With the current economy that is geared towards sustainability, businesses likely to have lesser effects on the environment. This does not only imply reduction of emissions and energy conservation, but also handling and ultimately disposing waste. The concept of zero waste certification of businesses has turned out to be a major instrument. It is an … Read more
Honestly speaking, we all know what to do. We purchase, consume and discard things. Over the decades, the world economy has been playing a rather easy but lethal game: extract resources of the earth, create something out of it, and dispose of them when we are through. However, with our landfills becoming clogged and our … Read more
We must begin by looking into the fundamental ground of our connection with things. Convenience has being sold as a form of freedom over the years. Such things as disposable wrapping, fast fashion, and one-use products became symbols of modern life. However, such an illusion of comfort hides the true expenses: polluted ecosystems, exploited workers … Read more
The concept of a circular economy has emerged due to the reason that the resources are increasingly becoming scarcer, climate change increasingly becoming more pressing, and the nature of how we create and consume things is shifting. Circular economy transforms the previous approach toward focusing on the old take-make-waste model and prioritizes reuse, repair, remanufacture, … Read more
The Economics of Education in the United States. Stroll into any American classroom nowadays and you have a remarkable spectacle: you have children using computers provided by technology companies, studying programs designed through cooperation with industry, preparing themselves to take up careers that will drive the economic future of our country. It is no mere … Read more
How Corporations Influence Education Policy in America. Walk into an American classroom today and you can see kids using laptops provided by Google, learning about engineering concepts designed in partnership with Boeing, or participating in a coding workshop paid by Microsoft. These activities are not only an act of corporate philanthropy, but also a significant … Read more
Why U.S Businesses Support STEM Education. Imagine a high school student in rural Iowa using a robot in the first instance ever in a workshop that sponsored by an engineering company. Imagine the excited faces of the fifth graders in Detroit on the verge of performing their chemical experiment through science laboratory that had recently … Read more
Business-Education Collaborations for Workforce Readiness. Imagine a high school student in Cleveland creating a real world engineering project and mentored by the engineers of a local manufacturing company. Imagine an Arizona community college where the curriculum designed in conjunction with technology employers so that the graduates have job interviews. Think of a skilled employee in … Read more
The Impact of Business Funding on U.S Universities. Visit the campus of any leading American institution nowadays and you will see the visible signs of a profound change. One of the technologies conglomerates is named after a science facility. Corporate sponsorship is proclaimed by scholarship. Students scramble to internships in local firms which still have … Read more
Public-Private Partnerships in American Education. You can imagine a high school student in Detroit learning how to code together with a Ford Motor Company engineer. Consider an example of a rural classroom in Nebraska where the children are doing virtual experiments in science with the help of technology which is provided by a software company. … Read more
