Green technology is not only good for the environment; it’s also good for your bottom line. If your organization is exploring ways to save energy and reduce environmental waste, Green IT For Dummies can help you get there. This guide is packed with cost-saving ways to make your company a leader in green technology. The book is also packed with case studies from organizations that have gone green, so you can benefit from their experience. You’ll discover how to: Perform an energy audit to determine your present consumption and identify where to start greening Develop and roll out a green technology project Build support from management and employees Use collaboration tools to limit the need for corporate travel Improve electronic document management Extend hardware life, reduce data center floor space, and improve efficiency Formalize best practices for green IT, understand your company’s requirements, and design an infrastructure to meet them Make older desktops and lighting fixtures more efficient with a few small upgrades Lower costs with virtual meetings, teleconferences, and telecommuting options Reduce your organization’s energy consumption You’ll also learn what to beware of when developing your green plan, and get familiar with all the terms relating to green IT. Green IT For Dummies starts you on the road to saving money while you help save the planet.
This book addresses this challenge by proposing an integration of sustainability and arts education in both principle and practice. In a global context of intensifying social, economic and environmental crises, education is key to raising awareness and motivating individuals and communities to act in sustaining life in our more-than-human world. But how is this done when the complexity and need for change becomes overwhelming, and schooling systems become complicit in supporting the status quo? Drawing on critical education theory and precepts of creativity, curiosity and change, it documents a series of case examples that demonstrate how five principles of Education for Sustainability - critical thinking, systems thinking, community partnership, participation, and envisioning better futures - are found at the heart of much arts practice in schools. Featuring the creative work and voices of teachers working in arts-based enquiry and diverse community-engaged contexts, the book investigates how sustainability principles are embedded in contemporary arts education thinking and pedagogy. The authors are unapologetically optimistic in forming an alliance of arts and sustainability education as a creative response to the challenge of our times, arguing that while they may have operated on the margins of conventional pedagogy and curriculum, they have more than marginal impact.
Overcome any obstacle and build the life you've dreamed of Life is never simple. There are brilliant highs and bitter lows for everyone, but Simple Success is your guide to navigating both with courage and wisdom. This collection of time-honored books will help you build a life you love no matter what comes your way. Whether you’re negotiating financial struggles and career setbacks or looking to build on your momentum and seize your potential, the proven wisdom and advice in Simple Success can help you find a path towards happiness. This volume features seven powerful works, including: The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn Let Ambition Be Your Master and other works by Napoleon Hill The Golden Key by Emmet Fox How to Attract Money by Joseph Murphy How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett The Go-Getter: A Story That Tells You How to Be One by Peter B. Kyne A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard These books have changed the lives of millions of readers—now it’s your turn!
With full coverage of the APA Code of Ethics and engaging vignettes to draw students into the material, Ethics for Psychologists provides unique multicultural, moral, and legal perspectives to the standards of conduct in the field of psychology. This book describes complex ethical dilemmas students may encounter and offers a variety of frameworks through which to examine such dilemmas. Legal, moral, values-driven, and global approaches are provided in concise commentaries about the dictates of our own Code of Ethics. Students will be challenged to take control of their learning experience by moving beyond the basics of looking up each situation to find "the right thing to do," into a more active and engaged approach, with the goal of not only becoming ethical thinkers but informed decision makers.
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
Just having positive thoughts or dreams is not enough. You need to put those dreams and wishes into action. These 3 amazing books will help you do just that and start you on the path to an awesome life. Learn how to live healthier and happier by conditioning the thoughts that pass through your mind. It is a look at the power of the human mind and spirit as seen through the eyes of a physician, who with a great deal of humor and clarity, shows you the five cardinal virtues that everyone must embrace if they are to enjoy health and success in life: Enthusiasm, Belief, Love, Forgiveness, and Perseverance. Of course, you’ll need to anticipate the obstacles in the road ahead as you prepare for the adventure yet to come. A guiding compass to assist in daily navigation would certainly make things easier, so Napoleon Hill offers the principles you need to reach your definite major purpose with 51 thought-provoking, entertaining stores drawn from his original works including Think and Grow Rich, The Law of Success, and Napoleon Hill’s Magazine. You must learn to see the positive side of life. Discover action-oriented strategies drawn from people with life-threatening diseases, survivors, those with physical challenges, and adverse chapters of life who have been able to overcome their hardships. They promise that if you follow the methods in this book, you will be in the best possible position to achieve the fullest range of desired results, because when you think positive thoughts, and couple them with action, anything is possible.
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