An eco-action is any action or activity within a program that is intended to have a positive impact on the environment.
Eco-brick, a plastic bottle stuffed with plastic refuse used as in-wall construction fill as advocated by environmental activist Susana Heisse
These gains are measured by the environmental load profile of the area, a life-cycle assessment tool developed by the City of Stockholm, the Royal Institute of Technology, and a consultancy firm.
Towns such as Auroville, Nimbin, and the Federation of Damanhur attempt to provide an environmentally low impact way of life.
Eco-costs are used in Life Cycle Assessment, LCA, to asses the environmental performance of different materials, processes and End of Life methods.
Similarly, Herman Daly (1991, p. 118) states It is true that "In 1969 a dollar's worth of GNP was produced with one-half the materials used to produce a dollar's worth of 1900 GNP, in constant dollars."
Careful planning and construction of a green building, including membership with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and building facilities in accordance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) guidelines, a national benchmark for constructing green buildings.
Transparency: by periodically reporting on their environmental performance.
In 1983 the Övertorneå community of Sweden first adopted an Eco-municipality framework followed by a formal organization in 1995 (SEKOM).
The Bangla-Pesa uses a mutual credit model where there is no longer need for national currency or donor funds to keep it running.
Among the prominent supporters of the initiative are Muhammad Yunus, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker and Jane Goodall.
22 separate activities have achieved the Learning Grid quality standard, including Formula Student, F1 in Schools, Primary Engineer, Greenpower, STEM days and residential courses run by the Smallpeice Trust, the Shell Eco-marathon, F1 in Schools, the Engineering Education Scheme and The Year in Industry.
Plasnewydd School, near the town centre, is one of the biggest primary schools in the Llynfi Valley, with just over 400 pupils, and is an eco-school.
She is also known for her athletic endeavors including completion of the first Eco-Challenge and regional awards in body building and gymnastics.
Eco-socialism, an ideology merging aspects of Marxism, socialism, green politics, ecology and alter-globalization
Another innovation championed by this program includes their annual "adventure learning activity "Eco-Challenge" conducted at nearby Lebanon Hills Regional Park located in Dakota County, Minnesota.
In November 2009 the school was awarded Bronze award in the Eco-Schools programme which is run nationwide.
The village contains the parish church, All Saints, a school with Eco-School status, a village hall built in 1977 and a post office housed within the local shop.
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Awaaz Foundation successfully filed public interest litigation to declare the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg wildlife corridor as an eco sensitive area.
In the Batcave, Batman informs Superman that the man behind The Purge is Ra's Al Ghul, an eco-terrorist.
Wattenburg expresses strong support for nuclear power and disdain for the Sierra Club and the environmental movement, supporters of which he calls eco-freaks, eco-frauds or eco-nuts.
Microbreweries may prefer to seasonally brew a bokbier, such as the eco-beer biobok, made in autumn by Brouwerij 't IJ in Amsterdam. The consumers' organization PINT holds a bok festival every autumn at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam.
These Eco-homes is made more environmentally friendly through their use of R-40 insulation, which just means it has a better than normal thermal resistance, than typical homes.
The school's successful annual Peace Day celebrations continued to deliver warm welcomes to recipients of the Sydney Peace Prize, including Indian social justice and environmental activist, eco-feminist and author Vandana Shiva in 2010, American linguist and activist Noam Chomsky in 2011, as well as Zimbabwean senator Sekai Holland in 2012.
It is a supplement to the original eco-lodge near the village of San Miguel del Bala, and the new eco-lodge in Caquihuara is a base for tours in the Madidi National Park.
Carol J. Adams (born 1951), American vegan feminist theorist and author of books on eco-feminism
A Zen Buddhist with a strong commitment to helping the less-fortunate, the word of del Valle's work soon spread, and Chacala started attracting others with similar ideals, along with 'eco-tourists' looking for a tranquil, unspoiled and little-visited beach-town 'off the beaten path'.
It is the only reasonable means of access to the luxury eco-lodge created by Sir Barry Bowen in his private game park deep in the Belize rainforest, adjacent to the Rio Bravo Conservation area.
As well as Coco Eco magazine, Editor-in-Chief, Anna Griffin is also a blogger for The Huffington Post, writing about topical issues such as conservationism, environmentalism, climate change, sustainable fashion and lifestyles.
The memorable humpback whale mural on the rear façade of the building was painted by Metro-Detroit native eco-artist, Wyland, and was dedicated on October 13, 1997.
A group of Eleven Engineering students from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechatronics Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering, named as Pak-Wheelers, from E&ME College of NUST participated in the Shell Eco-marathon Asia in July 2010 with their Hybrid Car.
In the UK on some local radio stations (namely Mix 107), a song about eco friendly travel choices (i.e. leaving the car for one day a week) would air during commercial breaks which would be a parody of Down By The Riverside.
In November 1996, 20 scholars from the American Museum of Natural History spent time in the village of Bayanga, collecting data on the reserve's eco system and traditional ways of life.
The Eco-reserva Mbatoví is a protected area and nature reserve located in the Paraguarí Department, Paraguay, in the middle of the Cordillera de los Altos, between Paraguarí and Piribebuy, in the Central Litoral.
In 2000, Ralf Gothóni was appointed the ECO's second principal conductor.
This character is found in Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (chapter 41) with the spelling 'Eurynomius' as an example of a "principal of evil."
FEE is active in five programmes; Blue Flag, Eco-Schools, Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE), Learning about Forests (LEAF) and Green Key.
Gavali village is one of the identified Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas requiring eco-restoration.
Reminiscent of Borges and Eco, Secret Door is a novel about history and religion.
Literary output based on her experience includes Antarctica's Frozen Chosen (a young adult eco-thriller), Antarctic Writer on Ice (her expedition diary), Antarctic Dad (a picture book), Right or Wrong (a play co-written with fellow author Goldie Alexander), Grandma Leaps the Antarctic (an Auslan-signed DVD) and Antarctic Closeup, a National Museum initiative.
The Group called for a first preference vote for the Green Party candidate, the eco-socialist Siân Berry, in the 2008 London mayoral election.
While living in Scotland, Burkhauser enjoyed visiting the eco-village community at Findhorn in Moray which was a retreat from the troubles she encountered in Glasgow.
The series features Kevin McCloud's attempt at building a sustainable eco-friendly shed in the woods.
Kevin O. Pope, former NASA archaeologist and founder of Geo Eco Arch Research
The Kokoda Track Foundation was established in 2003, to help villages along the Kokoda Track by assisting with their education and healthcare, by trying to protect their environment, by helping to foster the growth of an eco-friendly trekking and tourism industry from which they can benefit, by working to keep the story of Kokoda alive, and by seeking to identify and foster the next generation of PNG leaders.
As of May 2013, Sundus has invested $60 million in hotels so far and plans four more hotels in Oman including an "eco hotel" on Jebel Akhdar in the Al Jahar Mountains, a resort in Dhofar, and another resort in Sohar.
Among the many activities carried out in the INTI, along with specialists from the UNLP, it is investigating the use of biodegradable materials such as oil industry waste and soy proteins to manufacture eco-friendly packaging.
Owning an Electric Car (ISBN 978-1-907670-01-5) is a yearbook by eco-technology author Michael Boxwell, with foreword written by British motoring journalist and former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson.
His books have exposed the cultural genocide of the Penan peopleof Sarawak, Malaysia, helped to generate a renaissance of appreciation for British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallaceand identified Eco-Cultural Revolutions which have had major impacts on our relationship with nature.
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First incorporated as the Effective Citizens Organization (ECO), the ECO relocated to Washington, DC from New York City in 1962 and changed its name to the Public Affairs Council in 1965.
Mount Malaueg: The Eco-tourism mountain still developing for becoming a pure habitat for rare animal-plant species.
Among the participants there were the American screen actor and eco-activist Ed Begley Jr. and Norwegian Olympic Gold Medalist Stine Lise Hattestad Bratsberg.
Jackie Cassada said in her review for Library Journal that "the author of The View from the Mirror crafts a chilling sf suspense story set against a backdrop of 21st-century environmental depletion and cultural degeneration. First published in Australia, Irvine's latest novel, the first in a trilogy of eco-thrillers, portrays a frighteningly plausible near future".
The project has been approved by TRU to be built to LEED Gold Certified eco-friendly standards.
It has also rallied for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal and Jeff Luers, a local eco-anarchist whose 22-year arson sentence was later overturned on the grounds that it was excessive, as well as other imprisoned radical-left voices, often claiming that they are wrongly held political prisoners.
Wilkhahn was one of the first German companies to achieve the environmental accreditation now known as the ISO 14001 Standard and EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme).
The school is an Eco School and were presented the Ashden Award for Sustainable Schools 2007 by Al Gore for whole-school commitment to practical energy saving.