Efforts to reduce its carbon footprints on society - Case Air France-KLM
Thesis - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
In order to meet the current needs of the consumer society, companies need to be very productive. This ever-increasing productivity is the cause of multiple discharges of pollutants. The discharge could change accosting to the sector: transport discharges 27% of waste as gas, industry 21% and...
Understanding the French 2003 Heat Wave Experience
Thesis - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
France does not commonly have very hot summers, particularly in the northern areas, but seven days with temperatures of more than 40 °C were recorded in Paris between July and August 2003. Because of the usually relatively mild summers, most people did not know how to react to very high...
Recycling in South Africa
Thesis - 16 pages - Ecology & environment
As part of my third year at the business school of Rennes in South Africa, I had the opportunity to do an international internship for a period of 10 weeks. This course's main objective was to test my ability to adapt. Indeed, during this internship, I had to adapt to a different culture, and...
Environmental benchmarking survey of 4 European UPR units
Tutorials/exercises - 50 pages - Ecology & environment
Environmental benchmarking is today a growth area. Generally speaking, benchmarking involves the comparison, ranking or rating of different business processes, units or companies against standards. The aim is to identify ways of improving the performance of operations, systems and processes. The...
Sustainable development in the electricity sector - the examples of France and Great Britain - publié le 29/09/2010
Market study - 24 pages - Ecology & environment
It has been put in evidence that 85 percent of the energy consumed by humans comes from fossil fuels. This statement pointed out one of the most important problems currently faced by humans. The generation of energy depends on the use of fossil fuels. The problem which appears is that these fuels...
Environmental issues in the air transport industry - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The air transport industry uses air craft to transport people, cargo, and mail. Civil aviation includes two major categories; first one is the scheduled air transport, which includes passenger and cargo flights operating on regularly-scheduled routes; and general aviation, including all other...
The Eden Project
Case study - 10 pages - Ecology & environment
The Eden Project is a multiple greenhouse complex in the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest greenhouses. The complex is dominated by two gigantic enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house plant species from across the world. Each enclosure imitates a natural biome. The...
Green marketing - How to integrate environment inside companies? - publié le 29/09/2010
Dissertation - 81 pages - Ecology & environment
Sustainable development has become an established phenomenon. Society is becoming increasingly environmental conscious, this has even been used as an electoral argument. Environmental protection is due to a movement introduced jointly by the population at large and the NGOs through a governmental...
The fight against climate change: a burning international issue - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
Climate change is an environmental issue that is now recognized by almost the entire scientific community in the world. It affects the entire planet. The climate is influenced by both natural and human factors. However, it's been proven that human activities are responsible for a wide range of...
Climate change and politics: a real shift or status quo? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
We will try to analyze the responses from the political field against climate change and the overall sustainable development. Climate change means significant change in the average weather, which causes a lot of perturbations on the natural system. The French president, Jacques Chirac, in a...
Microsoft Green Solutions : Communication Plan (April 2008) - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 11 pages - Ecology & environment
A recent trend in customer relationships puts an important emphasis on corporations' behavior towards environmental issues. Several non-governmental organizations have pointed out companies that had been engaged in activities damaging the environment. Among them was Greenpeace which targeted...
Opposing views about forest harvesting in British Columbia, Canada
Essay - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
The forest industry has been a crucial part of British Columbia's economy for a very long time. Up until the 1970s, it was widely claimed that 50% of every dollar spent in BC was generated by the forest industry (from textbook, Farley 1972, 87). Today, this industry still remains the backbone of...
Global air pollution and global climate change
Thesis - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
We know that the Earth's climate has changed many times throughout its existence. There have been both ice ages and long periods of warmth. Many natural factors, such as volcanic eruptions, energy absorbed from the sun, and changes in the Earth's orbit have long had an influence on the Earth's...
Lightning
Thesis - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Lightning is a natural phenomenon that has always fascinated and frightened humans. Dozens of people are struck by lightning, hundreds of animals are killed and thousands of fires result causing damage totaling to millions of Euros. On an average one airliner is struck by lightning each year. The...
Solar energy as a viable commercial and industrial power source
Thesis - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
In almost all nations of the world, save for a few oil rich regions in the Middle East and Northern portions of North America, energy has to be purchased and imported. This is a system that leaves many countries without self-sufficiency and will likely bankrupt their governments. The needs for...
Consumption and environmental degradation
Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The world's consensus on the status of the environment is shifting now, more than ever, into one of concern. As the years have passed pass, especially throughout the last decade or two, we have all seen our environment continue to get more depleted. The earth is warming, the oceans are...
Green Marketing Issues about Shell
Case study - 14 pages - Ecology & environment
Climate change has affected all businesses, and being able to adapt and innovate to change along with these changes are crucial for any business. For Shell to be able to adjust their attitudes and be able to give what consumers want is important. Green marketing can be used to persuade the...
Climat Change - Ethical and Geopolitical Stakes Related to the Sea Level Rise
Dissertation - 22 pages - Ecology & environment
We are at the edge of a disaster if we do not act », Ban Ki-Moon, General Secretary of United Nations, 2008. All the political personalities of the all countries of the world agree on a report today: our world is in full evolution. But twelve days in the Copenhagen climate conferenCce in 2009...
Water's role in the weather and the sustenance of life
Thesis - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
This brings to mind the question; what then is, water? Water seems like such a simple thing. Water is a fluid substance that makes up more than three fifths of the earth's surface. It is an absolutely necessary element for the sustenance of all life on earth including animal, human and plant....
Climate responsibility
Essay - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
As the issue of climate change has transitioned from probability to certainty, the debate over how responsibility should be spread has heated up. Some have posited that developing countries should be exempt from greenhouse gas limits placed on production, leaving developed countries to bear the...
Climate change
Thesis - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
It is clear, in light of continuing climate change evidence that action must be taken to respond to these developing conditions and to prepare for potential future problems. The most important component of any action plan is maintaining our drive for scientific research into the effects of global...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Is it sustainable?
Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Over the past 4 decades, almost 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil has been cut down. This area is equivalent to the size of Western Europe. Scientists are now warning that another 20 percent will be lost in the next 2 decades (Wallace, 2007). Selective logging for timber usually...
Some useful tips for travel photography
Thesis - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
The prime goal of all travel photography is the enjoyment and satisfaction one can get out of it. Each new trip is an act of anticipation of excitement, a reason good enough to enjoy the travel and make it memorable with a camera. With a critical eye on one's own photography skill, one can keep...
Elephant conservation and ivory ban
Essay - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
Sir David Attenborough once said, 'the question is, are we happy to suppose that our grand children may never be able to see an elephant except in picture books?'. Elephants used to be widespread all over Africa, but the largest of all mammals has been in trouble for several decades now....
The Gulf oil disaster its effect on the environment
Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Oil the most precious natural resource with respect to the current economy. Rapid industrial Growth has contributed to fast depletion of oil resources and forced humanity to rethink its strategy with respect to the exploitation and consumption of it. Countries make huge investments to locate and...
Water - the liquid gold - Managing a scarce resource
Thesis - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Picture this: You open your tap in the morning to brush your teeth, and all that you get is the sound of air! Though it sounds exaggerated at the moment, plenty of households throughout the world will face this crisis in the years to come. Often touted as the liquid gold, water is the most...
Environmental concerns
Worksheets - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
The taking up of environmental solutions is essential to save the planet and the future generations. The new technologies, governments and citizens haven't sized up that their acts affects the environment. In fact, in our everyday life, we have taken bad habits that are sorely modifiable:...
Sea-resistant storm flood surge barriers in the Netherlands
Essay - 15 pages - Ecology & environment
Water is essential for life but this element which appeared just after the formation of our planet can also be very destructive. For centuries, the sea has shown itself to be a destructive force, which mankind must always take into account. We often consider these phenomena as a kind of revenge...
Recycling industry - New venture creation
Market study - 12 pages - Ecology & environment
In France, the household trashes represent 26.8 million tons. This is due to the large number of packaging used for the selling of products and no limitation in the use of packaging. Most of these trashes are handled by the cities' departmental or regional services. Each French household...
Les énergies renouvelables en France
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
The December 19th, 1997 took place in Japan the annual United Nations conference on environment and development. In this day 187 countries signed and ratified The Kyoto Protocol aimed at fighting global warming. This international environmental treaty was signed in order to decrease the emission...
