1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962769003321

Autore

Heidegger Martin <1889-1976.>

Titolo

Country path conversations / / Martin Heidegger ; translated by Bret W. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2010

ISBN

9786613626264

9781280596438

1280596430

9780253004390

025300439X

Edizione

[English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Studies in Continental thought

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Imaginary conversations

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

'Agchibasíē : a three-way conversation on a country path between a scientist, a scholar, and a guide -- The teacher meets the tower warden at the door to the tower stairway -- Evening conversation : in a prisoner of war camp in Russia, between a younger and an older man.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in German in 1995, volume 77 of Heidegger's Complete Works consists of three imaginary conversations written as World War II was coming to an end. Composed at a crucial moment in history and in Heidegger's own thinking, these conversations present meditations on science and technology; the devastation of nature, the war, and evil; and the possibility of release from representational thinking into a more authentic relation with being and the world. The first conversation involves a scientist, a scholar, and a guide walking together on a country path; the second takes place be



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967497403321

Autore

Budde Scott J

Titolo

Compelling returns : a practical guide to socially responsible investing / / Scott J. Budde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008

ISBN

9786611752170

9780470432457

0470432454

9781281752178

1281752177

9780470385807

0470385804

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

332.678

Soggetti

Investments - Moral and ethical aspects

Finance - Moral and ethical 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 (p. 179-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Compelling Returns: A Practical Guide to Socially Responsible Investing; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Socially Responsible Investing; Chapter 2: Sensible Investing Habits for SRI; Chapter 3: Lining up SRI Goals with Strategies; Chapter 4: Social Screening Strategies; Chapter 5: Community and Proactive Investing Strategies; Chapter 6: Shareholder Activism Through Proxy Voting and Engagement; Chapter 7: SRI Strategies for Institutional Investors; Chapter 8: Responses to External Critics and Key Questions within the SRI Field

Chapter 9: Yielding to Compelling ReturnsAppendix A: Social, Environmental, and Governance Resources; Appendix B: Financial Advisors and Planners with SRI Experience; Appendix C: Social Screening Resources; Appendix D: Community Development and Environmental Investing Resources; Appendix E: International Microfinance Resources; Appendix F: Shareholder Activism and Proxy Voting Resources; Appendix G: Added SRI Resources for Institutional



Investors; Notes; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Achieve competitive financial returns and make a difference at the same time by applying the information in Compelling Returns: A Practical Guide to Socially Responsible Investing, a well-rounded guide to socially responsible investing (SRI). Understand the basics of SRI and discover how you can align your values with your investments by choosing from three basic strategies. Learn to implement these strategies in your investment portfolios and combine your newfound knowledge with the basic principles of successful investing. An up-to-date directory of companies involved with SRI is incl

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911018897703321

Titolo

Global sustainability : the impact of local cultures : a new perspective for science and engineering, economics and politics / / edited by Peter A. Wilderer, Edward D. Schroeder, Horst Kopp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2005

ISBN

9786610519767

9781280519765

1280519762

9783527604258

3527604251

9783527604463

3527604464

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WildererP. A

SchroederEdward D

KoppHorst

Disciplina

338.927

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Social aspects

Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contains papers from workshops held at the Wildbad-Kreuth resort in 2000 and at the monastery "Kloster Banz", Germany, February 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Global Sustainability; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Key Note Address; 1 History and Mandate of Sustainability: From Local Forestry to Global Policy; 1.1 Sustainability: Key Word in the Today's Policy Discussion; 1.2 History and Definitions of "Sustainability"; 1.2.1 Development of the Technical Terminus in Forestry; 1.2.2 Application in Environmental Politics; 1.2.3 The Definition of "Sustainability" - A Social Negotiation Process on Local and Global Levels?; 1.3 Experiences from Forestry and Transfer into other Economic Fields - Possibilities and Limits

1.3.1 Peculiarities of Forest Ecosystems and Forest Management1.3.2 Concept of Industrial Ecology; 1.3.3 Limits in Transferring the Forestry Model to other Economic Sectors; 1.3.4 Approximation to the Ideal "Sustainability"; 1.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 2 Sustainable Development: Exploring the Cross-Cultural Dimension; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Perspectives on Sustainable Development; 2.3 Prerequisites for Sustainable Development; 2.4 Sustainability: Essentials for a Realistic Cross-Cultural Concept; 2.5 Qualitative Growth as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Development; 2.6 Outlook

References3 Sustainable Development and Cultural Diversity; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Vertical vs. Horizontal Dimension of Sustainability; 3.3 The Relevance of Cultural Diversity; 3.4 Globalization and Cultural Diversity; 3.5 Agricultural Sector; 3.6 Media Industry; 3.7 Tourism; 3.8 Conclusion; References; 4 Technological Progress in Different Cultures and Periods: Historical Evolution Projected into the Future; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Historical Perspective; 4.2.1 Why and Where Technological Progress?; 4.2.2 Religious and Secular Approaches

4.2.3 Perception of Nature as an Obstacle to Technical Progress4.2.4 Enlightenment: A Step towards Modern Times; 4.3 Modernity and the Sustainability Concept; 4.3.1 The Twentieth Century; 4.3.2 The Twenty-first Century; 4.4 In Search of a Coherent Evolution of Technology: Past and Future; 4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 Views of Sustainability: Elements of a Synthesis; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Definitions; 5.2.1 The Weak Version; 5.2.2 The Strong Version; 5.2.3 Alternative Views and Discussion; 5.3 Accounting for SD; 5.4 The Hartwick-Solow Rule

5.5 Substitutability and the Role of Technical Progress5.6 Catastrophe Points; 5.7 Summary Classification of Economic Models; 5.8 Discount Rate; 5.9 Discussion; References; 6 A New Way of Thinking about Sustainability, Risk and Environmental Decision-Making; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Complicated Technology vs. Complex Technology; 6.3 Errors in Thinking and Attitudes; 6.4 The Current View of Sustainability and Risk Analysis; 6.5 A New View of Sustainability; 6.6 An Expanded View of Risk; 6.7 An Expanded Process of Environmental Decision Making; 6.8 Conclusions; References

7 Humility and Establishing the Sustainable Environment

Sommario/riassunto

This first book to focus on cultural diversity as a key element of sustainable development in the context of science and engineering provides cross-disciplinary information and assistance in understanding our world in transition. As such, it furnishes the global scientific community and decision makers in governmental and non-governmental institutions as well as in industry with much-needed information on how the various factors affecting sustainable development -- including culture -- depend on and interfere with each other.Featuring a contribution by the President of the Club of Rome, HR



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953270503321

Titolo

Living on the boundaries : urban marginality in national and international contexts / / edited by Carol Camp Yeakey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, U.K. : , : Emerald, , 2012

ISBN

9786613679741

9781280768972

1280768975

9781780520339

1780520336

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (645 pages)

Collana

Advances in education in diverse communities : research, policy and Praxis, , 1479-358X ; ; v. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

YeakeyCarol Camp

Disciplina

307.760973

Soggetti

Education - Multicultural Education

Education - Inclusive Education

Education - Comparative

Inclusive education - mainstreaming

Multicultural education

Education, Urban

Inclusive education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The downward slope of upward mobility in a global economy / Carol Camp Yeakey, David L. Shepard -- Dare to be sick : poverty and health among vulnerable populations / Vetta Sanders Thompson, Anjanette Wells, Jacquelyn Coats -- Homeless youth and educational policy : a case study of urban youth in a metropolitan area / William G. Tierney, Ronald E. Hallett -- Light and shadow of public education for migrant children in urban China / Jing Liu -- Struggling towards equity and safe schools in Toronto, Canada / Sue Winton -- Education in a multicultural environment : equity issues in teaching and learning in England / William F. Boyle, Marie Charles -- Freedom schools and mastery learning : providing alternatives to failure in urban public education in the United States / V.P. Franklin -- Creating college-going



cultures for students of color in the US : finding a balance between targeted and normative models of intervention / Rican Vue, Siduri Haslerig, Uma M. Jayakumar, Walter R. Allen -- Where the streets have no neighborhoods : marginality and decline in St. Louis, Missouri (USA) / Davis Royal Judson -- A city that works : an urban analysis of the city of Toronto / Amy Cole, Eboney J. Hutt, Elaine T. Stokes -- Confronting stereotypes : children and families in public housing / JoDee Keller -- Turning around the poorest neighbourhoods : learning the lessons from 20 years of neighbourhood-based regeneration strategies in England / Nick Bailey -- Policy decisions and environmental justice for casinos in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) / Moira Conway -- The neighborhood divide : poverty, place, and low-income housing in Metropolitan Richmond, Virginia (USA) / Monique S. Johnson -- Urban operations : public-private partnerships globalizing São Paulo / Marina Toneli Siqueira -- Emergent spaces, contemporary urban conflicts : experiences of social mix in changing neighborhoods : the case study of Milan's Chinatown / Lidia K.C. Manzo -- Effects of social identity and poverty on orientation towards mass incidents in mainland China / Jing Sun, Nicholas Buys, Xinchao Wang -- The hidden unwanted : patterns of immigrants' marginality in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Milan (Italy) / Roberta Cucca -- The decline of social capital in urban China / Weijie Wang -- The redress of urban governance and marginality in Dhaka, Bangladesh / Saleh Ahmed -- 'Voting with their feet?' : satisfaction and preferences of quality of life in forty districts in Tokyo, Japan / Kayo Tajima -- 'The poor ye have with you always' : poverty and marginality in sub-Saharan Africa / Kingsley Banya -- Conclusion : 'living on the boundaries' / Carol Camp Yeakey.

Sommario/riassunto

Given the increasing urbanization of the world's population, how people thrive and survive in high density urban environments is a topic of profound interest to nation states and governments. Books have focused on 'poverty and place' and 'geography of opportunity,' questioning the influence of neighborhood environs on the future social mobility of those who inhabit those neighborhoods. This anthology describes and analyzes the living conditions of marginalized persons in cities and neighborhoods across the globe and the consequential impact on their future social mobility. Chapters focus on key issues that include immigration, educational underachievement, urban renewal, public health, immigration, homelessness, environmental issues, race, segregation, and the marginality of urban youth and economically disadvantaged groups.