scholarly journals Theological approach to environmental issue

Napredak ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Tomislav Lunić ◽  
Jelena Ćesarević
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Technological Growth ◽  
The One ◽  
Detrimental Impact

The environmental question is a multidimensional problem caused by the detrimental impact that human activity is having on the environment. Religious scholars, theologians, as well as numerous members of religious elites, in essence, view the issue as an anthropological phenomenon. In the first part of the study, we highlight several consequences of accelerated industrial development, technological growth and development: water, air and soil pollution; the shortage of natural resources due to uncontrolled exploitation; the degradation of biodiversity; climate change, etc. Additionally, in the study we focus is on man who, on the one hand, raises ecological awareness, by establishing different programs, organizations and various action plans, while on the other, through raw exploitation and the using up of natural resources, contributes to the ongoing imbalance in the ecosystem, and in essence, God's creation as a whole. The blame lies with man, and not nature. The destruction starts with the Biblical Fall and continues to this very day. In this regard, there are different solutions for switching to healthy technologies and a green economy. Institutions and organizations that deal with environmental issues are being established. Nonetheless, only the symptoms are treated, and not what is in fact the root of the problem. Thus, the theological solution is based on establishing harmony between God, man and the environment, which in the liturgical sense of the cosmos can stop the destruction of the environment, i.e., the environment as a whole. Therefore, the environment is entrusted to man as God's gift to save and cherish in a Eucharistic, liturgical, priestly manner.

scholarly journals On the Effectiveness of Zeolite-Based Catalysts in the CO2 Recycling to DME: State of the Art and Perspectives

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Catizzone ◽  
Giuseppe Bonura ◽  
Massimo Migliori ◽  
Francesco Frusteri ◽  
Girolamo Giordano
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Heterogeneous Catalysts ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Oxide Phase ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Catalytic Systems ◽  
Warming Climate ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Co2 Recycling ◽  
The One

Starting from the environmental issues related to global warming, climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, this review paper describes how CO2 recycling can represent a challenging strategy suitable to explore new concepts and opportunities for catalytic and industrial development. In this view, the production of dimethyl ether (DME) from catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 appears as a viable technology, able to meet also the ever-increasing need for alternative environmentally-friendly fuels and energy carriers. Basic considerations on thermodynamic aspects controlling DME production from CO2 are presented, then summarizing the main catalytic systems developed in such a field. Special attention is paid on the role assumed during last years by zeolite-based systems, either in the methanol-to-DME dehydration step or in the one-pot CO2-to-DME hydrogenation. On the whole, the productivity of DME results significantly to be dependent on several catalyst features, linked not only to the metal-oxide phase responsible for CO2 activation/hydrogenation, but also to specific properties of the zeolites (i.e., topology, porosity, surface area, acidity, interaction with active metals, distributions of metal particles, …) influencing activity and stability of hybridized bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts.

The environment in education: Pesticides in Lebanon

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akl M. Kairouz ◽  
Issam Y. Atala
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
International Strategy ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Natural Catastrophes ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Reckless Behavior

<p>Environmental Issues in Education: The Case of Pesticides in Lebanon In the untamed world of globalization, rapid industrialization, and the gluttony for material consumption centering on the rapid depletion of certain natural resources, all coupled with high emission of polluting carbons and chemicals, the ecosystem lost its balance pushing this tiny planet, earth, towards natural catastrophes. This research highlights the main environmental issues and problems citing Lebanon as an example of many developing countries, caused by reckless behavior and policies, as they fail to design and adopt solutions to a series of complicated problems. The main question revolves around what causes humans to persist in mismanaging the natural resources that sustain their existence? The immediate answer may be summarized in these words: ignorance, individualism and greed. The authors aim at highlighting the setting and formulation of an international strategy, focusing particularly upon the problem of global warming. The case of misuse of pesticides in the Lebanese agricultural sector and their fatal impact upon the environment will be highlighted. The stress will be on the role of education in forming and shaping ecological awareness, at schools, universities, media, NGOs, and particularly governmental institutions. The paper concludes by calling for launching the setup of an international strategy to establish lobbying chapters in every country. The aim would be to follow up on public and private policies while applying effective academic and practical steps in schools and universities to develop an effective awareness of environmental problems. It invites governments, municipalities, socio-religious groups and NGOs to assume their active roles and awaken the common citizen’ s consciousness and responsibilities through ecological promotion and replenishment activities to sustain a balanced ecosystem for future generations to enjoy.</p><p> Keywords: natural resources, pesticides, agricultural sector, education, ecosystem, environment.</p>

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 HESS Opinions "Urgent water challenges are not sufficiently researched"

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 905-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. van der Zaag ◽  
J. Gupta ◽  
L. P. Darvis
Keyword(s):  
Water Governance ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
The One ◽  
Water Problems ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Abstract. In this opinion paper we submit that water experts conduct comparatively little research on the more urgent challenges facing the global community. Five specific biases are identified. First, research in the field of water and sanitation is heavily biased against sanitation. Second, research on food security is biased in favour of conventional irrigation and fails to address the problems and opportunities of rainfed agriculture. Third, insufficient water research is dedicated to developmental compared to environmental issues. Fourth, too little research is conducted on adaptation to climate change by developing countries. And finally, research on water governance has a fascination for conflict but too little eye for cooperation and meeting basic needs. This paper illustrates these biases with bibliometric indicators extracted from the ISI Web of Science. There is a stark mismatch between the global demand for knowledge and the supply of it. This mismatch is identified here as a problem that we water scientists must confront and resolve. We still lack a full understanding why this divergence between demand and supply occurs and persists; an understanding that is required to guide us towards aligning our research priorities to societal demands. The paper, however, makes some inferences. On the one hand, we should promote the global South to create its own research biases and allow it to develop alternative solutions. Simultaneously we would benefit from critical examination of our own research practice. Although this paper addresses a critical challenge it does not aim to be exhaustive or definitive. We merely identify the persistence of intransigent water problems as a valid research object in itself.

scholarly journals Environmental issues and international relations, a new global (dis)order - the role of International Relations in promoting a concerted international system

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Castro Pereira
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
International System ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The Subject

Is it possible to talk about the rise of a new global (dis)order founded on the challenges posed by environmental issues? Through the review of the state of the art on the subject, this article analyzes the growing importance of the environment, and natural resources in particular, in international relations; and aims to raise awareness among International Relations scholars to the potential positive impact of the development of the discipline in integration with global environmental change studies.

Private Enterprise Development in a One-Party Autocratic State: The Case of Alibaba Group in China’s E-Commerce

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850001
Author(s):  
FU LAI TONY YU
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Private Enterprise ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
Party Members ◽  
Private Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

This study attempts to explain China’s industrial development with special reference to e-commerce. It argues that in a one-party autocratic regime such as China, the collaboration between government officials and private entrepreneurs in strategic industries can promote industrial growth. Since Internet can jeopardize communist party’s goal of maintaining cohesiveness and absolute political power, the Chinese government has imposed surveillance on private operation in all IT operations. Specifically, in e-commerce industry, through collaborations with private enterprises, the communist party can “kill two birds in one arrow.” On the one hand, party members are able to preserve national security and maintain social and financial stability by closely monitoring the private enterprise operation. Moreover, party members can seize tangible and non-tangible benefits from the growth in e-commerce firms. On the other hand, private e-commerce enterprises, by building close connection with public officials and senior party members, can obtain strong support from the government, and thus boosting its business growth. This argument is applied to explain the miraculous growth of Alibaba Group, a private e-commerce enterprise in China. In particular, the paper attempts to show the relationship between the Chinese government and the private entrepreneur in the e-business development and how their collaboration enhances growth in the Internet market.

scholarly journals Convergence as a Structural Goal of Sustainable Economic Development: the Overview of Approaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 315 ◽  
pp. 04019
Author(s):  
Sergey Zhironkin ◽  
Olga Zhironkina ◽  
Michal Cehlar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Structural Shift ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Technological Transition ◽  
Structural Shifts

The processes of a green economy development, changes in approaches to the production and use of energy, the emergence of new sources of investment in the technological transition - all this is a consequence and, at the same time, the cause of structural shifts in the economies of advanced countries. In this light, the technological backwardness of the Russian economy, caused by a negative structural shift during the period of market reforms, impedes the transition to a green economy, rationalization of the use of natural resources and reduction of environmental pollution. Therefore, the development of theoretical provisions for the convergence of environmental and economic policies, the development of appropriate incentives for business are considered as an important step in the transition to sustainable development. For this purpose, the authors examine the original approaches to various paths of transition to sustainable development caused by structural shifts of a convergent nature in the economy.

scholarly journals Indigenous economies in the Arctic

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Gladun ◽  
Soili Nysten-Haarala ◽  
Svetlana Tulaeva
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The One

There is a growing global interest in Arctic natural resources that have a strong influence on the local economies. The Arctic economy is a rather unique phenomenon encompassing Indigenous practices, local economic activities, and industrial development. Indigenous economies vary across the Arctic states and exhibit divergent economic mixtures. In globalizing societies and full market economies, traditional Indigenous economies are changing and perceived especially by the non-Indigenous to be a tribute to old customs rather than a way of life that is being followed by the young generation. However, certain groups of the contemporary Indigenous populations in the Arctic continue to preserve their culture and ensure the continuation of Indigenous ways of life. The development of Indigenous communities is closely linked to their economic well-being, on the one hand, and to their culture and traditions, on the other. Our article contributes to the discussion on the significance of Indigenous economies in providing sustainability in terms of Indigenous communities, their culture, and traditions. The research objective is to identify strategies and tools that sustain Indigenous economies as well as the goals of various stakeholders in encouraging and supporting the traditional economic activities of Indigenous peoples. We contrast three countries—Russia, Finland, and the United States (Alaska)—and discuss some governmental strategies that can be employed for preserving unique Indigenous economies. The research methods consist of a content analysis of state and regional legislation and strategies, social studies of stakeholders’ opinions, case studies describing market infrastructure, and economic activities as well as features of traditional lifestyles and Indigenous knowledge typical of these regions.

scholarly journals POLA KEBERAGAMAAN MASYARAKAT MARGINAL

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-156
Author(s):  
Ahmad Muttaqin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Religious Issues ◽  
The One ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This is a research on sociology of religion, focusing on the issue of religious practices in a local community. Kampung Laut was chosen as the setting of this research for two reasons. First, the rituals of religion practices in the region are different from mainstream practices, which result in label and justification that their religiosity is not a part of or only a fragment of the mainstream religion and tend to be the target of correction. Second, this region raises conflicts among government institutions in relation to the rights of natural resources possession and utilization. The bad image built through this marginalization has formed Kampung Laut community as the one that is resistant and latent. This research used descriptive qualitative method with sociological approach. Rituals of religious practices that are different from the mainstream are explained on the basis of Weber’s theory of behavior categorized into value-oriented rationality. This kind of practices is considered to be more beneficial in the context of struggling for identity among the practices of marginalization experienced by Kampung Laut community. This condition gives a description to public that Kampung Laut community receives unfair treatments for their natural resources. Religious issues is made an entry for its massive, communal, and related to transcendental values.

scholarly journals Blending Christianity and Ecology in Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 97-109
Author(s):  
Laura Suchostawska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The Other ◽  
Conceptual Integration ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Religious Cult ◽  
The One

The article presents a study of selected sermons and hymns created by a fictional eco-religious cult called God’s Gardeners, which appear in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Year of the Flood. These texts are analyzed by means of Fauconnier and Turner’s theory of blending (conceptual integration). They are a mixture of different areas: the Bible and Christianity, on the one hand, and current environmental issues and science, on the other. The application of blending theory demonstrates how new interpretations of the Bible can be constructed as a result of blending two or more different input spaces to form a new story.

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