Dicas Sustentáveis para o dia-dia,

In this post, gives you 11 tips and tricks to use in your everyday life, at home. Are simple things that will help break a twig.

Neste post, você confere 11 dicas e truques para usar no seu cotidiano, em sua casa. São coisas simples que vão ajudar a quebrar um galho.

to remove dirt from your shower, tie a bag with vinegar and leave overnight.

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IMG_4549, a photo by Biocerrado2010 on Flickr.

Geração que busca a Paz e um Mundo Melhor.
Generation that seeks Peace and a Better World.

I think as these students are worth a big prize of science.

Puri

The Puri is a portable fresh-water filtration and purification system that uses reverse osmosis technology. It is designed specifically for use on boats and in sudden marine emergency situations that lead to dangerous levels of dehydration and sometimes death.

Designed by Younsun Kim, Kangkyung Lee, Byungsoo Kim and Minji Kim of Yonsei University for Yonsei University
http://www.idsa.org/puri

Puri – Garrafa portátil transforma água do mar em água potável

Não gosto nem de imaginar engolindo a água do mar  Mas esta notícia faz esta situação bem mais agradável. Quatro estudantes da Universidade de Yonsei, na Coreia do Sul (Younsun Kim, Kangkyung Lee, Byungsoo Kim e Minji Kim), criaram uma garrafa que deixa a água do mar própria para consumo. Batizado de Puri, o recipiente concorre a um prêmio por contar com uma tecnologia que elimina o sal e outras propriedades das amostras do líquido.

O sistema desenvolvido é bem fácil de ser utilizado: de acordo com os criadores da Puri, o usuário só precisa bombear um dispositivo e direcionar a água salgada para a câmara de filtragem da garrafa, responsável pela pressurização. Por meio do processo, o líquido é dessalinizado e enviado a uma câmara interna de armazenamento de água potável. A ideia é que ela seja usada em embarcações, garantindo o acesso à água potável em situações de risco, como naufrágios, incêndios e outros acidentes em alto mar.

- See more at: http://vivoverde.com.br/puri-garrafa-portatil-transforma-agua-do-mar-em-agua-potavel/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.h3boV7aO.dpuf

Sustainable Companies in the World in 2013

RANK

COMPANY NAME

COUNTRY

GICS SECTOR

GICS INDUSTRY GROUP

1

Umicore SA

Belgium

Materials

Materials

2

Natura Cosmeticos SA

Brazil

Consumer Staples

Household & Personal Products

3

Statoil ASA

Norway

Energy

Energy

4

Neste Oil OYJ

Finland

Energy

Energy

5

Novo Nordisk A/S

Denmark

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

6

Storebrand ASA

Norway

Financials

Insurance

7

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

Netherlands

Industrials

Capital Goods

8

Biogen Idec Inc

United States

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

9

Dassault Systemes SA

France

Information Technology

Software & Services

10

Westpac Banking Corp

Australia

Financials

Banks

11

ASML Holding NV

Netherlands

Information Technology

Semiconductors & Semiconductor

12

Outotec OYJ

Finland

Industrials

Capital Goods

13

Schneider Electric SA

France

Industrials

Capital Goods

14

Intel Corp

United States

Information Technology

Semiconductors & Semiconductor

15

Sims Metal Management Ltd

Australia

Materials

Materials

16

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

Germany

Consumer Discretionary

Automobiles & Components

17

Adidas AG

Germany

Consumer Discretionary

Consumer Durables & Apparel

18

Atlas Copco AB

Sweden

Industrials

Capital Goods

19

Novozymes A/S

Denmark

Materials

Materials

20

Cisco Systems Inc

United States

Information Technology

Technology Hardware & Equipment

21

Teck Resources Ltd

Canada

Materials

Materials

22

Enagas SA

Spain

Utilities

Utilities

23

Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd

Japan

Financials

Real Estate

24

Agilent Technologies Inc

United States

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

25

Croda International PLC

Britain

Materials

Materials

26

Inditex SA

Spain

Consumer Discretionary

Retailing

27

Scania AB

Sweden

Industrials

Capital Goods

28

Alcatel-Lucent

France

Information Technology

Technology Hardware & Equipment

29

Acciona SA

Spain

Utilities

Utilities

30

Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson

Sweden

Information Technology

Technology Hardware & Equipment

31

Siemens AG

Germany

Industrials

Capital Goods

32

Centrica PLC

Britain

Utilities

Utilities

33

Life Technologies Corp

United States

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

34

Wolters Kluwer NV

Netherlands

Consumer Discretionary

Media

35

BASF SE

Germany

Materials

Materials

36

Vivendi SA

France

Telecommunication Services

Telecommunication Services

37

BG Group PLC

Britain

Energy

Energy

38

DNB ASA

Norway

Financials

Banks

39

Aeroports de Paris

France

Industrials

Transportation

40

Barrick Gold Corp

Canada

Materials

Materials

41

The Clorox Company

United States

Consumer Staples

Household & Personal Products

42

Accenture PLC

Ireland

Information Technology

Software & Services

43

Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais S.A.

Brazil

Utilities

Utilities

44

Daimler AG

Germany

Consumer Discretionary

Automobiles & Components

45

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd

Australia

Financials

Banks

46

Geberit AG

Switzerland

Industrials

Capital Goods

47

The Sage Group PLC

Britain

Information Technology

Software & Services

48

Telenor ASA

Norway

Telecommunication Services

Telecommunication Services

49

Vale SA

Brazil

Materials

Materials

50

Kesko OYJ

Finland

Consumer Staples

Food & Staples Retailing

51

General Electric Company

United States

Industrials

Capital Goods

52

City Developments Ltd

Singapore

Financials

Real Estate

53

Henkel AG & Co KGaA

Germany

Consumer Staples

Household & Personal Products

54

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

France

Consumer Discretionary

Consumer Durables & Apparel

55

National Australia Bank Ltd

Australia

Financials

Banks

56

Royal Dutch Shell PLC

Netherlands

Energy

Energy

57

Canadian National Railway Company

Canada

Industrials

Transportation

58

Electrolux AB

Sweden

Consumer Discretionary

Consumer Durables & Apparel

59

Motorola Solutions Inc

United States

Information Technology

Technology Hardware & Equipment

60

TELUS Corp

Canada

Telecommunication Services

Telecommunication Services

61

Prudential PLC

Britain

Financials

Insurance

62

Galp Energia SGPS SA

Portugal

Energy

Energy

63

Eisai Co Ltd

Japan

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

64

Wesfarmers Ltd

Australia

Consumer Staples

Food & Staples Retailing

65

Hang Seng Bank Ltd

Hong Kong

Financials

Banks

66

StarHub Ltd

Singapore

Telecommunication Services

Telecommunication Services

67

Coloplast A/S

Denmark

Health Care

Health Care Equipment & Services

68

Ramsay Health Care Ltd

Australia

Health Care

Health Care Equipment & Services

69

Renault SA

France

Consumer Discretionary

Automobiles & Components

70

Cie Generale d'Optique Essilor International SA

France

Health Care

Health Care Equipment & Services

71

Nexen Inc

Canada

Energy

Energy

72

AstraZeneca PLC

Britain

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

73

Hennes & Mauritz AB

Sweden

Consumer Discretionary

Retailing

74

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (Grupo Pão de Açúcar)

Brazil

Consumer Staples

Food & Staples Retailing

75

Danone SA

France

Consumer Staples

Food Beverage & Tobacco

76

UCB SA

Belgium

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

77

CapitaLand Ltd

Singapore

Financials

Real Estate

78

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

Britain

Consumer Discretionary

Media

79

Enbridge Inc

Canada

Energy

Energy

80

Electrocomponents PLC

Britain

Information Technology

Technology Hardware & Equipment

81

Suncor Energy Inc

Canada

Energy

Energy

82

Unilever PLC

Britain

Consumer Staples

Food Beverage & Tobacco

83

Stockland

Australia

Financials

Real Estate

84

Repsol SA

Spain

Energy

Energy

85

Sun Life Financial Inc

Canada

Financials

Insurance

86

Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd

South Korea

Financials

Banks

87

Royal Bank of Canada

Canada

Financials

Banks

88

Cenovus Energy Inc

Canada

Energy

Energy

89

Prologis Inc

United States

Financials

Real Estate

90

Woodside Petroleum Ltd

Australia

Energy

Energy

91

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd

Switzerland

Financials

Insurance

92

SAP AG

Germany

Information Technology

Software & Services

93

Ricoh Co Ltd

Japan

Information Technology

Technology Hardware & Equipment

94

Nestle SA

Switzerland

Consumer Staples

Food Beverage & Tobacco

95

NEC Corp

Japan

Information Technology

Technology Hardware & Equipment

96

Insurance Australia Group Ltd

Australia

Financials

Insurance

97

Banco Espirito Santo SA

Portugal

Financials

Banks

98

The Standard Bank Group of South Africa Limited

South Africa

Financials

Banks

99

Campbell Soup Company

United States

Consumer Staples

Food Beverage & Tobacco

100

Banco do Brasil SA

Brazil

Financials

Banks

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Carbon Footprint

Today, the term “carbon footprint” is often used as shorthand for the amount of carbon (usually in tonnes) being emitted by an activity or organization. The carbon component of the Ecological Footprint takes a slightly differing approach, translating the amount of carbon dioxide into the amount of productive land and sea area required to sequester carbon dioxide emissions. This tells us the demand on the planet that results from burning fossil fuels. Measuring it in this way offers a few key advantages.

On a practical level, the Ecological Footprint shows us how carbon emissions compare and interacts with other elements of human demand, such as our pressure on food sources, the quantity of living resources required to make the goods we consume, and the amount of land we take out of production when we pave it over to build cities and roads. The carbon Footprint is 54 percent of humanity’s overall Ecological Footprint and its most rapidly-growing component. Humanity’s carbon footprint has increased 11-fold since 1961. Reducing humanity’s carbon Footprint is the most essential step we can take to end overshoot and live within the means of our planet.

The Footprint framework enables us to address the problem in a comprehensive way, one that does not simply shift the burden from one natural system to another.

The Ecological Footprint and Climate Change

Read our Climate Action article “Why Waiting For Climate Consensus Could Waste Your Future”

The Footprint framework also shows climate change in a greater context—one which unites all of all the ecological threats we face today.

Climate change, adeforestation, overgrazing, fisheries collapse, food insecurity and the rapid extinction of species are all part of a single, over-arching problem: Humanity is simply demanding more from the Earth than in can provide. By focusing on the single issue, we can address all of its symptoms, rather than solving one problem at the cost of another.

At Global Footprint Network, our work is focused on helping nations – and by extension, humanity as a whole—succeed in a world of emerging resource constraints. We do so by giving leaders the data they need to make decisions that are aligned with ecological reality. In this way, we can begin to move away from the emissions and resource-intensive economies of the past and toward those than can thrive within the limits of what nature can provide.

 http://www.footprintnetwork.org

Nossa Terra: A vaidade e os cuidados de quem vive do lixo

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PROFESSOR  NO BRASIL

SER PROFESSOR no Brasil - é Educar, ensinar, ser mestre, palhaço, marginalizado, síndrome do Pânico, Depressão, problemas psiquiátricos e geral, problemas na voz, humilhação, ser agredido palavras e ações, ficar três meses sem receber, é um dos piores salário, e quando ele reclama dizem – “ele não tem domínio da sala” sempre ele é o errado. Até quando? Quais são os direitos do PROFESSOR? PROFESSOR, merece respeito? ESSA PROFISSÃO É IMPORTANTE? PORQUE AINDA TEM PESSOAS ESTUDANDO LICENCIATURA? A UNIVERSIDADE vai dizer a VERDADE? São tantas perguntas.

Cresce número de professores afastados por problemas psicológicos
http://g1.globo.com/al/alagoas/noticia/2013/01/cresce-numero-de-professores-afastados-por-problemas-psicologicos.html

Quase 50% dos professores brasileiros apresentam sintomas de estresse ou depressão. Os mais jovens são os que têm mais dificuldade para lidar com os problemas da profissão; muitos optam por abandonar o ofício http://www.oesti.com.br/educacao/noticias/professores_doentes.html

Agressões e ameaças levam professores da rede pública a se afastarem do serviço em SP
http://noticias.r7.com/educacao/noticias/agressoes-e-ameacas-levam-professores-da-rede-publica-a-se-afastarem-do-servico-em-sp-20120716.html

PROFESSORES SOB PRESSÃO
http://www.cepae.ufg.br/pages/9505