Essays about: "ethical stewardship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words ethical stewardship.

  1. 1. Crafting Textile Knowledges : A decolonial study of the Iku/Arhuaco material culture in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg (Världskulturmuseet)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Stefanía Castelblanco-Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : material culture; indigenous heritage; object-based research; ethical stewardship; decoloniality; arhuaco; Iku; cultura material; patrimonio Indígena; investigación objetual; administración ética; decolonialidad; arhuaco; Iku;

    Abstract : The return of objects that belong to ethnographic collections to their places of origin is one of the topics of discussion that, despite not being new, has been gaining more and more relevance today. Taking the Iku indigenous craft collection in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg as a case study, I pursue to develop an object-based methodology that increases and deepens the understanding of the notion of ethical stewardship, while joining current debates on indigenous heritage and decoloniality. READ MORE

  3. 2. Digital tools for urban green infrastructure: : Investigating the potential of e-tools to inform and engage stewards

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Sophia Plitt; [2019]
    Keywords : Urban ecology; urban green infrastructure; urban environmental stewardship; digitization;

    Abstract : As the planet rapidly urbanizes and demand for locally-produced ecosystem services grows, the effective management of urban green infrastructure is increasingly important. A number of digital tools have recently been developed and released that share information and incite citizen participation in the governance, management and planning of urban green infrastructure. READ MORE

  4. 3. Animal ethics between theory and praxis : exploring differential ethical standards toward wildlife

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sara Anderson; [2016]
    Keywords : ART; social constructivism; ethical codes; environmental communication; wolf;

    Abstract : In today’s human-impacted landscape with increasing encounters between the human and natural world it is essential to question humans’ ethical approaches toward animals to ensure a peaceful co-existence. The presence of wolf and its consequences in Sweden is a well-studied case focusing primarily on conflict, mistrust toward authority and a rural and urban divide, for example. READ MORE

  5. 4. FSC-Fairtrade certifierade trävaror : en marknadsundersökning av två byggvaruhandlare och deras kunder

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Simon Ek; [2012]
    Keywords : FSC; Fairtrade; Miljömärkning; Byggvaruhandeln; Eco labeling; builders merchants;

    Abstract : Mellan 2011 och 2013 driver Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) och Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International Center ett pilotprojekt tillsammans. Syftet är att ge småbrukare i utvecklingsländer tillgång till en västerländsk marknad som kan ge dem skäligt betalt för deras skogsråvara. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can stakeholder partnerships in a civil regulated environmental practice, create sustainability? : The phenomenon of Forest Stewardship Council meets practice in Sveaskog and IKEA.

    University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper

    Author : Enquist Bo-Jacob; [2007]
    Keywords : Sustainable; CSR; Certification; FSC; Forestry; NGO;

    Abstract : Forest Stewardship council (FSC) is a good example of a civil regulated environmental labelling-initiative. It is also an arena for different organisations interesting in sustainable forestry to work and handle forestry issues. FSC has allowed many private initiatives to move ahead of poor national and international environmental legislation. READ MORE