scholarly journals Characteristics of the Digital Content about Energy-Saving in Different Countries around the World

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Valerio-Ureña ◽  
Richard Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Rhetoric ◽  
The World ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
One Year ◽  
Types Of Information

Environmental sustainability is fundamental for human well-being, and energy-saving behaviors are fundamental for promoting environmental sustainability. This paper explores the types of information consumed on the Internet concerning the topic of energy-saving. The qualitative study used digital methods to analyze, from 17 different countries, one-year of Google searches, 170 webpages, and 6800 images. The results demonstrated that (a) most topics related to energy-saving involved commercial products; (b) in countries from North America, Europe, and Oceania, Google’s highest-ranked webpages were of a commercial nature, and in countries from Latin America, Africa, and Asia, webpages were of an educational nature; and (c) most images found in Google with the “energy-saving” query were related to lighting products. By and large, commercial interests were found to dominate the digital rhetoric around energy-saving, regardless of the countries’ region.

"I Felt a Little Crazy Following a 'Doll'"

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (GROUP) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Abhinav Choudhry ◽  
Jinda Han ◽  
Xiaoyu Xu ◽  
Yun Huang
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Application Domain ◽  
Person Perspective ◽  
Health Marketing ◽  
The World ◽  
First Person Perspective ◽  
Marketing Firms ◽  
Physical Features

Virtual Influencers (VIs) are computer-generated characters, many of which are often visually indistinguishable from humans and interact with the world in the first-person perspective as social media influencers. They are gaining popularity by creating content in various areas, including fashion, music, art, sports, games, environmental sustainability, and mental health. Marketing firms and brands increasingly use them to capitalise on their millions of followers. Yet, little is known about what prompts people to engage with these digital beings. In this paper, we present our interview study with online users who followed different VIs on Instagram beyond the fashion application domain. Our findings show that the followers are attracted to VIs due to a unique mixture of visual appeal, sense of mystery, and creative storytelling that sets VI content apart from that of real human influencers. Specifically, VI content enables digital artists and content creators by removing the constraints of bodies and physical features. The followers not only perceived VIs' rising popularity in commercial industries, but also are supportive of VI involvement in non-commercial causes and campaigns. However, followers are reluctant to attribute trustworthiness to VIs in general though they display trust in limited domains, e.g., technology, music, games, and art. This research highlights VI's potential as innovative digital content, carrying influence and employing more varied creators, an appeal that could be harnessed by diverse industries and also by public interest organisations.

Mediterranean Cropping Systems: The Importance of Their Economic and Environmental Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Maria Pergola ◽  
◽  
Assunta Maria Palese ◽  
Alessandro Persiani ◽  
Pasquale De Francesco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Olive Tree ◽  
Well Being ◽  
C Sequestration ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the lives of people, as well as the production and economic systems throughout the world. The flow of raw materials and products, the supply of labor and manpower, and the purchasing power have all been changed to the detriment of individual health and well-being. Such a situation requires placing even more emphasis on the search for virtuous agricultural systems compatible with the goals of economic and environmental development so clearly defined at the world level in the last decades. The present study aimed to assess the environmental and economic performance of some typical Mediterranean crops grown under different agronomical management regimes, such as strawberry, hazelnut, apricot tree, kiwifruit, peach, olive tree, and grapevine, to emphasize the importance of the mentioned issues even in the current pandemic situation. Life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to investigate the environmental profile of the studied crops, while lifecycle costing (LCC) was performed to assess and compare the economic aspects. From the environmental perspective, the hobby-organic olive systems were the most eco-friendly cropping systems, emitting 0.031 to 0.105 kg CO2eq per kg olives, while the organic hazelnut system had the greatest impact (1.001 kg of CO2eq per kg). Apricot, kiwifruit, and peach systems used N and P inputs most effectively, while strawberry systems efficiently used fossil fuels. Olive HO-2, kiwifruit, and peach cropping systems had the lowest budgets, with the costs amounted to 0.12 € kg-1 per fruit for Olive HO-2 and 0.28 € kg-1 per fruit for both kiwifruit and peach. On the contrary, organic strawberry cultivation was the most expensive (4.77 € kg-1). The variability in results due to the large differences between contexts, such as landscape, technical knowledge, and crop management, characterized the studied agricultural systems. To easily identify sustainability classes and to diminish the impact of farming practices, a considerable effort should be expended to combine LCA with LCC, C sequestration estimates, and some other useful indicators for the environmental quality evaluation.

Recycling and Reuse of Fashion

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
Chand Prakash Saini ◽  
M. K. Nair ◽  
K. Tara Shankar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Textile Waste ◽  
Textile Recycling ◽  
The World

The chapter examines the role of recycling and reuse of fashion in order to achieve environmental sustainability. The chapter supports its conclusion by various reports that recycling of textile waste can be solutions to many environmental issues caused by fast fashion. However, textile recycling is an old term; in recent years, it has gained attention again due to fast fashion culture in significant parts of the world, which has resulted in overconsumption of textiles and led to waste generation. Waste recycling has become a multibillion industry. New ways are being created in terms of the development of sorting machines, design inputs, and innovative high-value products to make recycling a profitable proposition. The chapter also highlights how the second-hand market of clothes and the internet as a facilitator can help in reducing textile waste.

scholarly journals Education for Sustainable Development as Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: A Literature Review

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Lou E. Neri
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Keywords Education

The World Health Organization (2003) stated that there is growing evidence that changes in the global climate will have profound effects on the well-being of citizens in countries throughout the world. The “business as usual” frame of mind in dealing with this phenomenon is no longer feasible. Rather, there is a great need for a “sense of urgency” to empower and actively involve every individual to adapt and to mitigate the worsening of climate change. A great number of studies show that the leadership of the educational system in developed countries for more than 2 decades has been successful in promoting environmental sustainability. Some of these studies are reviewed and documented in this paper so that vulnerable countries may learn and benchmark from their experiences. Keywords - Education, sustainable development, climate change

Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, and Sustainable Tourism

2020 ◽  
pp. 1669-1687
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Tourism

This chapter reveals the overview of sustainability; the overview of environmental sustainability; environmental sustainability and climate change; environmental sustainability, water resources, and energy consumption; and the overview of sustainable tourism. Sustainability is the important issue that attempts to bridge social science with civic engineering and environmental science with the technology of the future. Environmental sustainability is important because it ensures people have water and resources, and adopting its practices protects the environment and human health. Sustainable tourism is a growing segment of the global tourism industry that makes the positive contributions to the environmental, socio-cultural, and economic well-being of destinations and local communities around the world. Sustainability, environmental sustainability, and sustainable tourism are rooted in three issues that are considerably linked to fossil fuel depletion, climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions, and the increasing costs of energy and water.

Measuring Abu Dhabi’s liveability using the global liveable city index (GLCI)

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khee Giap Tan ◽  
Sujata Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Global City ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Narrow Scope ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Policy Simulations

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use a newly developed Global Liveable Cities Index (GLCI), to assess how Abu Dhabi ranks among global cities. The paper sheds some light on the strengths and weaknesses associated with the city’s emergence as a global city, as identified by the index. Design/methodology/approach – This paper makes use of a new measure of liveability – the GLCI – to rank the world ' s major cities. The GLCI advances the measurement of the “Liveability” construct by taking into account the multi-dimensional sensibility of diverse groups of ordinary persons across 64 cities. The paper also conducts policy simulations to help aid city planners invest in areas with low scores in the GLCI. Findings – The results from the analysis show Abu Dhabi as a city that has a lot more potential than what most conventional city benchmarking exercises have revealed. It is a city with immense potential in the region by not just being the driver of growth but also being a nodal center for attraction of global talent. It is fast growing into a city of opportunity and already satisfies the characteristics of an emerging global city with a lot of regional attention. The empirical results also find that its potential has been clearly under-rated by many existing studies and indices primarily because of their narrow scope in measuring liveability. The GLCI results brought together multiple indicators to devise an index that is strongly based on a combination of analytical and philosophical values. Taking stock of the rankings of Abu Dhabi using the GLCI so far as well as the policy simulations, one can conclude that Abu Dhabi has multiple strengths as an aspiring global city. The results also indicate that one area that has been consistently identified as lacking in Abu Dhabi is that of environmental sustainability. Originality/value – While cities have always played a historic role in powering economic growth in some form or the other, the scale of expansions and the speed at which it is happening today appears unprecedented. While a considerable number of indices benchmarking cities exist, they are rather narrow in scope. None of them model liveability from the perspective of an ordinary person with multi-dimensional sensibilities toward issues like economic well-being, social mobility, personal security, political governance, environmental sustainability and aesthetics for a more representative coverage of major cities around the world. These factors are critical measures of “liveability” of a city that in turn elevates it to the status of a global city. This paper thus makes an original contribution to the literature on understanding global cities by applying a newly developed GLCI to assess how Abu Dhabi ranks among global cities. The paper sheds some light on the strengths and weaknesses associated with the city’s emergence as a global city, as identified by the index.

scholarly journals Digital Marketing Strategies To Increase Online Business Sales Through Social Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Niko Garuda Adiyono ◽  
Tantri Yanuar Rahmat ◽  
Rina Anindita
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
Golden Opportunity ◽  
Internet Information ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Online Business

Technological developments have brought new media related to the internet. The internet is currently a necessity for many people around the world because with the internet, information can be conveyed quickly and easily. In the world of business is also entered by the internet. The internet creates something new, one way of marketing product. A businessman finds the latest marketing strategy by creating digital content for the products they offer and they will distribute it on social media so that more people and potential consumers will see and know about the product. Social Media is an application that provides video making features along with very interesting and easy to use effect features. That way, not a few online business people take advantage of the golden opportunity to use the application. Social Media as a platform to develop their business a through digital content.

scholarly journals PANORAMA DO RADIOAMADORISMO BRASILEIRO NA ATUALIDADE: um estudo participante

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
Carlos Fernando Martins Franco
Keyword(s):  
Digital Communications ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Amateur Radio ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The World ◽  
One Year

O radioamadorismo é uma atividade atualmente de passatempo. No Brasil, cerca de trinta mil pessoas participam das atividades promovidas por essa comunidade de entusiastas. O que é? Como é praticada na atualidade? Quais as principais atividades? Este ensaio é resultado de uma pesquisa participante de um ano que visou traçar um perfil da comunicação via rádio no país, seu panorama e algumas perspectivas. Desta forma, concluiu que existe vida para além da internet. Muitos dos recursos utilizados na rede mundial de computadores também foram fruto de entusiastas da tecnologia e de experimentações informais.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: tecnologia; rádio; passatempo; comunidade;   ABSTRACT   Amateur radio is presently a hobby. In Brazil about 30,000 people are inserted as users, who participate in comunity activities  around the world during the year. What is this? How it is worked nowadays? What are the activities developed? This essay has been constructed from a participant research made through one year of observations, that has the aim to construct a profile of ham radio in Brazil, observing realities and some perspectives. This way, observes that existis live beyound the internet and many practicies in digital communications universally used have been made by enthusiastics in technology and informal experiments.   KEYWORDS: technology; radio; hobby; Community;   RESÚMEN   La radio aficción es una atividade solamente para passar el tiempo libre. En Brasil, cerca de trinta mil aficionados son participantes. Lo que és? Como se practica? Como hay practicantes? Esto ensayo es resultado de uma investigación participante de un año, donde trazamos um perfil tanto de la practica, quanto de las realidades nacionales relativas a radio aficionados. Concluye que existe más para las fronteras de la internet. Muchos técnicas e prácticas utilizadas en la rede de computadoras son también frutos de experimentos informales.   PALABRAS-CLAVE: tecnologia, radio, comunidade;

Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, and Sustainable Tourism

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Tourism

This chapter reveals the overview of sustainability; the overview of environmental sustainability; environmental sustainability and climate change; environmental sustainability, water resources, and energy consumption; and the overview of sustainable tourism. Sustainability is the important issue that attempts to bridge social science with civic engineering and environmental science with the technology of the future. Environmental sustainability is important because it ensures people have water and resources, and adopting its practices protects the environment and human health. Sustainable tourism is a growing segment of the global tourism industry that makes the positive contributions to the environmental, socio-cultural, and economic well-being of destinations and local communities around the world. Sustainability, environmental sustainability, and sustainable tourism are rooted in three issues that are considerably linked to fossil fuel depletion, climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions, and the increasing costs of energy and water.

The Future of Democratic Civil Societies in a Post-Western Cybered Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 734-750
Author(s):  
Chris Demchak
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Strategic Responses ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
Civil Societies

This chapter discusses cyberspace’s evolution in terms of technical shoddiness and misperceptions. Once cyberspace left the confines of the consolidated democratic societies, their legal systems, and the controls of Western regulated telecommunications firms, it moved beyond the power of Westernized nations’ to keep the world both deeply cybered and guided by the rule of law. With commercialization as it occurred, the Internet was never going to be the utopia. Rather, the globalized Internet became a resource rich frontier and substrate over which nations and organizations would fight overtly, covertly, and in every other way possible. The chapter then identifies two available remediating strategic responses to this new cybered reality (recognition of sovereignty and balancing scale), and offers three possible interstate futures depending upon which of these two responses is chosen. It argues that achieving the best possible future will rest on pursuing strategic well-being and international influence through a ‘cyber operational resilience alliance’ across consolidated democratic civil societies.

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