use of fracking and are considering fracking to be unsafe to the environment and the people and utlimately believing that fracking should be elimnated…