scholarly journals Environmental Sustainability: Worldview, Philosophy and Teachings

ICR Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-540
Author(s):  
Salman Ahmed Shaikh ◽  
Abdul Ghafar Ismail ◽  
Muhammad Hakimi Mohd Shafiai
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Ecology And Environment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Economic Choices ◽  
Distribution Of Income ◽  
Spiritual Rationality

Economic choices influenced by animalistic instincts in an ethically neutral framework have not only resulted in huge disparities in distribution of income, wealth and standards of living, but, as we now realise, they have also resulted in an unprecedented loss to ecology and environment with catastrophic consequences for future generations. More than ever, economics as a discipline of knowledge needs an ethical base in order to rekindle a spiritual rationality that can enable us to take into account equity considerations more explicitly in economic choices, both at the individual and at the societal level. This paper explains how Islamic economics can help in bridging the gap. The paper explains the teachings of Islam on different environmental issues and shows how the Islamic worldview can help to encourage and reinforce environmentally friendly behaviour and choices.

scholarly journals Pelestarian Alam sebagai Perwujudan Mandat Pembangunan: Suatu Kajian Etis-Teologis

Kurios ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Kalis Stevanus
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Critical Problem ◽  
Crucial Issue ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World

Lately, the attention and awareness of humankind to protect and maintain environmental sustainability are increasing. Environmental damage today is a big problem and is global, which is now an increasingly critical problem. The world is experiencing the danger of an ecological crisis. This article is intended to describe the Church's ethical-theological attitude in addressing environ-mental issues today is a very crucial issue to consider. Using research that uses qualitative research using descriptive methods based on the Bible and also using library research by analyzing literature both books and journals that discuss environmental issues. Based on ethical-theological studies, it can be concluded that humans are the managers of nature, and preservation of nature is as an implementation of love for others. By understanding this, it is hoped that the Environment, which has been entrusted to humans, needs to be managed wisely, responsibly and productively as possible for the needs and progress of future generations. Abstrak Akhir-akhir ini perhatian dan kesadaran umat manusia untuk menjaga dan memelihara kelestarian lingkungan hidupnya semakin meningkat. Kerusakan lingkungan hidup dewasa ini merupakan isu besar dan bersifat global (mendunia), yang kini menjadi masalah yang semakin genting. Dunia sedang menghadapi bahaya krisis ekologis. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan sikap etis-teologis Gereja dalam menyikapi isu tentang lingkungan hidup dewasa ini menjadi isu yang sangat krusial untuk diperhatikan. Adapun pende-katan penelitian yang penulis gunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif berdasarkan Alkitab dan juga menggunakan penelitian kepustakaan dengan cara menganalis literatur baik buku maupun jurnal yang membahas permasalahan lingkungan hidup. Berdasarkan kajian etis-teologis diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa, manusia adalah pengelola alam, dan pelestarian alam adalah sebagai implementasi kasih kepada sesama. Dengan pemahaman ini, diharapkan lingkungan hidup yang telah dipercayakan kepada manusia, perlu dikelola secara bijak, bertanggungjawab dan seproduktif mungkin untuk kepentingan dan kelangsungan generasi mendatang.

Enhancing the Australian healthcare sector’s responsiveness to environmental sustainability issues: suggestions from Australian healthcare professionals

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian L. Dunphy
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
The Individual

Objective. Identify strategies to implement change across the Australian healthcare sector to better support social and natural environments. Methods. Qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with Australian healthcare professionals. Results. Interviewees described multiple barriers to implementing change and numerous strategies to overcome these barriers. They argued that action must be taken at the individual and systemic levels to produce substantial and effective change. The strategies recommended fall into four main categories: altering workplace cultures and professional identities, community engagement, political activity, and change from within. The overarching goals of these strategies are to reduce negative impacts on the natural environment, and increase social equity within and across generations. Conclusions. By implementing the strategies described, a more cohesive effort to address sustainability issues across the sector can be made. This may improve local and global health, within current and future generations. What is known about the topic? Healthcare has a significant impact on the natural and social environments, which in turn have a significant impact upon health and healthcare. What does this paper add? This paper describes strategies to alter healthcare to better support environmental sustainability. What are the implications for practitioners? Collective implementation of the described strategies may allow a more cohesive and effective response across the Australian healthcare sector, to enhance local and global health for current and future generations.

Gender and belief factors on attitude towards Social and Environmental Accounting (SEA)

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Salina Abdullah ◽  
Ern Chen Loo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Accounting ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Sustain Ability ◽  
The Relationship

Research on social and environmental accounting (SEA) has mainly concentrated on disclosure of SEA by corporate bodies, where investigations on ones attitude towards SEA are rarely discussed. SEA is a medium that develops relationships between business and society, community and nature. In addition, SEA involves a concept of sustain ability; where natural resources need to be sustained for the needs of future generations (Alhabshi et al., 2003). SEA also tries to recognise the role of accounting in sustainable development and the use of environmental resources. There are arguments that the young generations today are not fully aware of preserving these natural resources as well as handling social and environmental issues wisely. This perhaps link closely to their belief and cultural background. Hence, this paper examines the influence of gender and belief factors on the undergraduate students’ attitude towards SEA. Four dimensions of belief (fixed ability, quick learning, simple knowledge and certain knowledge) proposed by Schommer (2005) were adapted to analyse how belief factors have influence on their attitude towards SEA. An independent sample t-test was used to examine the relationship between gender and students’ attitude towards SEA. Spearmen’s correlation was employed to show the relationship between belief and attitude towards SEA. The results revealed that gender differences did not show influences on their attitude towards SEA. It was found that there is a significant relationship between belief and students’ attitude towards SEA. Students who believe on the importance of SEA tend to report positive attitude towards SEA. Perhaps findings of this study may provide some information on the SEA education and further be incorporated in the syllabus.

scholarly journals Housing adaptations and housing accessibility problems among older adults with long-standing spinal cord injury

2020 ◽  
pp. 030802262097951
Author(s):  
Lizette Norin ◽  
Björn Slaug ◽  
Maria Haak ◽  
Susanne Iwarsson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Environmental Barriers ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
The Individual

Introduction Adults with spinal cord injuries are living longer than previously, and a majority are living in ordinary housing in the community. Housing accessibility is important for maintaining independent occupational performance for this population, but knowledge in this area is insufficient. We investigated housing adaptations and current accessibility problems among older adults with long-standing (>10 years) spinal cord injuries. Method Data from home visits among 122 older adults with spinal cord injuries in Sweden were used. Housing adaptations and environmental barriers were descriptively analysed. Findings Kitchens, entrances, and hygiene areas were common locations for housing adaptations and environmental barriers that generated accessibility problems. The most common adaptations were ramps, wheelchair-accessible stovetops, and ceiling-lifts. Wall-mounted cupboards and high shelves (kitchen), inaccessible storage areas (outside the dwelling), and a lack of grab bars (hygiene area) generated the most accessibility problems. Conclusion Despite housing adaptations, there are considerable accessibility problems in the dwellings of older adults with long-standing spinal cord injuries in Sweden, indicating that long-term follow-up of the housing situation of this population is necessary. Focusing on accessible housing as a prerequisite for occupational performance is at the core of occupational therapy, deserving attention on the individual as well as the societal level.

scholarly journals Children’s ability to edit their memories when learning about the environment from credible and noncredible websites

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim P. Roberts ◽  
Katherine R. Wood ◽  
Breanne E. Wylie
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Inaccurate Information ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
Website Content

AbstractOne of the many sources of information easily available to children is the internet and the millions of websites providing accurate, and sometimes inaccurate, information. In the current investigation, we examined children’s ability to use credibility information about websites when learning about environmental sustainability. In two studies, children studied two different websites and were tested on what they had learned a week later using a multiple-choice test containing both website items and new distracters. Children were given either no information about the websites or were told that one of the websites (the noncredible website) contained errors and they should not use any information from that website to answer the test. In both studies, children aged 7- to 9-years reported information from the noncredible website even when instructed not to, whereas the 10- to 12-year-olds used the credibility warning to ‘edit out’ information that they had learned from the noncredible website. In Study 2, there was an indication that the older children spontaneously assessed the credibility of the website if credibility markers were made explicit. A plausible explanation is that, although children remembered information from the websites, they needed explicit instruction to bind the website content with the relevant source (the individual websites). The results have implications for children’s learning in an open-access, digital age where information comes from many sources, credible and noncredible. Education in credibility evaluation may enable children to be critical consumers of information thereby resisting misinformation provided through public sources.

The influence of culture on consumer perceptions of deceptiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haithem Zourrig ◽  
Mengxia Zhang ◽  
Kamel El Hedhli ◽  
Imene Becheur
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Consumer Perceptions ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Information Manipulation ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Situational Constraint

Purpose This study aims to apply McCornack’s (1992) information manipulation theory to the context of fraud and investigates the effects of culture on perceived deceptiveness. Design/methodology/approach In total, 400 Chinese consumers and an equal-size sample of Canadian consumers were recruited to fill an online survey. The survey integrates four scenarios of insurance fraud and measures of perceived deceptiveness, cultural tightness and horizontal-vertical idiocentrism allocentrism, in addition to some control variables. Findings Results show that at the societal level of culture, perceived deceptiveness is higher in individualistic than in collectivistic cultures. When accounting for the level of situational constraint, cultural tightness was found to magnify the perceived deceptiveness. At the individual level of culture, vertical-allocentrism and vertical-idiocentrism were found to weigh against the perception of deceptiveness. Originality/value Understanding cultural differences in perceived deceptiveness is helpful to spot sources of consumers’ vulnerability to fraud tolerance among a culturally diverse public.

scholarly journals Estimating long-term groundwater storage and its controlling factors in Alberta, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 6241-6255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumendra N. Bhanja ◽  
Xiaokun Zhang ◽  
Junye Wang
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Recharge ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Water Withdrawal ◽  
Groundwater Storage ◽  
Budget Analysis ◽  
Terrestrial Water ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Gravity Recovery

Abstract. Groundwater is one of the most important natural resources for economic development and environmental sustainability. In this study, we estimated groundwater storage in 11 major river basins across Alberta, Canada, using a combination of remote sensing (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, GRACE), in situ surface water data, and land surface modeling estimates (GWSAsat). We applied separate calculations for unconfined and confined aquifers, for the first time, to represent their hydrogeological differences. Storage coefficients for the individual wells were incorporated to compute the monthly in situ groundwater storage (GWSAobs). The GWSAsat values from the two satellite-based products were compared with GWSAobs estimates. The estimates of GWSAsat were in good agreement with the GWSAobs in terms of pattern and magnitude (e.g., RMSE ranged from 2 to 14 cm). While comparing GWSAsat with GWSAobs, most of the statistical analyses provide mixed responses; however the Hodrick–Prescott trend analysis clearly showed a better performance of the GRACE-mascon estimate. The results showed trends of GWSAobs depletion in 5 of the 11 basins. Our results indicate that precipitation played an important role in influencing the GWSAobs variation in 4 of the 11 basins studied. A combination of rainfall and snowmelt positively influences the GWSAobs in six basins. Water budget analysis showed an availability of comparatively lower terrestrial water in 9 of the 11 basins in the study period. Historical groundwater recharge estimates indicate a reduction of groundwater recharge in eight basins during 1960–2009. The output of this study could be used to develop sustainable water withdrawal strategies in Alberta, Canada.

scholarly journals Analysis of the impact of plastic on the theme of Environmental Education for application in Brazilian public schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 78-89
Author(s):  
Diovana Napoleão ◽  
Letícia Alvarenga de Paula Eduardo ◽  
Roberta Veloso Garcia ◽  
Estaner Claro Romão
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Environmental issues have been a prominent issue worldwide and the increase in plastic production and the lack of post-consumer waste management programs result in inadequate disposal and deposition in terrestrial and aquatic environments, causing environmental impacts. This paper was developed through the analysis of aspects of pedagogical practice in relation to environmental education with the plastic theme and its environmental impact on the environment. In this perspective, environmental education through the individual and the collectivity builds social values, knowledge, skills and competences aimed at the conservation of the environment. However, it was observed that addressing environmental issues should be considered a challenge for teachers, as it is a broad and diverse subject, as they are not prepared for the development of these activities and schools do not have the infrastructure to meet the needs of approaches to environmental issues.

scholarly journals Capí­tulo Segundo: Mundo Reo.

Xihmai ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Ignacio Panedas Galindo
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Human Race ◽  
End Of History ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Future ◽  
The End Of History ◽  
The Individual

Resumen Cuando se empezaron a conocer los testimonios de los supervivientes de los campos de exterminio nazis, la humanidad se consternó. El sufrimiento provocado y la aplicación sistemática y consciente de la técnica a la destrucción de la persona, fueron descubrimientos que pusieron en alerta al hombre sobre la naturaleza del hombre mismo.   Tanto fue el horror que se alcanzó a entrever a través de las narraciones que el  tiempo  se  congeló.  El  reclamo  silencioso  de  las  auténticas  ví­ctimas, quienes murieron, se suspendió en el aire de la memoria hasta que los responsables reconocieran sus culpas. El olvido no podí­a abrazar tan profundos crí­menes.   Por este motivo no puede realizarse el fin de la historia. Los sufrimientos del hombre provocados hasta este grado por el mismo hombre fuerzan un pendiente que ya no puede borrarse. El grito de dolor recuerda a las generaciones futuras la necesidad de una reparación, del perdón, del reconocimiento.   Palabras Clave: Testimonio, memoria, campos de exterminio, fenomenologí­a, hermenéutica, sufrimiento, herencia.   Abstract When testimony from the survivors from Nazi extermination fields were first known, the human race filled with dismay. The suffering provoked and the systematic conscious application of the technique of destruction of the individual, were discoveries that alerted the individual on the nature of the individual itself.   Such a horror was seen through the narrations that time froze.     The silent demand from the authentic victims, who died, was suspended on the air of memory until the responsible recognized their  guilt. Obscurity could not hold such deep crimes.   For this reason the end of history cannot be made. The suffering of the individual provoked up to this point by the individual itself, force an unresolved point that cannot be erased.   The scream of pain reminds the future generations the need to repair, forgive and recognize it.   Key words: Testimony, memory, extermination fields, phenomenology, hermeneutics, suffering, inheritance.

scholarly journals Qualitative Interview Analysis: Unpacking Packed Interviews

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 42-42
Author(s):  
Michelle Silver
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Interview Analysis

Abstract Retirement is an ever-evolving, dynamic, and complex social construct we associate with the end of one’s career. Exploring what retirement means to different people can contribute to a better understanding of the implications of this important transition at the individual and societal level. However, sifting through participants stories is not always a straightforward endeavor, particularly in the case when participants have something to hide. This paper examines the value of qualitative research methods in unpacking complex personal narratives. As the landscape surrounding mature workers’ experiences continues to change, this paper extends policy debates about retirement, as well as scholarly conversations about the richness and complexity of qualitative research.

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