Essays about: "planetary responsibility"

Found 5 essays containing the words planetary responsibility.

  1. 1. Something's Growing On...

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Julianna Litkei; [2022-05-27]
    Keywords : Children´s books; Antropomorphism; Other-than-humans; Embracing nature;

    Abstract : he ‘Something’s growing on…’ project explores how a picture book for children can celebrate and highlight the complexity and importance of nature and its unseen microcosms. It is a designinitiated attempt to evoke awareness and appreciation for the other-than-human worlds — and through this, to address the anthropocentric view of our times. READ MORE

  3. 2. Integrating the Planetary Boundaries Framework into Corporate Sustainability Reporting : An explorative study defining a Planetary Boundary based framework for Information Communication Technology Providers

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Jennifer Erlandsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Planetary Boundaries; Corporate Responsibility; Sustainability Reporting; Hållbarhet; Planetära gränser; Hållbarhetsrapportering;

    Abstract : Climate change is often the main environmental focus in corporate sustainability reporting, but corporations’ impacts stretch further, making it is necessary to consider additional aspects such as biodiversity, freshwater scarcity, and pollution. While some studies aiming to downscale the planetary boundary framework onto smaller settings does exist, literature for company scales is scarce. READ MORE

  4. 3. Maxime Miranda in Minimis: Reimagining Swarm Consciousness and Planetary Responsibility

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Denise Ask Nunes; [2015]
    Keywords : Swarm Consciousness; insects; science-fiction; Jacques Derrida; umwelt; Jakob von Uexküll; Mitchell Tomashow; eco-criticism; planetary responsibility; Robert A. Heinlein; David Malouf; Orson Scott Card; Hayao Miyazaki;

    Abstract : This essay explores Swarm Consciousness in relation to the novels Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Remembering Babylon by David Malouf, and the manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. Through these novels, Swarm Consciousness can be reimagined in order to challenge the ways insects have previously been considered in literature. READ MORE

  5. 4. Fostering Sustainable Entrepreneurship by Governmental Entrepreneurship Agencies : The Case of Almi Blekinge

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Eva Milletorp; Christopher Busiku; Jean Pierre Candiotti Bustamente; [2015]
    Keywords : sustainable entrepreneurship; SMEs; government; Almi; Blekinge; hållbart företagande; hållbart entreprenörskap; små och medelstora företag; Almi; Blekinge;

    Abstract : The importance of entrepreneurship for economic growth has long been recognized. It is also widely agreed that we are facing a sustainability challenge, which, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is largely created by the economic activities of the industrialized society. READ MORE

  6. 5. Dark Ages Lunar Interferometer (DALI): Deployment-Rover - Mobility System

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Erik Andersson; Per-Johan Bengtsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Mobility system; Lunar; rover; DALI; Interferometer;

    Abstract : This thesis is issued in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. JPL's primary function is the construction and operation of robotic planetary spacecraft. At the time being JPL has 22 spacecraft and 10 instruments conducting active missions. READ MORE