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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy

...sustainability and economic profits are not fully compatible. Yet increasingly prioritizing renewable energies is viewed as a business opportunity. Investing in green energy and business can allow countries to protect themselves from an insecure fossil fuel prices internationally. It can also allow nations to tap into an expanding global export marketplace for green...
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Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...sustained changes. However, is no simple decision and highlight the challenges in making such decisions. How will the child experience the environment in the unit? Will this be better than the inconsistences inherent in the home situation? Would the child’s removal provide better protection? Will change be made by the parents? Will it be significant enough change? Will...
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Enduring Love
Society, Politics & Law

Enduring Love

...sustain their enduring love... Finding 'The One' - and Keeping Them Couples describe their experience of meeting ‘the one’ and staying together. 1+1=3: Relationships and Children Couples reflect on how children affect their relationships. Love and Intimacy Couples talk about sex and affection and how they show their love for each other. Relationship Work Couples...
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Earth's physical resources: renewable energy
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth's physical resources: renewable energy

...sustainable energy can satisfy our need for endless economic growth, without radical changes in the way we live. This album examines power sources which provide cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels, such as wind power, biomass, hydro power, wave and tidal power, solar and geothermal power. The nine video tracks introduce the different approaches adopted in Britain and...
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Literature and the Environment
Nature & Environment

Literature and the Environment

...sustainable changes to our lives?...Find out about The Open University's Open qualifications [River Dordogne in France Perigord] River Dordogne in France Perigord In his essay ‘Of Cannibals’, first published in 1580, the French writer Michel de Montaigne noted that his local river, the Dordogne, had in twenty years eroded its right bank and taken over so much land...
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Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?
Nature & Environment

Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?

...sustainable. As a recent EU report highlighted, we should instead be looking at how we can harvest more smaller fish and shellfish, but also species that aren’t as widely eaten such as seaweed and other algae. The oceans have absorbed around one third of the CO₂ emitted into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution. The absorbed CO₂ goes through a series of...
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Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...sustainable Share your thoughts 20 minutes [Quiz] Activity 10 The role of EMA Vote in the poll 10 minutes [Reader] Activity 11 Understanding and applying environmental management accounting Read and write a definition 15 minutes [Quiz] Activity 12 Drawbacks of traditional management accounting Answer the questions 15 minutes This free course is an adapted extract from the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...sustainability? Maybe you know very little about drones but would like to experiment with them in rural settings. In this free course, Developing business ideas for drone technologies, you will develop an initial view of the drone industry, looking at the evolution of the industry and the potential market opportunities available. You will look at recent developments and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs