...sub-classified into four travel roles:organized mass tourists, individual mass tourists, explorers, and drifters. The definition of backpackers included a preference for budget accommodation and emphases on meeting other travellers, flexible itineraries, longer rather than shorter holidays and informal and participatory holidays. Most studies of backpackers have indicated that more than 80% of backpackers are less than 30 years of age. PRIMARY RESEARCH QUESTION * What are the specific needs and requirements of a backpacker in backpacker accommodations? * Environmental setting * Price * Social interaction * Facility and services * Quality of space * Communal living * Sustainable tourism SECONDARY RESEARCH QUESTIONS * How do backpacker accommodations promote ‘Sustainable Tourism’? * How does the concept of ‘Communal...
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...religion for a sustainable future Introduction Culture shapes the way we see the world. It therefore has the capacity to bring about the change of attitudes needed to ensure peace and sustainable development which, we know, form the only possible way forward for life on planet Earth. Today, that goal is still a long way off. A global crisis faces humanity at the dawn of the 21st century, marked by increasing poverty in our asymmetrical world, environmental degradation and short-sightedness in policy-making. Culture is a crucial key to solving this crisis. Source: Preface, World Culture Report, UNESCO Publishing, Paris, 1999. Our cultural values, which often include particular religious beliefs, shape our way of living and acting in the world. Module 11 on Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability explores the importance of indigenous values and spirituality in providing guidance for sustainable living. Such principles and values encourage a spirit of harmony between people, their natural environments and their spiritual identities. The principles for living sustainably that flow from these and other cultural and religious beliefs vary between groups and countries. They have also changed over time as circumstances demand. Despite this diversity, many principles for living sustainably are shared, not only among indigenous peoples, but also between different religious traditions. This module explores the role of culture and religion in providing guidance on ways of living sustainably...
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...New Approaches to Teaching Sustainable Living to Post-Secondary Students Prepared for xxxxxxx xxxxx John Molson School of Business Prepared by xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx John Molson School of Business November 11 2013 Table of Contents List of Illustrations .................................................................................................................... iii-xi Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... xii Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 Research Results .................................................................................................................... 2-3 Data Analysis .................................................................................................................... 4 Edification .................................................................................................................... 4 Sustainability .................................................................................................................... 4 Reasoning .................................................................................................................... 4-5 Conclusion & Recommendations ...................................................................................................... 5 Bibliography .............
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...DEB 100 Design and Sustainability Research Project Report: To reduce the negative impacts conventional homes and the lifestyles associated have on the planet. Earthship (Ironbank, South Australia) Axel L. Rice n9472312 axel.rice@connect.qut.edu.au Tutorial: Juliet Tutor(s): Ali Livingstone and Charlotte Kessler Introduction The exemplar I have chosen to work on in this case study report is the Earthship; a self-sustaining green home concept designed by Earthship Biotecture of Taos, Mexico. Starting out as just an idea envisioned by Michael Reynolds in the 70s, the Earthship concept is now being physically implemented in various parts of the world. This paper will focus on the Ironbank, South Australia project which is,...
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...this research essay I had no familiarity with the term “permaculture”. Originally I was going to write on hydroponics but then I chose to go towards a much broader topic know as self-sufficient homesteading. I have always been one who took pride in repurposing what others deemed as “useless junk”. When I was younger I built a blacksmithing forge out of nothing more than a rusty brake drum, black iron pipe and an old blender fan. From that I pounded demented railroad spikes and horse shoes into beautiful works of art such as picture frames, coat racks, and knives. I have been hooked ever since finding ways to not only live, but thrive off the land by working in harmony with it. Tapping sugar maples to make my own syrup, hunting and trapping for food, clothing and income, and creating a hydroponic tower to produce my own fruits and vegetables. My goal has always been to live on my own terms and provide myself with all my needs through ingenuity and hard work instead of using currency. I had heard of self-sustainable living and that was what I was aiming for until I came upon the term “Permaculture” while surfing through some articles. It means living in a manner in which you coincide with nature and use it as a model to create sustainable cycles in which you can nourish yourself and the environment around you in a positive manner. I then asked myself some questions, “How did Permaculture originate and how popular...
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...WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? The question is: what kind of development would be sustainable? What would be the main characteristics of sustainable development? Lots of people everywhere are searching for solutions. These are people who are concerned, who care and who are brave enough to ask serious questions, brave enough to challenge the big and powerful, the greedy and ruthless. Isn't it incredible that the so-called educated, scientific, modern, rich people are leading the world to disaster and it is the poor, the so-called uneducated people who are shouting "Stop this madness". A Latin American activist/thinker said recently "My people do not want development. They only want to live." One wonders who is more "advanced", those who are totally divorced from nature and who are destroying the planet with their unsustainable life style or those who are still trying to live in harmony with nature? Who are global citizens? The jet set types zipping across the world or those who consume little and do not contribute to ecological disaster? Who should be the experts now, the scientist, economist and politicians who have brought the world to the brink of disaster or those women and men whose knowledge, wisdom, life styles were declared "backward"? What do we have to do so that everyone can live? Some things are already quite clear. They will get clearer as we move forward on the path of sustain- able development. Oiu" concern is not just for the present generation should hand...
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...spent petals, becoming part of the soil that nourishes the tree — along with thousands of other plants and animals. Looking at this scene, do we shake our heads at the senseless waste, mess and inefficiency? Does it look like the tree is working too hard, showing signs of strain or collapse? Of course not. But why not? Well, for one thing, because the whole process is beautiful, abundant and pleasure producing: We enjoy seeing and smelling the trees in bloom, we’re pleased by the idea of the trees multiplying (and producing delicious cherries), and everyone for miles around seems to benefit in the process. The entire lifecycle of the cherry tree is rewarding, and the only “waste” involved is an abundant sort of nutrient cycling that only leads to more good things. Best of all, this show of productivity and generosity seems to come quite naturally to the tree. It shows no signs of discontent or resentment — in fact, it looks like it could keep this up indefinitely with nothing but good, sustainable outcomes. The cherry-tree scenario is one model that renowned designer and sustainable-development expert William McDonough uses to illustrate how healthy, sustainable systems are supposed to work. “Every last particle contributes in some way to the health of a thriving ecosystem,” he writes in his essay (coauthored with Michael Braungart), “The Extravagant Gesture: Nature, Design and the Transformation of Human Industry”...
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...Is Self-sustainability good? “Self-sustainability is a quality of one’s independence, survivability applies to the future maintainability of one’s self-sustainability and indeed one’s existence” (157). Its purpose is not to wait for the opportunity to knock at one’s door but to create opportunities for their self by doing hard-labor and acquiring the qualities that are necessary to survive in life. It can also keep you waiting for the right opportunity, but keeping on making important preparations so that one is not found wanting when the opportunity comes. For us students it means continuing regular studies and making other preparations to do well on the examination, interview or group discussion. Self-sustainable people are the makers and masters of their destiny. They never blame fate, circumstances or find fault with systems or society. They make their own tools and use them with great skill and concentration, focusing on their goal. Their success, achievement and creation bear the stamp of their personality. They are original in their ideas, innovative in their approach and become the torch-bearers for others. They are always able to achieve their objectives because they are resolute, single-minded and self-disciplined. They know their relative strengths and weaknesses and use their energies in such a manner that their weaknesses are not exposed to others. Since they execute their plans themselves, they have some margin to manipulate things in that way. Self-sustainability...
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...speak and save all of the living creatures we are able to? Furthermore, what techniques are we actually going to use? Putting animals in cages changes them, so much that they are not “wild,” rather, they are confused. When you see the Tiger pacing in his cage at the zoo, with the murals of jungle life on the walls, fiberglass rocks, and the smells of other animals from different parts of the world; these are changing the animal’s psyche and the way it feels about his place in this world. We think we’re helping, but we’re only hurting. This reminds me of Disney’s Finding Nemo, the scene in which the dentist is showing off Nemo, saying he “found this little fella swimming off the reef and he saved him…” Saved him, from what? His natural habitat so he could live, no, exist in an artificial environment? I propose these questions when discussing the natural world, focusing on the fact that we don’t actually know best just because we possess a self-aware, free-thinking and reasoning mind. We don’t possess the knowledge of this way of life...
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...Proposal Submission”. We have gathered extensive knowledge while we were doing this assignment. Though there was some limitation and difficulties but we tried our level best to eliminate those limitations with your help and your guidelines. We also express my honest confirmation in support of the fact that the said Assignment has neither been used before to fulfill any other course related purpose nor it will be submitted to any other person or authority in future. Yours sincerely, ………………………………… Md. Kamal Uddin (Group leader) On Behalf of “Smile Group” BBA , 7th Semester(sec:B), 16th Batch Faculty of Business Administration. Table of contents Content: Page no. Chapter : Literature Review What is project Proposal? Why project Proposal? What should be the size of a proposal? How long or short should a proposal be? How can I start writing a proposal? Whom should you involve in planning and writing a proposal? What is a project rationale in a proposal? How should the goals and objectives be written in a proposal?...
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...Why are some Microfinance Institutions not sustainable Ghana Christian University College SDM 201222101014 Introduction to Microfinance Mr. Sam Quin Word Count: 1273 Nov. 11, 2014 Table of Content Pg Introduction 3 Definition of Terms 3 Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions 4 Why some Microfinance are not sustainable Solution Evaluation Conclusion References Introduction Microfinance has existed in various forms for centuries, and even longer in Asia, where informal lending and borrowing stretches back for several thousand years. However, the birth of ‘modern’ microfinance is said to have occurred in the mid 1970s in rural Bangladesh. There, in the midst of a famine, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, professor of economics at the University of Chittagong, was becoming disillusioned with the abstract theories of economics that failed to explain why so many poor people were starving in Bangladesh (Jacques, 2010). Dr. Muhammad Yunus saw this challenge, determined to find a practical solution he lend money with zero interest, and Grameen Bank Project was born, it grew rapidly with more than six million borrowers as at 2006. Inspired by the success of the Grameen Bank, the 1970s and 80s saw rapid growth in the number of new micro-finance institutions appearing around the world, many of them started by NGOs and funded by grants...
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...became one of the nations leading petrochemical complexes and the devastation that came along with this transition was quite grand. The aftermath of all this industrialization fell onto the lives of ethnic minorities and the poor, and for the longest time it seemed like no one cared. It wasn’t until 1993 in an environmental justice hearing that citizens demanded “environmentally friendly ‘green’ businesses” (Burby, 176). Personally, from my understanding of the reading, Baton Rouge was not sustainable in anyway. Throughout the early half of the century people treated the place as if it had an infinite capacity to support heavy industrialization. As the reading states, “planners, government, and the legal system have done little to right these wrongs.” (Burby, 161). Essentially, no one cared about the environmental aspects of industrialization and simply carried forth with expansion, hence sustainability of the city is in my opinion, non-existent. On an ethical standpoint, this city wasn’t sustainable what so ever, the minorities, mostly the low-income black neighborhoods suffered greatly as a result of these factories that would dump waste in or near by. Additionally, residents began to move into marshlands, and even notice “smoggy conditions and complain of having to scrape particulate mater from their vehicles every morning” (Burby, 170) The town even had accidental scares, such as the 600 tons of missing chlorine after a hurricane, all, factors that would personally have me think...
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...What is the Tragedy of Commons? Who came up with the theory? The tragedy of the commons is the tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted because people act from self-interest for short-term gain. Garrett Hardin came up with the theory. Explain how the Tragedy of the Commons could apply to the ocean. The fishermen overfish marine animals from the ocean. It will cause the number of marine animals to decline quickly. It eventually will upset the balance of entire marine ecosystems What is an externality? Who pays for the costs of externalities? Describe one positive externality and one negative externality of living near the ocean. An externality is a cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of the good or service. Human...
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...of school due to poverty. The term ‘Third world’ is a label that describes the states that are considered to have under-developed standards concerning their economy, standards of living, health, education, globalization, or other factors of improvement. They have major common characteristics that are: their capita incomes are low, this poverty leads to shorter life expectancies, higher rates of infant mortality, lower levels of education, and higher levels of population that are engaged in agriculture. Moreover, their exports are from the primary sector and they have low growth rate of income and low levels of productivity. They also have high levels of population growth rate. In addition to one common political situation; most of the third world countries were colonies of the former powers of Europe and Asia. Most of the newly independent countries aimed for two objectives: Development and Independence. In general, development means the enhancement of people’s life styles through improving their education, their incomes, and their skills; it also increases the basic needs of people such as having shelter and feeling secure within these shelters. In the developing countries, one of the most important factors of development is information. Development helps the nations to increase their level of living; it also helps the countries to...
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...seeks the social sustainability of infrastructure developments. More community centres within walking distance of houses, the availability of public libraries, parks and reaction, community focused events are all part of the TSNS’s goal of improving the quality of neighbourhoods in this world class city. “The idea of sustainable cities is born out of an understanding of the importance of individual human behaviour…” (Portney & Berry, 397, 2014). In order for developmental plans for the city to be successful, these plans must cater to its audience, in other words consulting with the residents to hear their needs. “Ecosystems or species habitats are the appropriate levels at which the environment should be considered.” (Portney & Berry, 397, 2014). The TSNS pinpoints specific neighbourhoods that would need improvement. Looking at improving the quality of life in the city at a larger scale such as specific wards or even boroughs would be ineffective to implement individual needs of communities in the city. This is why TSNS looks at all 140 of Toronto’s neighbourhoods to promote better satisfaction of residents at a more intimate level than a larger geographical...
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