scholarly journals Foundations of Ethnobotany: 21st Century Perspective (Sudhir Chandra (Ed. Ashok K. Jain). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur (India). 2017. Pages 199)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-54
Author(s):  
Prabha Y Bhogaonkar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Botany ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
Scientific Publishers

The book presents a very different type of information that deals with the development of agriculture in various civilizations world over. Foreword for the book is written by Hon. Dr. S.K. Jain. Over the period voluminous data has been accumulated regarding uses of plant species by tribals and rural folk across the country. However, ethnobotanical living has almost deteriorated in our lives. In preface author emphasizes the need to look beyond ‘Hershberger’s ethnobotany’. According to him, 99% of Indian Ethnobotany is Economic Botany and not Ethnobotany. In fact, it is not economic but utilitarian botany. Importance of ethnobotany is put very lucidly by the author through a Chinese story; the moral derived is that “Ecology has been the official wife of human society, that failed to protect the environment and Ethnobotany – a concubine – alone can take care of the environment”. An introductory chapter, five thoughts are enumerated, which are guiding principles of the content of the book. Contents of the book are presented in five parts.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Blankenship
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Modern Learning ◽  
Innovative Environments

In the introductory chapter for this volume of cases in digital transformation, author Rebecca Blankenship considers the emerging role of institutions of higher education in providing innovative environments for teaching and learning. She provides a practical foundation for the emergent and evolving need among colleges and universities to embrace digital equity through progressive initiatives that provide diverse and modern learning environments reflective of the needs and expectations of the 21st century students they serve. The author frames her discussion within the contexts of increasing digital literacy among faculty, instituting a culture of innovation and change, as well as considering how initiatives such as the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University's Digital Learning Initiative (DLI) provide realistic solutions for the technology gap between the traditional brick-and-mortar university and the evolving needs of 21st century students and expectations of the increasingly connected and competitive global workforce.

General George S. Patton and Our Climate Crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-184
Author(s):  
John Thomas Riley
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Fiction Writers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Climate Crisis

The story of General Patton at the Battle of the Bulge is an excellent example of a story with a message that can be applied to our climate crisis. Our climate crisis is the defining problem for human society in the 21st century. Although the current situation is chaotic, as in this story, several positive paths are now clear enough to allow useful plans for a worldwide effort. One alternative to fear is to build a vision of a viable future through stories. Stories have a long history of being a common tool for building unified societal efforts. The stories that society now needs require both a science-based background and believable characters in effective action on our climate crisis. The elements used to build stories, first the background and then the plot, are called beats. The background beats developed here include sea level rise, no-till farming, population peaking, and technology innovation for the period 2020 to 2100. These beats should enable fiction writers to place stories and characters in a world of action on our climate crisis.

China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century. By Carl J. Dahlman and Jean-Eric Aubert. [Washington, DC: The World Bank. xxvi+170pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-8213-5005-6.]

2003 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 214-251
Author(s):  
Cong Cao
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

Written at the request of the Chinese government, China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century is a publication of the World Bank Institute in collaboration with the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Region. It has an executive summary, an introductory chapter, and three parts. The introductory chapter puts China's development in historical and comparative perspectives, discussing reasons for China's stagnation and economic decline in comparison with Western countries over the past two thousand years.

scholarly journals Deep Ecology

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-217
Author(s):  
Nina Witoszek ◽  
Martin Lee Mueller
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Deep Ecology ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
The South ◽  
New Science ◽  
Cultural Innovation ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
The Relationship

This introductory chapter interrogates the intellectual robustness and mobilizing potential of Arne Naess’s deep ecology in the 21st century. Our contention is that deep ecology is not a spent force, as some influential Western philosophers argue in this volume. On the contrary, ecophilosophy has left a legacy which remains a significant part of the ongoing cultural innovation for a sustainable future. As several essays in this collection show, Arne Naess’ thought feeds into new, science-based visions of the relationship between humans and nature. More importantly, it has got a new lease of life in the South, where biocentric cosmovisions play an ever more important role, not just in philosophical, but political debates which have an impact on Latin America’s future.

scholarly journals Philological Investigation of Some English Common Plant Names.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
S K Tayade ◽  
D A Patil
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
English Language ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Human Welfare ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Plant ◽  
Species Being

This communication is aimed at the scientific study of the genesis and development of common plant names as used in the English language. Every human society, whether primitive or advanced has own vocabulary developed on their observations, experience, sentiments, dogmas and customs. Every human society tries to classify and name plants in his ambience and thereby mankind celebrates the biodiversity of his time. The present authors investigated total of 79 plant species belonging to 78 genera and 53 families of angiosperms, one species being a gymnosperm. They divulged as many as 13 bases on which the common plant names in English are coined. They obviously reveal the richness and heritage of English people. The knowledge and wisdom of ancient will be certainly helpful for human welfare

scholarly journals The Impact of Globalization on the Security Environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Ionuț Alin Cîrdei
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Globalization is a particularly complex phenomenon that marked the twentieth century and the beginning of the 21st century, bringing about transformations at the level of the entire human society. This phenomenon produces profound, and sometimes irreversible, changes in all areas and imposes an alert rhythm for the existence of all mankind, which must keep pace with globalization in order to maintain its chances of development in an increasingly competitive world. In the last decades, we witness the manifestation of the effects of globalization in the field of individual and collective security, with great implications on the relations between different actors of the security environment. Globalization creates new opportunities, but at the same time it gives rise to new vulnerabilities and allows the emergence of new threats that, once materialized, can have a major impact at a regional or even global level.

scholarly journals Cultural Slavery or Freedom? Values at a Crossroads in the 21st Century

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2(2)) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Jana Pecnikova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
Artistic Activity ◽  
High Level ◽  
Technical Revolution

Values have played a major role in the creation and formation of the European cultural space. It was Europe, a continent found at the forefront of ideological, cultural, social and religious revolutions that was involved centrally in continual searching and re-evaluation. Cultural values are not regarded only as a result of a moment of artistic activity with such values having played a key role in the evolution of human society. However, they are still being misused in a period of technical revolution, in a similar manner to the past, when values were misused by ideologies opposing human rights and human dignity. The aim of this analysis is to show the position of freedom as one of the democratic values in contemporary society, one described as a civilization with high level of risk and danger, along with a very visible crisis of trust and responsibility, termed as a crisis of values and cultural slavery.

scholarly journals DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AS A CRUCIAL ISSUE OF MANAGEMENT IN 21ST CENTURY

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Dana Egerová
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Crucial Issue ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Sex Orientation

Another issue of the magazine Problems of Management in 21st century has found its way into your hands. We often hear people saying that human resources are the most important and most valuable source in an organization. Is it really true or is it just another buzzword? Our magazine deals with the issues of human resources in the context of various possible views and approaches. As a result of the growing internationalism and globalization of the labour market but also as a result of dynamic changes in the society in general the concept of diversity management is ever more important. The basis of the concept of diversity management is the nature of diversity itself and this phenomenon has always existed in the human society, be it age, gender, race, ethnicity, mental and physical abilities, sex orientation or any other qualities (Hubbard, 2004, Eger, 2009). It is necessary to realize that the topics connected with diversity exist today and will exist in the future and if any organization strives to survive in the highly competitive surroundings, it has to deal with issues like that.

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