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Sustainable agriculture is an approach to farming that utilizes technology in a way that ensures food protection, while ensuring the long-term health and productivity of agricultural systems, ecosystems, and communities. Historically, technological advancements have significantly contributed to increasing agricultural productivity and reducing ...
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Renewable energy. Technology, economics and environment; Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size; Solar Electricity Handbook IPCC; Solar Energy Perspectives (2011) by the International Energy Agency; The Solar Generation (2018) by Philip R Wolfe; Straight Up
Clean technology includes a broad range of technology related to recycling, renewable energy, information technology, green transportation, electric motors, green chemistry, lighting, grey water, and more. Environmental finance is a method by which new clean technology projects can obtain financing through the generation of carbon credits.
Green computing, green IT (Information Technology), or ICT sustainability, is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing or IT.. The goals of green computing include optimising energy efficiency during the product's lifecycle; leveraging greener energy sources to power the product and its network; improving the reusability, maintainability, and repairability of the product ...
The International Society for Environmental Biotechnology [1] defines environmental biotechnology as "the development, use and regulation of biological systems for remediation of contaminated environments (land, air, water), and for environment-friendly processes (green manufacturing technologies and sustainable development)". [2]
Renewable energy (or green energy) is energy from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy , wind power , and hydropower .
Working definitions of sustainable energy encompass multiple dimensions of sustainability such as environmental, economic, and social dimensions. [6] Historically, the concept of sustainable energy development has focused on emissions and on energy security. Since the early 1990s, the concept has broadened to encompass wider social and economic ...