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    For plants to be categorized as organic, they cannot have been grown with the use of man-made, chemical pesticides, synthetic pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or bioengineering. In order for animal products to be considered organic, the animal could not have been administered growth hormones or antibiotics. The conventional method of farming uses an array of different chemically made, synthetic pesticides including herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides as well as a variety of fertilizers…

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    States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The purpose of organic farming is to restrain the amount of synthetic chemicals used to fertilize foods (although certain approved pesticides may be used) and reduce environmental pollution by relying on sustainable techniques to enhance the natural features of a farm. Although the research available does not provide enough evidence on their nutrient composition, to remark there is an advantage for a better health, the demand for organically grown food is…

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    Ecological Sustainability

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    Ecological sustainability is preservation of resilience of biophysics and system capacity to respond to the changes (Hanna and Munasinghe, 1995a, as cited in Pagdee, 2003, p. 10). Ecological sustainability can be assessed though forest status improvement in term of forest area increase, species diversity status, increase in forest products and values of species (Varughese and Ostrom, 2001 as cited in Padgee, 2003, p.11). Environmental problems resolve refer to erosion of soil and degradation of…

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    back when it comes to developing new and sustainable living and operating practices. If the human race can develop the technology to send people to the moon and create cures for diseases, I am sure we can develop better and more sustainable technologies and practices in the few years to come. Although before all these changes can take effect, governments need to stop being oblivious and greedy and they need to increase funding substantially in sustainable living technologies. Corporations…

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    Nestle Water Case Study

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    Environmental management: A key driver for ACO in reducing costs and increasing efficiency and profits ACO Building Drainage is organizations that have over 40 years experience in drainage installation which act as the leader in development of water drainage. Objective of this group is to maintain its leader position in market by innovation and preserve high quality of products and create awareness towards environmental. The materials used of their products involve stainless steel, gun metal,…

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    Contents Introduction 1 Political factors 2 Economic factors 4 Social factors 7 Technological factors 9 Referencing 12 Introduction With this rise in popularity of the organic movement there is still some confusion as to what Organic really means, also is it better for me and why the price is almost double that of the same conventional product. I will try and answer those question in this PEST analysis. Also in today’s culture, cancer has seen a steady rise, and a major…

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    Why do people prefer to use private transport instead of public transport ? Transportation is the source of movement for people from one geographic to another.People can use it to carry a lot of them things by it such as luggage .it is very comfortable for a lot of people to go to a lot of countries by easy way and in any time.the public transport made a lot of changes in a lot of countries not make population. Public transportation: This means of transportation contain with a lot of numbers…

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    OYO Rooms Case Study

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    1.1 Subject background of the study With the growth of the Industries around the globe and the development of transportation there have been an increased demand for accommodation. If we look at the scenario of Bangalore there has been tremendous growth in the IT industry in the recent 10 year. Growth in industries leads to increase in demand for travel accommodation. Thus there is huge demand for accommodations in Bangalore which is also called as the silicon city of India. For this OYO Rooms…

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    Carpooling Case Study

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    2.4 Social Justice Impact of Carpooling Transportation access for poor people and wealthy people will become more equal. In particular, social justice advocates contended that there was a relationship between social inequality and environmental inequality that needed to be recognized and understood more clearly. When it came to social justice issues, mainstream environmentalist did not focus on environmental inequalities to the extent they should have. The…

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    Tourism is the fastest growing industry of the service sector. Tourist spends their time and money, which generate income and employment which is helpful to develop our economy. That’s why it is very important to wellbeing of many countries. Before 1947, no one focused on this industry but at the beginning of this century, tourism was considered as an industry or business. Now government has taken essential or useful steps for promoting tourism because tourism is not only helpful in develop the…

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