Impact of fast fashion

Fast fashion is a term used to describe cheap, trendy clothing produced in large quantities, usually by sweatshop workers. This phenomenon has skyrocketed in the past few decades, with over 400% more garments being consumed each year than two decades ago. One reason for this rapid increase in popularity can be attributed to the rise … Read more

Sustainability issues in the fashion industry (focus on India)

Executive Summary Since the drafting of the Indian Constitution, there is a system of law across the Indian nation. India maintains a hybrid legal system with a mixture of civil, common law, religious law within the legal framework inherited from the colonial era and various legislation which were introduced by the British. Indian laws also … Read more

Efforts taken by Qatar in ‘Waste Management’

Sustainable development can be considered as the most pressing challenges facing the developing nations, with the mandate to create a balance between their economic and social development while maintaining the environmental performance. Waste production in Qatar has grown significantly which poses a stark challenge for the country’s waste management industry. Qatar seems to produce an … Read more

Waste management in the UK

The population of the United Kingdom is growing which, in turn affects the growth of the economy and the consumption of raw materials. It is also a catalyst for an increased production in waste which has an adverse effect on the environment and climate. The growth in the population also means that more houses are … Read more

Environmental Justice (draft)

What is Environmental Justice? Environmental justice, the effort to address the disproportionate distribution of benefits and burdens, identifies minority and low-income populations as lacking access to social goods and lacking protection from health and safety hazards. In November 2017, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe created the Virginia Environmental Justice Advisory Board (VEJAB). Since this creation, VEJAB … Read more

Automotive exhaust emission, impact on environment & control

Abstract – In today’s world, the population of vehicle is increasing day by day and by product of their exhaust are NOx, CO which are two major pollutants which causes several respiratory disease. So, it become necessary to vanish this by product by providing pre exhaust or after exhaust treatment. Number of alternative technologies like … Read more

Fairtrade, Sustainability, Consumer Activism, Greenwashing (reflective)

Class #1 January 8, 2019 Topic – Introduction to Fair Trade and Ethical Consumption. (Source- Instructor’s presentation in class) • Description of the Topics: The class started with very interesting topic on “Fair Trade”. After Professor Miskiman explained some things about Fair trade what I extracted from it was that fair trade is eliminating the … Read more

Investigate The Ethicality of Fashion Companies in Green Branding

1.0 Introduction Green branding is popular today due to the awareness of climate change, natural disasters, and growing population. Environmental degradation has emerged as a major social problem in society. What makes this problem occur? One of the major reasons is that society has moved from an agricultural way of life to an industrial society. … Read more

Europe’s sustainability

Introduction In today’s generation, sustainability has been a topic of focus for many countries who are trying to develop practices that will preserve natural resources and better the everyday lives of their people. The EU has committed to promoting sustainability throughout their nation. In fact, the European Council adopted the first EU Sustainable Development Strategy … Read more

Pro-environmental behaviour

Pro-environmental behaviour has become a crucial part of today’s society, it is defined as “behaviour that harms the environment as little as possible, or even benefits the environment” (Steg & Vlek, 2009, p. 1). Due to climate change and ongoing exploitation of natural resources, the importance of humans acting environmentally reasonable has become increasingly vital. … Read more

Optimal grid-connected PV system and benefits

1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Introduction A grid-connected PV systems generates electricity from the energy that is made available by the sun, and the electricity is then converted into grid-compliant AC by an inverter. The process of PV electrical generation itself is entirely pollution-free but the manufacturing and system setup of PV arrays … Read more