scholarly journals The game to promote the capability of reducing, reuse and recycling waste

2020 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 01012
Author(s):  
Elsa Rodrigues ◽  
Luís Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
3D Game ◽  
Word Wide Web ◽  
Interactive 3D ◽  
Solid Waste Recycling ◽  
The Impact

This work aims to raise awareness of environmental problems through interactive means, which, today, are much more appealing than the traditional ones to the academic community. To better inform community members of the importance of the 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, it was decided to develop an interactive 3D game, accessible through the Word Wide Web. This game includes 3 different activities which can be played in any order: solid waste recycling, saving water, and saving electricity. A small group of people evaluated the games; all participants were familiar with video games. It should be noted that the tests carried out focused only on the usability and interactivity of the game – the impact of the game at the 3Rs level – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle – has not been tested yet. The game makes the user more aware of the physical space where he moves (the school), showing his progress in real time. At the end of the game, the user is presented with the total time he took to finish his tasks and the total score achieved. In this way, the game becomes more interesting to the user.

scholarly journals PENGUATAN MASYARAKAT DI MASA PANDEMI COVID 19: KESEHATAN MENTAL PELAJAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Santoso Tri Raharjo
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
Adaptation Process ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Community Service Programs ◽  
The Impact

AbstrakPenguatan masyarakat yang menjalan proses adaptasi di tengah situasi dan dampak Pandemi Covid 19 menjadi hal penting saat ini. Banyak masyarakat yang terdampak dengan situasi pandemi saat, ada yang berhasil dan ada yang memerlukan pertolongan dan penguatan. Keperdulian di antara sesama anggota masyarakat sangat diperlukan dalam menghadapi bencana non alam ini. Tidak terkecuali dengan pihak perguruan tinggi, dalam hal ini civitas akademika Universitas Padjadjaran, dengan berbagai sumber daya yang dimiliki dapat mengambil peran penting memperkuat kemampuan masyarakat agara dapat menjalani kehidupan di tengah pandemi cobid 19 ini. Berbagai program dan kegiatan keperdulian pengabdian masyarakat dapat diintegrasikan dengan pembelajaran dan riset. Salah satunya melalui kuliah kerja nyata mahasiswa (KKNM), walaupun dilaksanakan secara virtual. Pemberian informasi dan pengetahuan mengenai pola hidup sehat dan bersih (PHBS) atau penerapan protokol kesehatan (prokes) untuk mencegah penyebaran Covid-19, merupakan salah satu bentuk dari upaya memperkuat kelompok-kelompok masyarakat. Demikan pula dengan cara-cara menghadapi situasi pemberitaan tentang pandemi secara jernih, serta memilah pemberitaan yang valid agar tidak mengganggu kestabilan mental. Hal ini juga merupakan aspek perlu diperkuat, apalagi di era dijital yang makin masif dan kemajuan teknologi informasi dan penggunaan media sosial massal. AbstractStrengthening people who undergo the adaptation process amidst the situation and the impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic is currently important. Many people were affected by the current pandemic situation, both in the economic, education and health sectors, some were successful and some needed help and strengthening. Concern among fellow community members is needed in dealing with this non-natural disaster. The higher education institutions are no exception, in this case the Padjadjaran University academic community, with its various resources, can play an important role in strengthening the ability of the community so that they can live life in the midst of this Cobid 19 pandemic. Various community service programs and activities can be integrated with learning and research. One of them is through student real work lectures (KKNM), although it is implemented virtually. Providing information and knowledge about healthy and clean lifestyles (PHBS) or the application of health protocols (prokes) to prevent the spread of Covid-19, is one form of efforts to strengthen community groups. Likewise, by dealing with the news situation about the pandemic clearly, and sorting out valid news so as not to disturb mental stability. This is also an aspect that needs to be strengthened, especially in the increasingly massive digital era and advances in information technology and the use of mass social media.

scholarly journals Influence of Entrepreneurial Innovation on Sustainable Solid: Waste Recycling in Abuja, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Kalu Agbaeze ◽  
Sylvester Abomeh Ofobruku ◽  
Benjamin Ibe Chukwu
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Entrepreneurial Innovation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Solid Waste Recycling ◽  
The Impact

One of the most serious challenges that city dwellers face in a developing nation is unsatisfactory solid waste management. This research investigates the impact of entrepreneurial innovation in solid waste recycling capacity in Abuja, federal capital city of Nigeria. The study employs a survey approach entailing the use of questionnaire for primary data collection. The data collected were analysed using a regression statistical technique. The findings of the study reveal that entrepreneurial activities can be used to enhance competencies in sustainable solid waste management in Abuja, Nigeria. Specifically, we found that entrepreneurial innovation has a significant positive effect on solid waste recycling capacity (p < 0.01). The study concludes that entrepreneurial innovation will encourage efficiency and effectiveness in solid waste recycling practices in Abuja, Nigeria. The study, therefore, recommends that the government should put in place structures that encourage entrepreneurial innovation in solid management so as to enhance the sustainable solid waste recycling capacity in Abuja, Nigeria. Solid waste recycling has long been thought of as playing an important role in solid waste management. This research affirms that entrepreneurial innovation would aid the improvement of the solid waste recycling capacity thereby optimising the chances of achieving sustainable solid waste management in Abuja, Nigeria. Currently there is a paucity of studies that examine the effects of entrepreneurial innovation specifically on solid waste recycling and sustainable development in Abuja, Nigeria. This study contributes an important additional dimension in the search for sustainable solid waste management in Abuja, Nigeria.

TEACH-POT: Provide Opportunities in Teaching

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Giulia Ballatore ◽  
Ettore Felisatti ◽  
Laura Montanaro ◽  
Anita Tabacco
Keyword(s):  
Academic Community ◽  
Real Effect ◽  
The Real ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
Different Levels

This paper is aimed to describe and critically analyze the so-called "TEACHPOT" experience (POT: Provide Opportunities in Teaching) performed during the last few years at Politecnico di Torino. Due to career criteria, the effort and the time lecturers spend in teaching have currently undergone a significant reduction in quantity. In order to support and meet each lecturers' expectations towards an improvement in their ability to teach, a mix of training opportunities has been provided. This consists of an extremely wide variety of experiences, tools, relationships, from which everyone can feel inspired to increase the effectiveness of their teaching and the participation of their students. The provided activities are designed around three main components: methodological training, teaching technologies, methodological experiences. A discussion on the findings is included and presented basing on the data collected through a survey. The impact of the overall experience can be evaluated on two different levels: the real effect on redesigning lessons, and the discussion on the matter within the entire academic community.

scholarly journals Impact of Hotel Guests’ Trends to Recycle Food Waste to Obtain Bioenergy

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3094
Author(s):  
Wagih Salama ◽  
Essam Abdelsalam
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Food Waste Recycling ◽  
Intentions To Participate ◽  
Hotel Managers ◽  
The Impact

Hotels face many issues related to food waste management, which is considered a serious environmental and socioeconomic issue in the 21st century. The improper disposal of food waste causes greenhouse gases emissions, consequently badly affecting the environment. This research aims to measure the impact of customer trends in changing the pattern of food waste disposal and recycling into bioenergy relating to hotel purposes and contributing to reducing hotel energy costs in Egypt. Two survey questionnaires were designed for hotel managers and guests, with 25 and 300 forms, respectively. The results indicated that hotel managers are highly willing to recycle food waste to produce bioenergy and hence play an effective role in environmental preservation. Such alternative energy sources are less expensive than conventional ones. This study revealed guests’ intentions to participate in the process of preserving the surrounding environment, as well as their preferences to stay in hotels that are practicing food waste recycling operations. Limitations can be seen in the lack of advertising for such hotels as well the high cost of staying in green and ecological hotels.

scholarly journals Is a PD game still a dilemma for Japanese rural villagers? A field and laboratory comparison of the impact of social group membership on cooperation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohei Mitani
Keyword(s):  
Social Group ◽  
Prisoner's Dilemma ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Prisoner’S Dilemma ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Prisoner’S Dilemma Game ◽  
Prisoner's Dilemma Game ◽  
The Impact

AbstractLocal norms and shared beliefs in cohesive social groups regulate individual behavior in everyday economic life. I use a door-to-door field experiment where a hundred and twenty villagers recruited from twenty-three communities in a Japanese rural mountainous village play a simultaneous prisoner’s dilemma game. To examine whether a set of experiences shared through interactions among community members affect experimental behavior, I compare villagers’ behavior under in-community and out-community random matching protocols. I also report a counterpart laboratory experiment with seventy-two university student subjects to address the external validity of laboratory experiments. The findings are three-fold. First, almost full cooperation is achieved when villagers play a prisoner’s dilemma game with their anonymous community members. Second, cooperation is significantly higher within the in-group compared to the out-group treatment in both the laboratory and field experiments. Third, although a significant treatment effect of social group membership is preserved, a big difference in the average cooperation rates is observed between the laboratory and field.

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