Environmental Problems

could unlock enough of this investment capital to complement philanthropy in addressing pressing social challenges. This industry, called “impact investing,” is comprised of investors seeking to generate both financial return and social and/or environmental value—while at a minimum returning capital, and, in many cases, offering market-rate returns or better. Despite, and sometimes because of, a proliferation of activity, the impact investing industry stands at a delicate moment. On one…

defines what must be done to establish an effective Environmental Management System standard. The standard is designed to create a balance bjetivo enters maintaining profitability and reducing environmental impact; with the commitment of the entire organization. With it's possible that both goals are achieved. Knowing what the purpose of the ISO 14001 certificate analyze the execution of this certificate the company below, so try to overcome all the problems and the solutions taken below…

compreender a toxicidade associada e informar das medidas para diminuir a exposição do consumidor por via da alimentação. Palavras-chave Contaminantes, migração, toxicidade, aditivos, plástico Abstrat This literature review aims to understand the problems of a group of food contaminants called phthalates. Phthalates are now considered ubiquitous contaminants. This work is intended to put the focus on the contribution of migration of contaminants from packaging into the food…

mitigação de riscos. SUMMARY: The need to reduce costs and rework , and minimize environmental impacts and mitigation of workplace accidents , near misses and environmental , is without doubt the focus of all business sectors. These factors contribute to business growth in all areas . Given the above objective this work is the study of the method of Fault Tree Analysis ( AAF ) , as well as their applications to problem solving , techniques to identify causes , risk minimization and…

in diverse areas of the biobehavioral sciences and discusses how it can provide one dimension along which the diverse disciplines relevant to the prevention of problems of human behavior can be integrated. Such integration should improve the ability of prevention science to reduce the incidence and prevalence of human behavior problems. KEY WORDS: consequences; parenting interventions; prevention science; reinforcement; selection. and maintained by the consequences of that…

for the future Why are lungs and river basins tree-shaped? Why are larger animals faster, stronger and less active? Why “technology evolution”? Adrian Bejan PRÊMIO ABCM 2009 12 14 XIII DINAME International Symposium on Dynamic Problems of Mechanics COBEM 2009 16 Relato sobre o XV CREEM 2 15 20 20 21 Calendário de Eventos da ABCM ECOS2009 REPORT Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering Relatório Técnico - Outubro, 2009

with Pure Biodiesel Has grown in recent years the use of biodiesel as a renewable energy source, due to concerns about environmental pollution generated by fossil fuels. Different studies have been conducted to evaluate the potential for biodegradation of biodiesel in the soil, as problems with leaks and accidents have occurred, resulting in numerous environmental impacts. One form of treatment of contaminated soil is the ex-situ bioremediation, ie removal of soil for treatment…

Earth. To manage adequate water resources studies are needed involving social and environmental aspects and environmental analysis socioeconomic factors. The state of Sergipe, in northeast Brazil, has six (6) basins, which are the basins of the San Francisco Vaza Barris, Real Japaratuba, Sergipe and Piaui. This article aims to present the physical characteristics and provide a brief discussion of environmental issue in a stretch of the river 933 REVISTA GEONORTE, Edição Especial, V.3, N.4,

ampara na Política Nacional de Educação Ambiental. Palavras-chave: Educação ambiental. Globalização. Escalas. Paulo Freire. Emancipação. Abstract: Talking about environmental education in Brazil, in a world socioenvironmental crisis framework, it is required to consider the connections between the national and global environmental problems, and the capability to act on both levels. Thus, more than defending this possibility, it is necessary to address the ways to do it, and a combination…

decades. George Still (1902)1, an English physician seems to have been the first scientist to identify children as having a “defect in moral control”, low levels of “volitional inhibition” and attention, aggressively, hyperactivity, and associated problems. On that time, Still described many of the features of ADHD that would come to be corroborated in research only 50-90 years later: 1) An overrepresentation of males; 2) An aggregation of alcoholism, criminal conduct, and…