Environmental

DOI: 10.5212/OlharProfr.v.14i2.0001 A teoria, a prática, o professor e a educação ambiental: algumas reflexões Theory, practice, teachers and environmental education: some reflections Lucas André Teixeira * Marília Freitas de Campos Tozoni-Reis ** Jandira Líria Biscalquini Talamoni *** Resumo: A aceleração dos desenvolvimentos econômico e científico causada pelo sistema de produção e pela ciência mecanicista fez surgir novas estruturações de poder e novos problemas políticos e sociais, inclusive

flood, famine and other environmental causes, environmental refugees seem to be growing in number across the globe. One recent estimate puts the number at 25 million people worldwide, with a potential eventual increase to 200 million within 50 years. These numbers are problematic, however, given questions about the meaning of the term ‘environmental refugee’ and the difficulty of determining the major cause of much migration. Still it is clear that refugees from environmental events and…

Rio de Janeiro – UERJ – RJ e doutoranda em Administração de Empresas na Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV – SP, e-mail: lauracalixto@gvmail.br. UnB Contábil – UnB, Brasília, vol. 10, no 1, jan/jun – 2007 9 Analyze of Brasilian Company’s Environmental Disclosure from 1997 to 2005 Laura Calixto 1 INTRODUÇÃO É crescente o número de pesquisas que abordam a questão ambiental nas empresas e em especial, a divulgação do relacionamento destas com o meio ambiente. Diante de constantes…

ABSTRACT: Formal environmental education: towards sustainability? The need for environmental preservation has become a concern across the planet, in this context it is of utmost importance to use tools in an attempt to sensitize people about the relationship between society and nature. As the school is considered an instrument of social transformation, in which socio-cultural values are touched upon through the experience between teachers, students and the community, the formal…

de partida para futuras pesquisas Abstract: This paper analyzes the influence of the environmental actions in the performance of 32 large and medium sized companies of different industrial sectors, according to the perception of its directors. It is an exploratory-descriptive study, of cross section and quanti-qualitative type with the double objective of specifying the bases of a model of environmental management that identify variable and your relations. The data collection was…

Justiça ambiental e construção social do risco* Environmental justice and social construction Henri ACSELRAD** RESUMO 1\ ação coletiva contra uma ordem ambiental tida por injusta manifesta-se simultaneamente em dois planos: a) no plano da distribuição objetiva dos efeitos ambientais das prátieas sociais. que exprime a diferença de poder sobre os reeursos ambientais entre os distintos grupos soeiais; e b) no plano diseursivo. , no qual vigoram distintos esquemas (k representação do…

Paulo: Análise ANTON, W.; DELTAS, G.; KHANNA, M. Environmental management systems: do they improve environmental performance?. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, v. 48, n. 1, p. 632-654, 2004. http:// dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2003.06.003 ARIMURA, T.; HIBIKID, H. A.; KATAYAMA, H. Is a voluntary approach an effective environmental policy instrument? A case for environmental management systems. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, v. 55, n. 3,…

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To: Mr. Samuel Chairman of Seixal’s Environmental Commission 23, Garden Street Re: Light and Noise Pollution Dear Mr. Samuel I have talked to my friends and relatives and I cannot understand why the authorities have not taken an action yet against all the Light and Noise Pollution. It blinds us when we are on the streets and it stops people from sleeping at night. Also, excessive levels of lighting are a waste of energy, which doesn’t help the world at all, we can not see the stars…