key energy sources used today. The switch to renewable energy will not have an effect on human beings, and these renewable sources can reduce our carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc. Ones carbon footprint can be calculated by factoring in the amount of people living in a home, the type of home environment, habits done that do not waste energy, and the green
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Resources, Conservation and Recycling 67 (2012) 75–79 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Resources, Conservation and Recycling journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/resconrec Full length article A carbon footprint based reverse logistics network design model Devika Kannan a,∗ , Ali Diabat b , Mahmoud Alrefaei c , Kannan Govindan d , Geng Yong e,∗ a Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering, Navi Mumbai, India Engineering Systems and Management, Masdar Institute
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Does Beauty Have a Cost? The Ecological Footprint of the Cosmetics Industry Alexandra Noelle Penny Brown University 2008 Environmental Studies Senior Thesis May 8, 2008 1 Acknowledgements To Caroline Karp, my thesis advisor and primary reader, for her boundless suggestions, ideas, encouragement, and support as I attempted to creatively apply a structured environmental policy analysis to a new problem. To Catherine Goodall, Amit Sheth, and ShaSha at Environmental
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The Digital Footprint Analysis of FamilyFun Magazine: Examining the Importance of Social Media for Magazines Capstone research prepared for: NYU M.S. in Public Relations and Corporate Communication by Priyanka Mulimani, New York University Kerry Lee O‘Grady (Advisor) September 2013 Priyanka Mulimani Page 1 Abstract This paper researches the evolution of the magazine industry, its transitional phases and its adaptation to new technologies. The study examines the role of the Internet
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Getting Started Guide for Administrators For Numara FootPrints®, Numara FootPrints® for eService Version 9.0 Numara Software Inc. Numara FootPrints Getting Started for Administrators Manual: Rev 9.0 Numara Software numarasoftware.com info@numarasoftware.com 800.222.0550 (US and Canada) 732.287.2100 (International) © 2008 Numara Software, Inc. Numara and Numara Software are trademarks and FootPrints is a registered trademark of Numara Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of
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Individual Task One 1. Analyse your personal digital footprint. Identify potential security and privacy risks and their possible consequences. As we have covered in our group tasks, literary it is not possible to avoid digital footprints. It is possible to minimizing footprints, but if we consider how present day life routine goes everything is electronic. Even if we are aware of our active digital footprints, it is easy to find passive digital footprints for somewhere on the internet. I do not take myself
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CARBON FOOTPRINTS OF STUDENTS OF SCMS-UG, PUNE Name : Amogh Koranmath Class : TY -C PRN No: 11020621035 INTRODUCTION What is Carbon Footprint A carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). In other words: When you drive a car, the engine burns fuel which creates a certain amount of CO2, depending on its fuel consumption and
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My ecological footprint is 6.1. 43% of my footprint was used for food. I eat a lot of meats and processed food mainly because I’m a college student and I can’t afford to eat like I need too. 33% percent of my footprint was used for services. 10% of my footprint went to mobility because I drive a lot. 9% of my footprint went to goods and 5% went to shelter. Because I’m guilty of eating a lot of processed food and meats I know that didn’t help my footprint but I recently stopped purchasing cases of
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