Essays about: "Environmental practice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 750 essays containing the words Environmental practice.

  1. 1. LEARNING AND COLLABORATION VIA DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ECOVILLAGES A Study on Learning in Ecovillage Communities of Practice and Affordances of Virtual Immersive Learning Environments

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Eralp Erol; [2024-03-19]
    Keywords : ecovillages; learning; affordances; communities of practice; situated learning; immersive technologies; remote collaboration;

    Abstract : Ecovillages are intentional residential communities aimed at improving human quality of life while protecting and regenerating the surrounding nature in order to create a more sustainable lifestyle based on cooperative culture and sharing (Dawson, 2006; GEN, n.d.b; Mychajluk, 2017). READ MORE

  3. 2. Movement towards socioecological change: The case of Ecosomatics

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Wilma Lagerman; [2024-03-19]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Several scholars both within and outside the field of human ecology argue that the perceptual human-nature divide contributes profoundly to patterns of unsustainability and weak sustainability visible in the world today. Deliberately engaging in conscious bodily-felt contact with the natural environment is suggested to uncover appropriate, embodied angles to approaching ecology and the environmental crisis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nicholas Eklund; [2024]
    Keywords : spatial theory; Liberia; Sierra Leone; environmental peacebuilding; conservation; case study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. READ MORE

  5. 4. Declining Fertility: New Generations and New Perspectives How university-educated members of Generation Z in Sweden explain their decision to delay parenthood

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Magnus Malmberg; [2024]
    Keywords : Declining Fertility; Generation Z; Social Exchange Theory; Scandinavia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how university-educated members of Generation Z in Sweden explain their decision to delay parenthood. As declining fertility rates across the globe risk to strain the global economy, this topic has never been more relevant. READ MORE

  6. 5. Zen Practice for the environment : A study of how Zen practice can help nurturing a healthy view of the environment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Josua Li; [2024]
    Keywords : Zen; Buddhism; Environment; Interconnections; Impermanence; Fishing; Meditation practices;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore how Zen can provide practices that help remedy the environmental problems that may arise from how the environment is viewed. I argue that two ingredients should be part of a good strategy to change how one views the environment. Firstly, a good strategy should not be in conflict with the worldview one holds. READ MORE