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What To Make of a Diminished Thing: Re-envisioning spirit and relation in environmental education

Traditional westernized systems of education reflect complex historical, social, and political forces that prioritize uniformity at expense of people’s multi-dimensionality. This paper details a ... life’s experience that do not correlate nor make sense against the intricacies of the French Revolution nor of the roaring 20’s as seen by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Where was mention made of the political and

Economic efficiency of Colombian agricultural companies: an empirical study of stochastic production frontiers

and intangible assets, aspects that provide competitive advantages for medium and large companies; therefore, we suggest to improve the political-private strategy of business management with incentives

White Guy Hiking: How I Learned to Think Critically About My Ecological Identity

Our encounters with the “natural” world are made possible by a complex of historical, political, social, and economic forces that shape each person’s ecological identity, or the way in which we ... . My transition from nature appreciation to political action came when I was seventeen or eighteen as I learned more about environmental threats like climate change. I became an activist in college—first

Sources of conflicts in the execution of projects in companies of the oil sector in the Eastern Coast of the Lake of Zulia state

differences in philosophy and perception of how work should be done, as well as conflicting personal goals. Robbins & Judge [2], the origin of most conflicts is the transmission of poor communication, this ... , union and labor problems with the workers, by the doctrines or political inclination of some leaders. That is why the daily performance of companies, conflict situations of various nature and intensity

Analysis of the impact of eco-design on the circular economy: a bibliometric analysis of publications in Spain

main objective of the EU is to be climate neutral by 2050 and, in addition to having proposed a law that turns this political commitment into a legal obligation, to achieve this objective it will be ... conditions or under what philosophy or thought those goods have been produced. In addition, since Asia is responsible for a large volume of production over the world total, it would be interesting for Spain to

The Greater Unconformity

In recent light of sexual harassment cases going unaddressed at Grand Canyon National Park and other public lands, there is a need to call out the persistent social, political, and economic ... of violence and discrimination – most recently seen in our national political system, and the sexual harassment cases in the National Parks. Sexism and discrimination in the outdoors – a place vital

Sustainability and future of the oil and gas industry: a mini-review

an unstable policy and legal framework that ultimately, weakens a country’s political commitment towards energy policies; they downplay the investments needed to motivate research and development ... to reasonable amounts which now leads to O&G companies to be flexible and adapt their business models considering the changing regulatory environment owing to the political compliance pressures. These

All My Relations: The Journey of Discovering My Ecological Identity

rooted in the philosophy of deep ecology and how through considering the idea of deep ecology, one may discover their true ecological identity. ... express myself and have radical political ideals like the people I was surrounded by. But without a sense of place, identity, or passion to guide me, I once again drank myself into oblivion to reduce my

Stabilization of clayey soils using asphalt emulsion and steel filings for subgrades

"cradle to cradle" philosophy. One of the alternatives proposed in this research is the use of asphalt emulsion for the improvement of the subgrade, since both its production and application are

Technology management. Design and manufacture of a heatsink

evaluated to choose the most promising one, with which you can proceed to the prototype construction stage. This work philosophy allows significant savings, not only in time, but also in resources, by

Eco-justice poetry: An emotive transgression

humans, the environment can be defined as “the place in which we work, live, play, and worship” (Tuckey, 2018). These same places include complicated histories, socio-political contexts, and cultural ... students to understand that nested within an ecology of place is historical, cultural, and socio-political contexts. In environmental education, this means moving away from simply spreading awareness about

A conceptual framework for the modelling and simulation of social systems

: Legitimacy theory, Coercion theory and Representative theory [8]. SimPol is a computational model of a polity (political system). It represents the political processes and structures of a generic society ... approaches to the M&S of social systems. Computer simulation laboratory for social theories covers neither the economic nor political aspects. SimPol is restricted to political systems. SocLab only applies to

Agile human centered methodologies to develop educational software

issues to support students with special education needs (SEN) is presented. In conclusion, we state that the proposed methodology could be a good design process philosophy to follow in the development of ... . Introduction The user-centered design (UCD) philosophy indicates that the software development process must be focused on the users rather than on the developers [1]. Nowadays there seems to be an increase in

Pedagogy of Tarot: simultaneity of past, present, and future

political equality with cultural genocide—the attempt to destroy cultures” (Spring, 2001, p. 4) . Alongside Spring’s assessment of schooling, Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz says that “the history of the United States ... knowledge into dogma or well-intentioned patterns of philosophy that instead oppress, dismiss and make uniform” (Aluli Meyer, 2013, p. 94) . Aluli Meyer specifically calls out the oppressive practice of

Agile human centered methodologies to develop educational software

issues to support students with special education needs (SEN) is presented. In conclusion, we state that the proposed methodology could be a good design process philosophy to follow in the development of ... . Introduction The user-centered design (UCD) philosophy indicates that the software development process must be focused on the users rather than on the developers [1]. Nowadays there seems to be an increase in

Hospital rough cut capacity planning in a General Surgery service

philosophy that shows a holistic approach and pursues hospital excellence with a strategic vision [5], the process representation as a synthesized way to see relationship between activities [6], analysis of

Nourishing Solidarity: Critical Food Pedagogy and Storytelling for Community

you discussed. We live in times fraught with political and social divisiveness and in order to enact real meaningful change, I think engagement with each other in conversation is extremely important. By ... work can best be achieved by “what John Brown Childs has called transcommunality, referring to the constructive and developmental interaction among diverse communities which through shared political

MEDICIÓN DE ORIENTACIÓN AL MERCADO EN LAS EMPRESAS DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DE GAS NATURAL EN COLOMBIA

This research paper provides a contribution to knowledge, it is focused towards the analysis of the philosophy of market orientation and the feasibility of this concept applied to the natural gas

MEDICIÓN DE ORIENTACIÓN AL MERCADO EN LAS EMPRESAS DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DE GAS NATURAL EN COLOMBIA

This research paper provides a contribution to knowledge, it is focused towards the analysis of the philosophy of market orientation and the feasibility of this concept applied to the natural gas

Toward a project-led economy

Latin American Academy of Doctors ORCID: 0000-0002-1580-1375 A. Amsler, is a certified Project Management Professional with a MSc. in Political Communication and Marketing from the Centro de Estudios