Essays about: "life quotes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words life quotes.

  1. 1. Mni Wiconi/Water is Life: A phenomenological approach for better understanding Native American views on nature; experienced mistreatments and acts of resistance at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jasmin Ashkani; [2022-09-01]
    Keywords : Dakota Access Pipeline; Native American; postcolonial; nature; tribal sovereignty; resistance; hermeneutic phenomenology;

    Abstract : The build of the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2017 caused collective protests within Native American communities as the pipeline was threatening the Sioux Nation’s access to clean water. In addition to this, the company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer, was violating treaty rights, and ignoring environmental assessment risks and tribal concerns. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sitting on the dock of the bay : a design proposal for the dock area at Kvarnholmen

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

    Author : Nima Karimzadeh; [2018]
    Keywords : dock; harbor; wind; shade; landscape architecture;

    Abstract : As cities grow larger we as landscape architects need to be aware of their urban limits and potential. Stockholm is a city that is located in an archipelagic landscape, historically a city benefiting from its transportations made on water, but today a city no different from others, with the majority of its transportations made on land. READ MORE

  4. 3. Spiritual Activism for At-Risk Youth : Compassionate Saint Augustine’s Youth Academy Initiative, an Ethnographic Study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Shanti Grafström; [2018]
    Keywords : Spiritual; Activism; Social Justice; Juvenile Rehabilitation; Restorative Justice; Racism; Meditation; Collective Consciousness Shift; Compassion; Ethnography;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND:  This is an ethnographic study of two communities coming together to serve at-risk youth in St. Augustine, Florida. Compassionate St Augustine (CSA) is a non-profit organization grounded in the Golden Rule that promotes compassion-based practices in schools, businesses, faith communities, and government. READ MORE

  5. 4. Factors influencing elderly Arabic immigrants continued physical exercising after a period of physiotherapy - a qualitative study

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskap

    Author : Ahmed El Shafey; [2017]
    Keywords : Elderly Arabic immigrants; physical exercising; physiotherapy; qualitative study;

    Abstract : Background: Elderly patients have shown to have difficulties to adhere to a continuous independent exercising after a rehabilitation period. Therefore, there is a need for increased understanding among physiotherapists about how to prepare these patients to be independent. READ MORE

  6. 5. The impact of livestock sector on the environment and societal life of Swedish people : a study based on interviews with agronomists

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

    Author : Syed Assad Raza Kazmi; [2013]
    Keywords : Meat production; Animal husbandry; Environmental risks; Risk society;

    Abstract : The purpose of this case-study is to find out, how the agronomists specialized in Animal husbandry perceive and respond to the ongoing debate initiated by ‘Livestock‘s long shadow’ report about the risks with global livestock production. Moreover, to investigate also their perspective regarding different attempts to reduce the risks as well as the nature of the reactions shown by the farmers and general citizens. READ MORE