Abstracts - faqs.org

Abstracts

General interest

Search abstracts:
Abstracts » General interest

Is environmental restoration a good idea?

Article Abstract:

Critics claim that environmental restoration is being used by businesses and the government as an excuse for further ecological damage. Businessmen and politicians contend that whatever ecological destruction they may cause can easily be remedied in the future.

Author: Rebeck, George
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1992
Environmental policy, Environmental law, Restoration ecology

User Contributions:

Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:

CAPTCHA


Is voc ed a dead end? Do work apprenticeships really offer high school students a chance at a future?

Article Abstract:

Vocational education is supposed to create a skilled work force but it seems that the program only leads to under-paying jobs. Business and educators must coordinate so that the benefits from the program will be maximized.

Author: Rebeck, George
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1992
Vocational education, Education, Cooperative, Cooperative education, Work study programs

User Contributions:

Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:

CAPTCHA


Designing environmentalists

Article Abstract:

Industrial designers are planning products that are recyclable or can be made from recycled materials. Environmentally conscious industrial design also means better energy efficiency and therefore, better profitability.

Author: Rebeck, George
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1992
Planning, Industrial design, Green products

User Contributions:

Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:

CAPTCHA


Subjects list: Evaluation, Environmental aspects
Similar abstracts:
  • Abstracts: The information lockout: is there a space for have-nots in cyberspace? Black voices
  • Abstracts: America's homeless veterans. Downshifting travel stress. 'Out-rushing Rush.' (Black conservative talk-radio hosts)
  • Abstracts: Let them eat bread: the new food groups. It's the little diet details that do you in. The devil made me eat it: blaming your diet failures on other people is not a recipe for success
  • Abstracts: The ditch that divided Nantucket. The crumbling conscience of Boston. Saint Cecil
  • Abstracts: The intensely imagined life of Daniel Day-Lewis. The disturbing photography of Sally Mann. Cormac McCarthy's venomous fiction
This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.
Some parts © 2026 Advameg, Inc.