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Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...Sustainable Development Goals. SDG 4 ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’ SDG 10 ‘Reduced inequalities’ SDG 16 ‘Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels’ [SDG...
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Colour fastness
Money & Business

Colour fastness

...tested to ensure compliance with various test methods to ensure the product is suitable for end use. So remember the fact that your t shirt lasts as long as it does is because of the technical testing that is done which supports the environment and sustainability. Without these standard test methods there would be no way of measuring the quality of the garment produced....
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Mass production and the consequent devaluation of our clothes
Nature & Environment

Mass production and the consequent devaluation of our clothes

...sustainable in the long-term for the growing population of fashion consumers. Fast forward to today’s efficient mass production model, with vertical disintegration and outsourcing of manufacture to unknown people in faraway factories, and we are now very much removed from the process of our clothes being made. With mass production and fast fashion, we have certainly...
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Why was the Systems Thinking in Practice hub created?
Society, Politics & Law

Why was the Systems Thinking in Practice hub created?

...sustainable development, OECD recently published a book on Systemic Thinking for Policy Making: The Potential of Systems Analysis for Addressing Global Policy Challenges in the 21st Century, while the UK’s Institute for Apprenticeships has approved a standard for a Systems Thinking Practitioner who ‘supports decision-makers in strategic and leadership roles to...
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South Asian heritage as a facilitator for developing identity and community
Education & Development

South Asian heritage as a facilitator for developing identity and community

...sustainable ground for procreation and preservation. South Asian identity as a platform for South Asian community A gradual phase of identity development fosters the development of a community as values, traditions and customs are distributed to encourage others of similar ethnic backgrounds to further share and facilitate the dissemination of practice on the common...
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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...Sustainable (Source: adapted from Sexton et al., p. 4) Activity 6 Engaging with multidimensional characteristics Look at Table 2 above from Sexton et al. (1999): (a) Are there any words in the table that are not familiar to you? If so, list them to look them up in a dictionary or online search, or make a note to come back to them when you have finished the unit and see if...
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Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?
Money & Business

Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?

...sustain the enterprise. They would be expected to expend ‘discretionary effort’. In managerial language, they might be expected to be more willing than an employee in a conventional firm, to ‘go the extra mile’. What did we find? We found the so-called ‘three-pronged hypothesis’ to be valid. This refers to the need for employee ownership to be complemented...
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'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...need for solutions to address economic, social and environmental sustainability aspects. That will ensure, at the very least our ‘good’ food wouldn’t be tainted with the ‘guilt’ of having destroyed biodiversity. Find out more: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity The real story behind cereals Saving Species on Radio 4 International Day for Biodiversity...
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