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Defining sustainability and natural resources in the modern movement

For the planet and her people to survive, the world's people must embrace the sustainability movement, for modern man is using up the Earth's resources at an alarming, and perhaps catastrophic rate.

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Douglas Erwin's analysis of the end-Permian mass extinction

Erwin, Douglas H. Extinction.Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. Author Douglas H. Erwin is Senior Scientist and Curator in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and an External Faculty Member of the Santa Fe Institute.

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Urban encroachment on agriculture in Northern California's San Joaquin Valley

In the past few years, the continued loss of rich agricultural lands in Northern California to urban encroachment has emerged as an issue of significant concern to land use specialists, regional planners, government officials and historical researchers alike.

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Atlanta's mass transit system: conveniences, affordability, and progress

Mass transit in Atlanta, Georgia is not without its limitations; however, on the whole it is convenient, affordable, and progressive, and valuable to the population.

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Extreme deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and its causes

One of the consequences of modernization and industrialization is that certain primeval lands become more desirable for human settlement, agriculture, timber mining, and other land development.

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Faults, folds, and rock formations in earth science

Of course, electronic voting system has its downside too such as the total uselessness of the system in the event of a major power blackout and loss of backup power supply.

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Nigerian cocoa exports to the British marketplace: risks and opportunities

As organic and high quality products are becoming more and more desired, it is clear that exporting Nigerian cocoa to international markets, like the UK will prove a successful endeavor. There has been a large production of cocoa in Nigeria since 1910 (Oyedele 2011).

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Sustainability, stakeholder engagement, and corporate social responsibility in modern business

Businesses around the world are under pressure with a new function, which is to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the capability of the next generations to meet their own needs.

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Xylitol as a natural sugar substitute and dental health tool

What is Xylitol? Xylitol is an alternative to sugar that author Andreas Moritz explains tastes like real sugar and looks like real sugar, but it has "less than 40% of the calories" of sugar (Moritz, 2007).

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China's growing economic influence in Latin American trade

Latin America includes conceptually Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and South American countries. In this culture is home to around 500 million people who speak mainly Spanish and Portuguese. The largest metropolis in Latin America is Mexico City with around 19 million.

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