...| Green Bank Report: Finding the best green banking deals and rates * Home * Eco-Friendly Banking * iPhone * Green Bank Deals * Credit Cards * Savings Rates * Checking Accounts * CD Rates What is the Meaning of Green Banking? Posted by Clark Schultz on Friday, September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment Defining green banking is relatively easy. It means promoting environmental-friendly practices and reducing your carbon footprint from your banking activities. This comes in many forms. Using online banking instead of branch banking. Paying bills online instead of mailing them. Opening up CDs and money market accounts at online banks, instead of large multi-branch banks. Or finding the local bank in your area that is taking the biggest steps to support local green initiatives. Any combination of the above personal banking practices can help the environment. So this leads to the question, which banks are green. In general, online banks and smaller community banks have better track record than larger banks. For instance, take a look at the banks that British Petroleum has been reported to seek lines of credit from this past summer after the oil spill. Goldman Sachs (GS) Citigroup (C) JP Morgan (JPM) Bank of America (BAC) These banks have at least one thing in common. That is, they are all large billion-dollar asset banks. They are also in the group of banks that received TARP money in the government bank bailout program. In would seem common...
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...gave man the responsibility to care for His creation. As a Christian it is our responsibility to take care of the earth that God blessed us with. A few ways that Christian’s can demonstrate their desire to help with the preservation of earth is through recycling paper, water conservation, and participating in environmental missions. By participating in these actions Christians are setting an example for future generations to learn about our responsibility to care for the creation that God created as well as obeying God’s word. Christians should be the first ones interested in caring for the environment and its preservation and therefore paving the way to keep earth a place that God would be proud of. When God created earth he also created man to care for the earth. Some ways that man can demonstrate his responsibility to care for the earth and its preservation is by recycling paper, water conservation, and through environmental missions. The bible clearly states God gave man the responsibility to care for creation (Genesis 2:15). One way that we can care for the earth is through recycling of our everyday products. For example: water bottles, old phone books, aluminum cans, and paper can easily be recycled. The benefits of recycling is beneficial for those in the local community as well as globally. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Americans in 2010 used about seventy-one million tons of paper and paperboard while only forty-five million tons of paper and...
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...The intent of this research report is to examine the vast array of factors that create the necessity of learning how to efficiently use the technology available to both improve upon and generate new processes that will make a global recycling effort a successful endeavor to improve the quality of life on the planet and the health of the planet itself. To be discussed are the major areas of impact including the social, financial, and environmental considerations and the unique challenges that arise with each variable toward the end of balancing the basic needs of a prosperous civilization with the potential of its resources, (US EPA, OSWER, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, 1998). The practical aspects of each will be examined for advantages and disadvantages within the framework of an economic base and the measures that must be taken to reshape the paradigm that currently governs the path of both human civilization and that of the ecological growth of all life on Earth. Of all of the wondrous mechanisms that exist within the living cell, one of the most profound is the genetically coded activities that utilize raw materials in order to synthesize new substances which then react, forming reaction products that are often in turn used for other processes. Human society, as within the cell, consists of a multitude of individual systems that work together toward the continued life and growth of the whole. The basic building blocks of life serve as the perfect model for...
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...Resources, Conservation and Recycling 67 (2012) 75–79 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Resources, Conservation and Recycling journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/resconrec Full length article A carbon footprint based reverse logistics network design model Devika Kannan a,∗ , Ali Diabat b , Mahmoud Alrefaei c , Kannan Govindan d , Geng Yong e,∗ a Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering, Navi Mumbai, India Engineering Systems and Management, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates c Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Jordan University of Science and technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan d Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark e Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, Liaoning Province 110016, PR China b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 2 March 2011 Received in revised form 12 March 2012 Accepted 12 March 2012 Keywords: Carbon footprint Reverse logistics Greenhouse emissions Case study a b s t r a c t Due to the environmental legislation and regulations, manufacturing firms have realized the importance of adopting environmental friendly supply chain management (SCM) practices. In this paper, a mixed integer linear model is developed for a carbon footprint based reverse logistics network design. The proposed model aims at minimizing climate change (specifically, the CO2 footprint),...
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...wellbeing also depends on how we treat our environment. There are several ways someone can protect his or her environment and occasionally make the planet greener and safer. Among those ways we can state: recycling, energy conservation, and reforestation. Recycling is always a good way to start changing and protecting an environment. Recycling allows people to keep their environment clean and litter free. One thing that people should keep in mind when recycling is that recycling is not only about keeping the environment clean and litter free, but it is also preserving and protecting not only their health, but also the health of those around them. Although recycling is easy to do, people don’t always embrace the idea of recycling. One essential tip that can help people recycle is to always remember to throw their trash in a garbage bag. Another tip to help people recycle is to keep in mind that not all garbage goes in the same type of trash. For example, one should not throw a light bold in the same garbage bag that one uses to put plastic bottles, or a battery into an organic trash bag which is mainly use for organic trash such as food or other organic substances. Another way an individual can collect in protecting the environment is to practice the methods of energy conservation. Whether we realize or not, we can only live by consuming resources provided by this planet. Take energy for example. We can get the energy we need to support our lifestyle only by consuming resources...
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...Resources, Conservation and Recycling 54 (2010) 171–177 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Resources, Conservation and Recycling journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/resconrec Substance flow analysis of zinc in China Guo Xueyi ∗ , Zhong Juya, Song Yu, Tian Qinghua School of Metallurgical Science & Engineering, Central South University, South Street of Yuelu, 932, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China article info Article history: Received 16 January 2009 Received in revised form 23 July 2009 Accepted 26 July 2009 Available online 28 August 2009 Keywords: Zinc Substance flow analysis “STAF” model Life cycle Resource recycling abstract A material stock and flow (STAF) model was constructed to track the pathway of zinc in China, 2006, for the study of the industrial metabolism of a certain metal within a regional level. The primary flows of zinc include production, fabrication and manufacturing, use, and waste management. This paper traces the major flows of zinc from ore, to product, to potential secondary resource as it moves through the China’s economy over 1 year, and inventory data, and mass balance equations were used to determine the quantity of flows. The domestic ore produced was 3248.3 Gg and output of refined lead ingot was 3162.7 Gg in 2006. It was calculated that, in the production and manufacture and fabrication stage, the self-supply efficiency of zinc raw materials in 2006 is 87.58% and 94.92%, respectively. The results reveal ...
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...Carly Kupka RA #1 OLIS 611 Waste Reduction and Recycling Up until now, our primary strategies to reduce waste has been recycling, reducing, and reusing. While these are all important tools in waste reduction, a new way of thinking about waste needs to occur; a fourth R: “Rethinking” means that waste doesn’t have to be a part of the consumption cycle at all (Roseland). While we have a very long way to go in achieving this zero-waste idea, we can still start by rethinking all aspects of a production process; starting with the initial design process down to reusing or recycling all by-products. The City of Eugene is doing its part in Recycling, Reducing and Reusing, as well as Rethinking about waste by partnering with local non-profits and schools to educate the community in resource conservation as well as providing recycling services and composting programs. The budget for Solid Waste and Recycling in Eugene accounts for 0.3% of the total budget, or $1,476 for the year. There are four major sectors and program coordinators working for the City’s waste management and recycling department: • Stephanie Scafa- Zero Waste Analyst for the Waste Prevention and Green Building Program • Anne Donahue- Compost and Urban Agriculture • Nancy Young- Solid Waste Analyst for the Waste Prevention Program • Ethan Nelson- Recycling contact for Waste Prevention and Green Building Program Roseland suggests many tools and initiatives in waste management that local government can use to...
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...A review of steel recycling can take someone in many directions as we are about to see with this review. But it seems the one overarching theme of the articles reviewed is that of conservation raw materials and conservation of the earth by reducing the amount of waste we put in our landfills. We start our review of steel recycling with the Army. 1) A discussion of decontamination. 2) How steel recycling creates a need for Engineers. 3) How recycling steel from old buildings influences Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). 4) Recycling steel uses less raw materials, therefore using less natural resources and producing less air pollutants. The Army’s Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) has a new method to recycling material (steel) that may have not been able to have been because of contamination from exploded chemical weapons. The (CMA) developed a magnetic induction heating process to decontaminate these 1600-lb containers (ton containers or TC’s)(U.S. Army, 2011). Gottschalk said, “The decision to decontaminate these legacy containers using magnetic induction heating made the recycling of the containers possible”. And with this process cleaning over 4000 of these devices for recycling at the time of the article, that is a lot of landfill space that can be used by, unfortunately unrecyclable materials that have to go somewhere. Just slightly more than a quarter of what Americans throw away each year is recycled and a lot more than that is very...
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...TOPIC SUBJECT HEADINGS For use in Online Catalog (OPAC) SUBJECT HEADINGS For Sample Database Searches Abortion Abortion; Pro-Choice Movement; Pro-Life Movement Abortion Acid rain SEE ALSO Pollution Acid Rain Acid Rain Adoption (interracial, unmarried persons, gays) Adoption; Gay parents; Interracial adoption Adoption AIDS AIDS (Disease); AIDS (Disease) in children AIDS (Disease); Pediatric AIDS (Disease) Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease Animal rights Animal experimentation; Animal rights Animal experimentation; Animal rights Anorexia and Bulimia SEE Eating disorders Athletes and drugs Doping in Sports Drugs and Athletes Banking Bailout (2008) Bailout Battered women SEE ALSO Wife Abuse Abused women Conjugal abuse Birth control Birth control; Contraception Birth control; Contraception Black Reparations Movement Reparations; Slavery--Law and legislation Reparations Body language Body language; Gesture; Nonverbal communication Nonverbal communication Bullying Bullying Bullying; Cyberbullying Business ethics Business ethics; Corporations - Corrupt practices Business ethics; Business enterprises, Corrupt practices Capital punishment (Death Penalty) Capital punishment; Death row Capital punishment Cancer Cancer--Prevention SEE ALSO types of cancer, such asBreast--Cancer Neoplasms--Prevention and Control;Cancer Treatment Censorship SEE ALSO Freedom of the Press Censorship; Prohibited...
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...Galvin Gail Gensler Gail Savina Anne Moser December 1995 Revised June 2001 Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County King County Water Pollution Control Division 130 Nickerson St., Suite 100 Seattle, Washington 98109 (206) 263-3050; haz.waste@metrokc.gov Prog-3(12/95)rev.6/01 Introduction Have you ever tried to get a smoker to stop? A kid to start wearing a bike helmet? An aerosol user to switch? Changing behavior is both art and science, and much can be learned from others’ attempts to change behavior that can make our work more effective. A project team at the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, Washington, spent several months in 1995 reading behavior change literature from energy conservation, recycling, health education and other fields, looking for insights. We distilled many of the principles found in the literature into workshops for staff, hoping to make their efforts to change business’ and the public’s hazardous waste behavior more effective. At the workshops, we presented some key behavior change principles, a panel shared their insights, and staff worked through an exercise to learn how to apply the principles to their work. This report summarizes our findings and includes examples from field experience. A key insight from the project is that information alone is not enough to change behavior. As government workers, we often try to solve a problem by creating a brochure, believing that “if we build a brochure, they will...
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...Water Conservation For ages, since the beginning of time, humans have explored numerous ways in which we can harness water. The great Egyptian Civilization who depended fully on the Nile as a water resource, and the Romans who were the first to build huge aquifers in order to store and transport water to citizens. Today, technology has developed in a way that allows virtually anyone in the world to readily obtain water. In the United States, a developed country, clean, consumable water is made readily available to many people. However, this is not the case for many developing countries, who struggle simply to gain access to clean water. About “2.5 billion people, in the world, live without proper sanitation” and about “768 million people do not have access to safe, clean drinking water.(1)” These circumstances lead to unavoidable hardships, and leads to the death of 1,400 children globally, every day, simply from “ diseases directly linked to unsafe water or a lack of basic sanitation facilities.(1)” In today’s society, however, water is often taken for granted and consequently has led to increased water use by many individuals. In Texas, specifically, reservoirs continue to decrease year after year, and has been estimated that about 3% of Texas reservoirs have been used in the past year, decreasing from 67% full to 64% full(4). A viable cause of the increased water use in Texas, can be attributed to many things. Population growth, a changing climate and recurring drought are...
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...Energy Conservation Preston L. Judd SCI/275 Environmental Science Axia College / University Of Phoenix April 10, 2011 Tisha Samosky It can begin simply by turning off a light switch as someone leaves a room or unplugging a device when not in use. From these small acts, the beginning seeds of energy conservation can be sown. Energy conservation has become one of the most hotly debated subjects in the world. Old power plants are struggling to keep up, sometimes causing power shortages or “brown outs”, and new power plants are being built, but most of the new plants still use the same technology as their predecessors. Some have even been ‘repackaged’ to appear cleaner in respect to exhaust, but they still pollute the atmosphere and use a dwindling source of fuel. Still others argue that fields of petroleum at deeper levels are more than sufficient to supply the world with oil1. The only real hope of the world is to either perfect some of the newer, greener power generation techniques such as wind, solar, or geothermal, or invent some new as-of-yet undiscovered method. Until that time, energy conservation is not just a good idea, it is a necessity. 1. The Population Explosion and Power Usage As the world’s population gets closer to the seven trillion mark (estimate as of April 2011 is 6,911,382,8582), the demand for power increases exponentially. The added strain on the generation facilities is causing rolling blackouts, or “brown outs”, in some...
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...carbon footprint. It is for this reason, that many hotel chains have created environmental sustainability strategies. In this essay, I will briefly discuss agenda 21, and other sustainable management initiatives. I will also examine, several different hotel chains, in an attempt to see if their environmental strategies are consistent with a hotel’s rating. Sustainable Management Initiatives Agenda 21 was presented at the World Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Its purpose it “to provide a blueprint for securing the sustainable future of the planet” (Agenda 21, n.d.). This initiative outlined the following areas that may help hotels create their environmental sustainable strategies: 1. Waste minimization. 2. Energy conservation. 3. Management of fresh water resources. 4. Wastewater...
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...Summary of documentations on paper recycling In Japan, the US, Europe and China Recycling benefits the environment much more than other waste management methods (Technical University of Denmark and the Danish Topic Centre on Waste and Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), 2006). With the environmental, economic and societal benefits, we can conclude that building an effective paper recycling system in China would be a good idea. This paper is a basic summary of paper recycling practices in Japan, the US and Europe. It is intended to be a reference for drawing up an appropriate and practical plan for school and office paper recycling projects in China. Paper Recycling Statistics Japan has an extraordinary reputation in paper recycling because of its refined and effective paper recycling system. While the volume of recovered paper grew in the 1980s, the paper recycling rate went through a stagnant period before the rate started to rise rapidly in 1997. Japan’s paper recycling rate reached 77.9% in 2011, but the volume was 21.5 million tons, which is less than the 22.7 million tons recycled in 2008, due to less consumption of paper(Paper recycling in Japan, 2012). According to the 2012 sustainability report of American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), the U.S. achieved a paper recycling rate of 66.8% (about 46 million tons of paper) in 2011, which was nearly twice the 1990 rate. In addition, the goal of the AF&PA’s “sustainability initiative - Better...
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...factors: * Product physical presentation * Conservation requirements * Environmental friendliness Our cheese packaging has to be something hermetical to the smell and enables a good conservation, with recycling elements. It has to have a traditional form which is linked to the camembert one and to be easily resealable. Management constraints Legal constraints to respect: * To protect the product from illegal copying * Legal compulsory texts: * Ingredients * Instruction for use and open the package * An “AOC” label * Logo “recycling” * Bar code Moreover, it will be a national packaging, dedicated to the French market. Consumer constraints The packaging has to fit the customers’ expectations: * A product that does not smell * A product which is not tacky and with a good conservation * A neutral cheese in terms of taste, not too strong, and which is consistent The role of the packaging in the product consumption has to be the following: * Something practical that can be taken easily in many ways * Something which protects the quality products, which is shock resistant and fits the form of the cheese The authenticity of the product has to be respected and the packaging has also to be a premium one and to have a traditional aspect. As regards environment, it has to be written on the packaging that the cheese is recyclable and to add the logo “recycling”, as mentioned in the legal constraints. Regarding...
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