1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791457503321

Autore

Brenton Paul

Titolo

Carbon footprints and food systems : : do current accounting methodologies disadvantage developing countries? / / by Paul Brenton, Gareth Edwards-Jones, Michael Friss Jensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-81897-X

9786612818974

0-8213-8544-5

Descrizione fisica

xii, 71 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

Edwards-JonesGareth

JensenMichael Friis

Disciplina

363.738/746091724

Soggetti

Greenhouse gases - Measurement

Greenhouse gas mitigation

Tropical crops - Environmental aspects

Food industry and trade - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Description of Ongoing Carbon Footprinting Initiatives Around the Globe; Chapter 3. Availability of Data Relevant to Developing Countries; Chapter 4. Case Study: Carbon Footprints of Tropical Food Products Calculated According to PAS 2050; Chapter 5. Subjectivity, Uncertainty, and Impact of Methodology on Final Results; Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations for Development-Friendly Carbon Footprinting Schemes; References; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This report addresses carbon labeling schemes, a high-profile issue and one that has important economic implications for developing countries. Carbon accounting and labeling instruments are designed to present information on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from supply chains. These instruments have become an important awareness-raising channel for governments, producers, retailers and consumers to bring about the reduction of GHGs. At the same time, they have



emerged as a crucial element of supply chain management, trade logistics and, potentially, trade regulations between countries. But the u

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975187003321

Titolo

Connecting inquiry and professional learning in education : international perspectives and practical solutions / / edited by Anne Campbell and Susan Groundwater-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-03206-1

0-203-60945-X

1-299-28823-5

1-136-03198-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CampbellAnne <1947->

Groundwater-SmithSusan

Disciplina

370.71/1

Soggetti

Teachers - Training of

Inquiry-based learning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Connecting Inquiry and Professional Learning in Education: International perspectives and practical solutions; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Mapping the field of practitioner research, inquiry and professional learning in educational contexts: A review; Chapter 3 Teaching as a research-informed and research-informing profession; Chapter 4 'Insiders' and 'outsiders' researching together to create new understandings and to shape policy and practice: Is it all possible?

Chapter 5 Learning across boundaries: Developing trans-professional understanding through practitioner inquiryChapter 6 Postgraduate programmes as platforms: Coming together and doing research for a



common moral purpose; Chapter 7 Co-constructing a new model of teacher education; Chapter 8 Academic induction for new teacher educators: Forging authentic research identities through practitioner inquiry; Chapter 9 Teacher researchers in the UK: what are their needs?: Some lessons from Scotland; Chapter 10 The place of assessment: Creating the conditions for praxis inquiry learning

Chapter 11 Learning by doing: A year of qualitative researchChapter 12 Networks of researching schools: Lessons and questions from one study; Chapter 13 From lesson study to learning study: Side-by-side professional learning in the classroom; Chapter 14 Learning outside the classroom: A partnership with a difference; Chapter 15 School leaders using inquiry and research: A podcast between Philippa Cordingley, Kris Needham and Mark Carter and discussion by Susan Groundwater-Smith and Anne Campbell; Chapter 16 Joining the dots: Connecting inquiry and professional learning; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How might inquiry enhance the professional practice of student and practising teachers, teacher educators and other practitioners? What effect might this have on the learning of young people in and outside of the classroom?Based on the findings of an international colloquium and drawing upon a range of practices from the UK, USA, Canada, Europe and Australia, this book is designed to make explicit the connections between Practitioner Inquiry and Teacher Professional Learning in Initial Teacher Education and Ongoing Teacher Professional Development.Considering issues such as </