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The new politics of climate change
Nature & Environment

The new politics of climate change

...social systems represent a massive undertaking to achieve them within the 12 year window recommended in the IPCC 2018 climate change report. This demands a level of attention in the UK that is comparable to the UKs war effort during World War II. Such efforts must focus not just on immediate carbon targets but engage more comprehensively with the need for deep adaptation...
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Introduction to the Amazon System
Nature & Environment

Introduction to the Amazon System

...worked together over time?...The Amazon System A system isn’t just a collection of parts - system components work together in order to enhance the overall survival of the system as a whole. The various components of the Amazon System – the trees, the rivers, the wildlife and the traditional communities – work together to create a highly dynamic, rich and resilient...
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The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...social concern for businesses, but how does this translate to the strategies of large corporations?...In this article, I discuss different perspectives, which could help us to incorporate sustainability more fully into business practice. [Fashionable modern businessman with smartphone on landfill, consumerism versus pollution concept. ] Stakeholder analysis Edward...
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Starting your small business
Money & Business

Starting your small business

...works and fits together. So starting with the broad content. The course is split into four sections: Section 1: Small business structures • Section 2: Small business and marketing • Section 3: Small business responsibilities • Section 4: Succeeding in a small business If you complete the short assessment at the end of each section you will be able to collect a...
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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...social reformer, who’s arguing – this is back in 1854 – in favour of young people having separate bedrooms. Where two or three children occupy the same room neither feel their personal responsibility to keep it in order and hence grow up habituated to slatternly disorder. Whereas if each had a room all alone to themselves they would be [indistinct words] to keep it...
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Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place
History & The Arts

Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place

...social activism. [Neil Young playing Mainz in 2014] Neil Young in 2014 Professor Martin Halliwell from the University of Leicester’s Centre for American Studies has just published Neil Young: American Traveller, the first book to systematically focus on the importance of place and travel in the songwriter’s music, films, memoirs, and social activism. The book claims...
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Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

...social media in the lives of young people are frequently discussed. One topic that gets less of an airing is teens’ exposure to extensive marketing and advertising in digital media. Should this be a concern? Aren’t young people sensible enough to be aware of what ads are trying to do – and savvy enough to know how to ignore them? The World Health Organization has...
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Hip Hop and the Institution
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution

...social organisation that has the purpose to legitimise and promote particular ways of living, types of knowledge and forms of relationships. An institution could be any such organisation, ranging from schools to prisons, from record labels to dance studios, from museums to universities, or from grassroots activist groups to the state’s global soft-power politics. To...
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