Environmental Sustainability

This working paper examines the creation of the global natural food and beauty categories before 2000. This is shown to have been a lengthy process of new category creation
involving the exercise of entrepreneurial imagination. Pioneering entrepreneurs faced little consumer demand for natural products, and little consumer knowledge of what they entailed. The
creation of new categories involved three overlapping waves of entrepreneurship. The first involved making the ideological case for natural products. This often entailed investment in
education and publishing activities. Second, entrepreneurs engaged in the creation of industry associations which could advocate, as well as give the nascent industry credibility and create
standards. Finally, entrepreneurs established retail stores, supply and distribution networks, and
created brands. Entrepreneurial cognition and motivation frequently lay in individual, and very
local, experiences, but many of the key pioneers were also highly globalized in their world
views, with strong perception of how small, local efforts related to much bigger and global
pictures. A significant sub-set of the influential historical figures were articulate in expressing
strong religious convictions. The paper concludes that by the 1990s it was evident that the
success of entrepreneurial pioneers in building the market for green products created a new set of
issues, especially related to the legitimacy of their businesses and of the concept of greenness.

The 2nd International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER 2015), will be held in Lisbon, Portugal during July 13-14, 2015.

ICEER focuses on the state of the art technologies pertaining to Energy and Environment Research. The applications of Energy and Environment Research to such domains as astronomy, biology, education, geosciences, security and health care et al. It is a technical congregation where the latest theoretical and technological advances are presented and discussed.

Dr. Ugur GUVEN is in the Committee as Program Chair of ICEER 2015.

There is increasing recognition of the significance of how traditional knowledges (TKs) can inform our understanding of the impacts of climate change and strategies for adaptation and mitigation. And yet there are potential risks to indigenous peoples in sharing TKs in federal and other non-indigenous climate change initiatives. We intend the term indigenous peoples to designate the diverse populations in the U.S. who could interact with federal and non-indigenous climate change initiatives in ways that involve TKs, whether in the U.S. they are federally-recognized, state-recognized, or unrecognized. We refer to “indigenous peoples” and “tribes” interchangeably in this document, unless we are talking about a specific group or a specific status related to recognition. These guidelines are intended to examine the significance of TKs in relation to climate change and the potential risks to indigenous peoples in the U.S. for sharing TKs in federal and other non-indigenous climate change initiatives. Although it is common to refer to "traditional knowledge(s)" as individual pieces of information, this term also refers to traditional “knowledge systems" that are deeply embedded in indigenous ways of life. These guidelines use the phrase "traditional knowledges" deliberately in plural form because knowledges are emergent from the symbiotic relationship of indigenous peoples and places - a nature-culture nexus. Tribes and indigenous peoples use “knowledges” to emphasize that there are diverse forms of traditional knowledge and knowledge systems that must be recognized as unique to each tribe and knowledge holder. These guidelines should be used to inform the development of specific protocols in direct and close consultation with indigenous peoples. [http://climatetkw.wordpress.com/] Federal agencies and national climate change initiatives are recognizing the significance of TKs, and are proposing and funding collaborative efforts between indigenous communities and federal and non-indigenous climate change entities in ways that involve TKs. This interaction requires an understanding of how individual tribes and knowledge holders choose to share or not to share TKs.

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The semi-nomadic Bedouin of the Israeli desert have been undergoing sedentarization which has affected both their lifestyles and their livelihoods. A multi-disciplinary team has been working on the planning and design of a sustainable farming project for a Bedouin community. A site of 40 hectares located in the semi-arid Negev desert serves as a pilot project integrating green principles, practices and technologies, aiming at improving production process and economic potential through soil improvement, recycling of wastewater, solar energy and co-generation, composting of solid waste, biogas production, green buildings, and the reintroduction of indigenous species of vegetables, medicinal plants, herbs and spices that have been marginalized.
With integration in mind as the main guideline, the design team aims at utilizing each activity's waste as the resource for another activity, preferably onsite, through rigorous scientific evaluation and economic cost-benefit analysis. The project already under construction.

On the one hand, the indigenous people of Greenlandic Inuit are recognized by its non-exploitative access to natural resources in environmental discourse. On the other hand, within scientific studies the hunting activities are blamed for the decline of individual animal populations. The present paper examines the question of whether Greenlandic Inuit as well as environmentalists from Denmark and Germany recognize alternative perspectives on societal relationships with nature. The qualitative interviews show that the interviewee let their own experiences of foreignness in the horizon of experience and thus legitimize their actions.

With the concept of sustainability gaining popularity, and the drive towards it involving the complexities of modern lifestyle, one can consider it a recent phenomenon as it has transformed a long way from its traditional roots. With the increasing intricacies along with advancement, it is often difficult for someone to differentiate from the myths that surround the concepts of sustainability and inclusive approach and the facts that actually hold good. These myths include the dichotomy between development and environment, integration between spatial planning and economic decisions, sustainability in relation to the city size, inclusion beyond boundaries, (in)adequacies of Master Plans and City Development Plans to deal with sustainability issues, urban sustainability in the absence of a National Urbanization Policy or a central Ministry for Regional Development; and the role of geo-information technology in deriving settlement designs and a settlement pattern for achieving sustainable urbanization. The paper is aimed at bringing out a few of these myths and contest against them so as to bring clarity and direction towards achieving sustainable development through inclusive approach. The paper attempts to deliberate upon these myths and also the facts that clear the doubts in the minds of majority of professionals, decision makers alike. The paper also suggests some of the measures that are necessary to counter the Myth No. 10, that include a regional planning and development approach coupled with geo-spatial technologies; empowerment preceded with enabling; induction of value system – respect for money, resources, culture and traditional wisdom seemingly lost by younger generation; and the concept of sustainability to include issues related to ‘Low Carbon’, Green House Gases (GHGs) emissions and Climate Change.

Keywords: sustainability, advancement, myths, measures, geo-spatial technology.