Environmental Issues

urbana, cidades brasileiras, cidades portuguesas, indicadores de sustentabilidade, mobilidade, meio-ambiente, eficiência. SUSTAINABLE CITIES: A COMMON CHALLENGE TO BRAZIL AND PORTUGAL ABSTRACT An immediate consequence of the growing environmental, economic and social problems currently experienced by many cities is the urgent need for methods to keep track and to manage the urban growth process. These methods are essential for promoting a sustainable development and for…

portugueses, Gradiva Publicações Lda, Lisboa, 2002 5 CLAYTON, M. - Encouraging the kaisen approach to quality in a university - Total Quality Management, Dec 95, Vol. 6, issue 5, p. 593-601, 1995 6 TRIBUS, Myron - Some Remarks on the Improvement of Engineering Education - Journal of Science Education & Technology, Mar 2005, Vol. 14, Issue 1, p. 1-28, 2005 7 KELLY, Thomas F. - Briges, Tunnels and School Reform: It´s the System Stupid - Phi Delta Kappan, Out 2007, Vol. 89 nº2, p. 151-152,…

The environmental educator plays a key role in training children for change in human history and Earth. It is from these that can act in a significant long-term change in society's values and behaviors in relation to environmental issues. To educate children and young people, however, requires that schools be prepared to deal with environmental issues because this is when they acquire knowledge and develop critical thinking. The article in this context pretend to identify how…

Palavras chaves: Legislação Ambiental; Resíduos Sólidos; Desenvolvimento Sustentável ABSTRACT Humanity is experiencing a strong environmental crisis. A growth in the generation of solid waste which contributes significantly to the worsening of this problem when the waste is not treated in an appropriate manner cause a big problem for social, environmental and economic issue. Being a social science, the law has to prevent or suppress damage that can cause harm to society. Aiming to…

se fabrica? Química Nova na Escola, n. 14, p. 3-7, 2001. Abstract: Articulating chemical concepts in an environmental context through product life cycle analysis. Environmental issues are an important topic in the Chemistry classroom and are the subject of several recent studies. The authors developed a methodology that allows both the chemical knowledge and the environmental issues to be studied together, in the same context. The students developed projects involving the Life…

empreendedoras e que suas ações sejam planejas e continuas. Palavras chave: Responsabilidade social e ambiental, Instituições de ensino superior, Sustentabilidade ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY APPLIED IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF PORTO ALEGRE ABSTRACT This article presents an analysis of environmental management practiced in an institution of higher education, which was used as the basis for the research data obtained through procedures involving…

illustrates a set of episodes that carry a reduction of investment in time and financial resources. Environmental indicators involving issues such as conservation, preservation and sustainable use of ecosystems, conservation and preservation of biodiversity and forests, socioeconomic instruments for improved environmental quality and the rational use of natural resources, and so on. Environmental indicators are therefore fundamental mechanisms for monitoring and defining the strategies…

ambiente. Educação. Abstract This article focuses on environmental issues in our society, especially about garbage, their fate and possible ways to reuse, also touches on the need for educational practice focused on understanding the social reality for students of basic and primary education. Our main goals, learn how to work with students interdisciplinamente of basic education and the first years of elementary school on Environmental Education, in particular using the recycling of waste

1999 gave a detailed overview of the concepts, issues and challenges to attain sustainable development and sustainable construction. However, the major contributions for such discussion came from developed countries and therefore it is essentially applicable to their construction industries. In development countries, however, different economic, social and cultural realities delineate priorities, targets and challenges also different. Such issues impact significantly on the…

reflection on Organization Culture, Competitive Intelligence, Information and Knowledge Management, and intend to show how Natura Cosmeticos S.A. uses this issues. This is a study which intends to show how Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge and Culture Management work and that they are an innovation that leads an Organization to notice external environmental changings and guarantee high levels of competitiveness, using Case Studies and bibiographical search. The results of this…