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The “Six Sins of GreenwashingTM” - A Study of Environmental Claims in North American Consumer Markets potx

The “Six Sins of GreenwashingTM” - A Study of Environmental Claims in North American Consumer Markets potx

... The Sin of Fib bing 1% The Sin of N o Proof 26% The Sin of the H id den-Trad e O ff 57% The Sin of Irrelev ance 4% The Sin of Lesser of Tw o Ev ils 1% © 2007 TerraChoice Environmental Marketing ... Trade-Off Sin of No Proof Sin of Vagueness Sin of Irrelevance Sin of Fibbing Sin of Lesser of Two Evils © 2007 TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc All Rights Reserved The Six Sins Of GreenwashingTM ... patterns in the greenwashing, which we now recognize as the “Six Sins of GreenwashingTM” Of the 1,018 products reviewed, all but one committed at least one of the Six Sins of Greenwashing These findings...

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Tài liệu Water environmental governance in the Mekong delta, Vietnam ppt

Tài liệu Water environmental governance in the Mekong delta, Vietnam ppt

... are inundated, mainly the Northern parts of the MD known as the Long Xuyen Quadrangle and the Plain of Reeds Along the 600 kmcoast, the sea tide strongly influences the water quality due to the ... salinity during the dry season from December to May Saline intrusion is one of the principal limiting factors in crop production, especially for rice, as crops are intolerant of salinity in the ... monitoring routines making are suggested in figure In principle, the water distribution according to the human demands can be solved by water balance problems and building the water control systems...

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Trial and Error: J. Marion Sims and the Birth of Modern Gynecology in the American South docx

Trial and Error: J. Marion Sims and the Birth of Modern Gynecology in the American South docx

... discoveries, including the invention the Sims Speculum and the Sims Position, and the use of silver sutures to prevent internal infections These innovations eventually enabled him to repair a vaginal ... Brussels, Berlin, Paris, Dublin, and Belgium He is memorialized in several monuments in the U.S., including a statue in Central Park The inscription on this plaque on the statehouse grounds in Columbia, ... as vesico-vaginal fistula.1 These are small tears inside the vagina, causing urinary incontinence and pelvic discomfort; if these lesions are left untreated, they can spread to the bladder, cervix,...

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The Gentlemen and the Roughs: The Collision of Two Honor Codes in the American North

The Gentlemen and the Roughs: The Collision of Two Honor Codes in the American North

... sometimes joined together in rebellion against officers they felt abused their authority; 2,764 men were charged with exciting, causing, or joining in a munity during the war And these numbers ... work of the expanding middle class, roughs earned honor and status through the giving and receiving of pain, as they were either unable or unwilling to acquire it through the climbing of the economic ... with the even greater mobility in the North than in England (Americans have been famous for relocating for the sake of opportunity since the country was settled), and the American penchant for individuality...

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Honor in the American South

Honor in the American South

... unfairly gain status and thwart the will of the gods Fathers in the Old South initiated their sons into the “manly art” of gambling at an early age so they would be ready to take part in the world ... Some think the fear of a slave uprising made Southerners more prone to engaging in reflexive violence – demonstrating strength as a warning against would-be mutineers Some say that by including ... itself in the American North around the time of the Civil War Yet when most folks think about honor in the States, both then and now, what first comes to mind is invariably the South There’s...

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Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century: From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility ppt

Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century: From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility ppt

... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both ­Academies and the Institute of Medicine ... to bring their expertise to the table In this workshop, the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine discussed the role of industry in environmental ... impact on the economic bottom line and the environmental bottom line for the industry, said Cue The pharmaceutical industry is exploring the possibilities to make existing commercial manufacturing...

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The Fraction of Cancer Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Factors in the UK in 2010 docx

The Fraction of Cancer Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Factors in the UK in 2010 docx

... and permissions For detailed information on reprint and permission requests, including instructions for obtaining these online, please visit http://www.nature.com/reprints Alternatively, for permissions, ... the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S19 12 Cancers in 2010 attributable to ionising radiation exposure in the UK DM Parkin and SC Darby Tobacco-attributable cancer burden in the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S14 ... attributable to infection in the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S77 S6 10 Cancers attributable to exposure to hormones in the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S73 The fraction of cancer attributable to lifestyle and environmental...

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Báo cáo khoa học: Diversity of metallothioneins in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, revealed by transcriptomic and proteomic approaches potx

Báo cáo khoa học: Diversity of metallothioneins in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, revealed by transcriptomic and proteomic approaches potx

... have the same intron phase (1,1) as the CvMTA gene, whereas the C gigas MT1 gene had a (1,2) intron phase The three genes differed remarkably in their intron lengths The first introns in the two ... divergent domain functions While the stability and metal-binding affinity of the CvMT-II proteins are not yet known, the cadmium-inducibility and in vivo cadmium-binding properties of these proteins suggests ... duplication of the b-domain gave rise to a two-domain MT, and the subsequent divergence of the two domains eventually gave rise to the canonical a/b structure of the MTs [33] The b-domain has a binding...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 13:20

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Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy ppt

Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy ppt

... 26 III The Southern City Negro 45 IV In the Black Belt: The Negro Farmer 66 V Race Relationships in the Country Districts 87 PART II THE NEGRO IN THE NORTH VI Following the Colour Line in the North ... together In this they are only developing the instinct of defence against the white man which has always been latent in the race This instinct exhibits itself in the way in which the mass of Negroes ... afternoon, when the worst of the news from Brownsville had come in, that they gathered in the court-house with the serious intent of stopping the riot at all costs Most of the prominent men of Atlanta...

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Drug Supplies in the American Revolution doc

Drug Supplies in the American Revolution doc

... the individual works in the collection are in the public domain in the United States If an individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are located in the United States, ... much comfort The inventory "of the Medicines in the Continental Store at Fort George" dated September was not very comforting either While the store included 137 different items, including equipment ... the summer of 1778, having been established on the principles proven in the Northern Department under the guidance of Drs Potts and Craigie Furthermore, the turning point in the war had been reached...

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melville and repose the rhetoric of humor in the american renaissance oct 1993

melville and repose the rhetoric of humor in the american renaissance oct 1993

... best feelings of the heart" are not learned; they are innate, ' 'inherent in our nature'' (to quote Mother Melville) or more appropriately instinctive What I call the "genial instinct" in Melville's ... nor whither they go; nor I inquire too closely into them." He feared the intimations of even the brighter truths For him "there is something more awful [i.e., full of awe] in happiness than in sorrow, ... Great Intellect in Repose moment also contains a critical understanding of the limits of repose It is the liminal metaphor of' 'the marge'' or shoreline found in ' 'The Enviable Isles.'' In this...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 09:54

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climate change in the american mind pdf

climate change in the american mind pdf

... warming has been getting some attention in the news Global warming refers to the idea that the world’s average temperature has been increasing over the past 150 years, may be increasing more in the ... Climate Change in the American Mind: Americans’ Global Warming Beliefs and Attitudes in May 2011 Interview dates: April 23, 2011 – May 12, 2011 Interviews: 1,010 Adults (18+) Margin of error: +/- ... Assuming global warming is happening, you think it is… Caused mostly by human activities Caused mostly by natural changes in the environment None of the above because global warming isn’t happening...

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extreme weather, climate & preparedness in the american mind pdf

extreme weather, climate & preparedness in the american mind pdf

... disaster in the past year Weather over the past several years Over the past several years, Americans say the weather in the U.S has been getting worse – rather than better – by a margin of over ... weather events worse, including the unusually warm winter of December 2011 and January 2012 (72%), record high summer temperatures in the U.S in 2011 (70%), the drought in Texas and Oklahoma in ... in the South and West are more likely to report that droughts have increased Many Americans also say that extreme weather has increased the occurrence of other problems in their local area, including...

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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Across-site heterogeneity of genetic and environmental variances in the genetic evaluation of Eucalyptus globulus trials for height growth" ppt

Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Across-site heterogeneity of genetic and environmental variances in the genetic evaluation of Eucalyptus globulus trials for height growth" ppt

... were obtained by the square root of the respective sampling variances, and these were calculated from the sampling (co)variances of the components in the denominator of equation (3) ˆ The standard ... estimated parameters were calculated by the square root of the respective sampling variances, obtained from the inverse of the average information matrix Using the estimated components of variance, ... deviation from the common residual variance estimated in (c) – the LogL under H0 is obtained by restricting ˆ2 the given σei estimate to remain fixed at the common value In addition, the homogeneity...

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Báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học " Development of Modeling System to Simulate Hydrodynamic and Environmental Quantities in the Hai Phong Estuary, Vietnam " pot

Báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học " Development of Modeling System to Simulate Hydrodynamic and Environmental Quantities in the Hai Phong Estuary, Vietnam " pot

... severity increase the flood level, the vulnerability of sea front to flooding is intensified This study investigates a hindcasting of water level during a storm surge in the Gulf of Tonkin The Do ... compute the bed load transport APPLICATION OF THE NUMERICAL SYSTEM The HUS-VNU modeling system has been used to simulate offshore water circulations in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin In ... flows directly into the Hai Phong port during flood tide, and the mixed water returns to the bay during an ebb tide After closure of the Cam river mouth in 1981 by the Dinh Vu dyke, the Lach Huyen...

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Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World - Part 1 pot

Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World - Part 1 pot

... eradication in India because they touch the lives of so many people In 1947, 80% of 300 million people in India were in farming; today, 70% of India’s population of billion still remain in farming In other ... wheat and rice in India Wheat production in India now occupies the second position in the world (shown in experimental plots in Figure 1.3) However, the demand for wheat in India will increase by ... in India has increased steadily since the 1960s and achieved the level of 232 Kg/person/yr in 2000 Using 1980 as a baseline (1980 = 100 index), the relative index of agricultural production in...

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Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World - Part 2 pptx

Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World - Part 2 pptx

... dependent on the same river systems, there have been problems in reconciling their interests, paving the way for interstate disputes over sharing river water In some instances, these disputes ... still further in the years to come Demands on finite water resources are increasing and, with the increase in population, contamination of water resources is on the rise Also, increase in the population ... been involved in disputes with other north Indian states such as Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan regarding the sharing of the Yamuna River’s water In the south, the sharing of the...

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Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World - Part 3 ppsx

Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World - Part 3 ppsx

... with aflatoxins, the high temperatures will not rid the grain of the toxin If the grain has a high level of the toxin, the only option is to destroy the grain Insect-infested grain can be fumigated ... nearby In India, the insect species of most importance damaging the food grains including the pulses (legume grains) belong to the order Coleoptera and Lepidoptera Trained inspectors, with the help ... prepare the workplan for the following year, keeping in mind the IPM needs and problems faced by farmers The IPM CRSP in Bangladesh has had promising initial results in farmers’ fields, including: ...

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Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World - Part 4 pps

Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World - Part 4 pps

... received loans from the holding company and from several banking sources including SIDBI The holding company has obtained funding from external sources including the Ford Foundation and the Swiss Agency ... are expanding, but their sustainability is uncertain and their future role in promoting and strengthening the system is unclear STRENGTHEN ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL FORMS The SHG linkage strategy ... worthwhile to invest labor in raising its productivity Research in Indonesia by Hart (1978) showed that, other things being equal, including controlling for level of education and thus for the inferred...

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