Green Ideas Research Articles

Double cross-linked biomass aerogels with enhanced mechanical strength and flame retardancy for construction thermal insulation

Biomass aerogels are expected to be a popular material in construction field due to their sustainability, eco-friendliness and excellent thermal insulation properties. In this paper, high modulus biomass aerogels based on the principle of double cross-linking of physics and chemistry were synthesized by freeze-drying technique using gelatin, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, glutaraldehyde, phytic acid and diatomite as raw materials. The presence of a double cross-linked network structure endowed the prepared aerogels with a low thermal conductivity (0.021–0.029 W·m−1·k−1). The density of only 0.0865 g·cm−3 biomass aerogel exhibited an extrastrong compression modulus of 31.5 MPa, which was superior to common biomass aerogels. Biomass intumescent flame retardant system composed of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (carbon source), gelatin (gas source) and phytic acid (acid source) was used in combination with diatomite to enhance flame retardancy (limit oxygen index value up to 36.5 %, UL-94 V-0 rating and total smoke production reduced from 0.31 m2 to 0.18 m2) and thermal stability (the residue up to 48.91 %). Remarkably, the modified aerogel showed incredible hydrophobicity (hydrophobic angle of 137°). In summary, the results indicated this study proposed a novel green idea for the preparation of construction thermal insulation materials with a combination of high modulus, flame retardancy and hydrophobicity.

Linguistic inputs must be syntactically parsable to fully engage the language network.

Human language comprehension is remarkably robust to ill-formed inputs (e.g., word transpositions). This robustness has led some to argue that syntactic parsing is largely an illusion, and that incremental comprehension is more heuristic, shallow, and semantics-based than is often assumed. However, the available data are also consistent with the possibility that humans always perform rule-like symbolic parsing and simply deploy error correction mechanisms to reconstruct ill-formed inputs when needed. We put these hypotheses to a new stringent test by examining brain responses to a) stimuli that should pose a challenge for syntactic reconstruction but allow for complex meanings to be built within local contexts through associative/shallow processing (sentences presented in a backward word order), and b) grammatically well-formed but semantically implausible sentences that should impede semantics-based heuristic processing. Using a novel behavioral syntactic reconstruction paradigm, we demonstrate that backward-presented sentences indeed impede the recovery of grammatical structure during incremental comprehension. Critically, these backward-presented stimuli elicit a relatively low response in the language areas, as measured with fMRI. In contrast, semantically implausible but grammatically well-formed sentences elicit a response in the language areas similar in magnitude to naturalistic (plausible) sentences. In other words, the ability to build syntactic structures during incremental language processing is both necessary and sufficient to fully engage the language network. Taken together, these results provide strongest to date support for a generalized reliance of human language comprehension on syntactic parsing.

A Study on the Problems and Prospects of Green Marketing in India

Abstract: Environmentalism has fast emerged as a worldwide phenomenon. Economic forces practicing green marketing strategies to respond the problems and issues of environmental challenges. Many consumers now display concern about environmental deterioration. Increasingly often they ask how much impact a product will have on the environment during its lifespan or during its disposal. This is the major impetus for green products and green marketing. Based on the data collected through a various literatures and studies, the paper makes an assessment of the extent of the problems and prospects of green marketing in India and lists implications of the study findings for the government and non-governmental organizations engaged in marketing of green ideas and products in the country. In the concluding section, suggestions provided for undertaking more thorough investigations in the area.

A REVIEW OF GREEN POLICY FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

Environmental problems and the destruction of nature have been seen as one of the most important problems faced by humans and all other species. Since the rise of industrial capitalism, environmental problems have continued to be relevant. Accordantly, industrialization has been the absolute root of evil for green politics. In other words, the critique of industrialization represents the theme of the green movement. Green politics with anti-industrialism shapes itself over principles such as ecological limits of growth, contentment with less, reduction of consumption and population, respect for nature, generic justice, decentralization, rejection of discrimination, ecologically conscious citizens, creating projections of green ideals on daily life, small-scale technology and topicality. Green idea which was previously limited to environment and nature protectionism, has radicalized and developed its own depictions of "heaven" with green society imaginations which is in a sense an inherent feature of ideologies. On the other hand, green politics differs from other ideologies by putting the nature to the point of its vision and action. The Green movement, which accelerated its institutionalization activities at the end of the twentieth century, reached remarkable voting rates, especially in European countries, and succeeded in creating a universal public opinion on the issues that it could bend the policies. Since then green formations and contents have been observed in Turkey as well. However, ecological trends have lagged behind the development targets from right to left of the political spectrum.

Impact of green finance on carbon emissions and spatial spillover effects: Empirical evidence from China

Green finance is a financial innovation that directs capital allocation towards green industries. How will this affect regional carbon emissions? Based on the data on green finance and carbon emissions of 30 provinces in China from 2008 to 2019, this paper employs a multivariate linear regression model and a spatial econometric model to empirically study the impact of green finance on carbon emissions. The results find that (1) green finance significantly reduces provincial carbon emissions, specifically through promoting a cleaner energy structure and an advanced industrial structure, as well as improving the quality of green innovation. (2) Heterogeneity exists between regions. In eastern regions and areas characterized by high levels of marketization and minimal fiscal pressure, the role of green finance in promoting provincial carbon emission reduction is more pronounced. (3) Spatial econometric analysis found that green finance has a significant spatial spillover effect on carbon reduction in adjacent regions. Specifically, the flow of green resources and green ideas between provinces facilitates the formation of regional radiation, while green competition generates a siphon effect on neighboring regions. These findings provide some meaningful policy implications to achieve China's dual-carbon goal by promoting green finance.

Study on Characteristics and Factors of Secondary School Students' Green Consumption Behavior from The Perspective of Green Education

As the society pays more and more attention to environmental protection and sustainable development of, green education has gradually become an important topic in the field of education. This study addresses the impact of green education on secondary school students' green thinking and behavior in depth. Using a questionnaire survey, this study finds that formal green education in schools helps to motivate secondary school students to pay extra for purchasing environmentally friendly products, and reinforces the green idea of "reuse, reuse many times". Informal green education helps secondary school students to establish the idea of "green living and eco-friendly shopping". In addition, there is no significant difference between the choices of green behaviors of secondary school students in public and private settings, and there is no significant difference between the choices of green behaviors of secondary school students in public and private settings. These findings are of great theoretical value in understanding the influence of green education on secondary school students' green thinking and behavior.

A Study on Enhancing Sustainability in Circular Supply Chains through Green Innovations

Redefining product and service lifecycles with eco-friendly and sustainable processes, circular supply chains are green breakthroughs. Minimising waste, environmental effect, and resource efficiency are its goals. In a circular supply chain, green innovations can include product design that facilitates recycling or reuse, process improvements that reduce energy consumption and emissions, logistics solutions that optimise transportation for lower carbon footprints, and service innovations that promote sustainability. These green ideas improve supply chain efficiency and competitiveness while helping the environment. Businesses may reconcile economic growth and environmental stewardship by rethinking and rebuilding linear supply models into circular and sustainable ones, paving the way for a more sustainable future. This study examines how green innovations affect circular supply chains in Andhra Pradesh's durable goods industry. It analyses how product, process, logistical, and service green innovation improves supply chain efficiency. The quantitative research uses structured surveys to obtain data from 150 industry professionals and customers. Convenience sampling was used to acquire varied supply chain performance metrics responses. SPSS is used for rigorous regression analysis in the study. This method lets you study how green innovation affects circular supply chain performance. All green innovations improve supply chain efficiency, but green service innovation has the greatest benefit. This research provides strong evidence for green innovations in durable goods industry circular supply networks. The study emphasises ecologically friendly product creation, logistics, service delivery, and process management.

From Green Ideas to Green Savings: Assessing the Financial Impact of Green Innovations on Audit Fees

Green innovation is an important approach to achieving ecologically sustainable development. However, the paradox surrounding enterprises’ willingness to engage in green innovation persists in discussions. Using a sample of listed firms from 2010–2021 in the Chinese A-shares market, this study analyzed the impact of green innovation diversity on audit fees and the underlying mechanisms involved. Our findings reveal that (1) a higher green innovation diversity is associated with a reduction in external audit fees; (2) green innovation diversity impacts audit fees through information transparency and corporate environmental performance; and (3) the effect of green innovation diversity on audit fees is more pronounced in firms with lower scales, higher government subsidies, and lower pollution intensity. These findings provide valuable insights into promoting firms’ engagement in green innovation activities and shed light on the challenges faced by audit firms when assessing and auditing green innovation.

Preparation and properties of 5 at.% Er3+: SrF2 transparent ceramics by cold sintering

SrF2 transparent ceramics are frequently utilized as gain materials for solid-state lasers because of their excellent optical properties. In this paper, 5 at.% Er3+: SrF2 nanoparticles were synthesized by chemical coprecipination method, and 5 at.% Er3+: SrF2 transparent ceramics were prepared in one step by cold sintering process, and their microstructure and optical properties were studied. The results indicate that Er3+:SrF2 transparent ceramics prepared at 300 °C and 468 MPa exhibit a dense structure, uniform particle size, and excellent transmittance. The average visible range transmittance of the sample is 48.59%, while the transmittance at 1100 nm reaches up to 76.94%. Moreover, this sintering process requires a temperature that is lower by as much as 500 °C compared to traditional methods. In addition, green emission (about 540 nm) and red emission (about 660 nm) of 2H11/2、4S3/2 → 4I15/2 and 4F9/2 → 4I15/2 transitions were observed in the visible range of the 375 nm laser excitation. It provides a novel and green idea for the preparation of Er: SrF2 transparent ceramics at ultra-low temperature.

Influence of eco‐product innovation and firm reputation on corporate social responsibility and competitive advantage: A mediation‐moderation analysis

Eco‐product innovation is a response to environmental legislation and social responsibility movements. Established agricultural manufacturers must figure out how to use green ideas and reputation to compete for business excellence. This study adopted a knowledge‐based approach to examine corporate social responsibility and competitive advantage. This study also examined how eco‐product innovation and reputation affect firms' competitive advantage. The proposed model was tested on 427 Nigerian agro‐allied manufacturers using causal pathways and structural equation modeling. Business competition is directly and indirectly affected by corporate social responsibility, eco‐product innovations, and firm reputation. Additionally, eco‐product innovation partially mediated the nexus between corporate social responsibility and competitive advantage, while reputation moderated the influence of eco‐product innovation. The findings suggest that manufacturers pursuing green initiatives should strive to participate in an eco‐friendly competition and deal with policy pressures in order to meet environmental standards. Overall, this study adds the environment and business competition to the idea of innovation.

Role of green technologies in enhancing the efficiency of natural resources

Considering the 25 countries with the worst situation in the field of natural resource depletion, this paper evaluates the relationship between green technologies and the effectiveness of using natural resources from 2010 to 2021. The findings confirmed that the green technology index does not significantly impact resource efficiency in African countries (Congo, Gabon, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana) and Colombia. For other countries, this variable has positive and significant coefficients. It can also be concluded that for countries with a high-income level (such as Kazakhstan, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia), the green technology variable has a more significant positive coefficient than those with a low-income level. The paper recommends practical policies like diversifying the national economy, green foreign direct investment, strengthening the knowledge-based economy, and government support for commercializing green ideas.

SIMPLE SENTENCE IN A·WE

A·we is the standard variety of the A·chik language also known as A·chikku which is also commonly known as the Garo language. The Garo language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Since Syntax involves arranging words to create logical phrases, clauses, and sentences, simple sentence is an important part of syntax and thus knowing about the simple sentence in A·we forms the basis of writing correct sentences in this variety of the Garo language. Noam Chomsky, the famous Linguist used the phrase, “ colorless green ideas sleep furiously’ in his book, Syntactic Structures (1957) as an example of a sentence which is syntactically and grammatically correct because it has the correct word order and the verb is consistent with the subject but is semantically incorrect. Chomsky (1957) thus illustrates that the rules governing syntax are different from the meaning conveyed by words. We can observe that there are subject and predicate in a simple sentence in language, which is the same for A·we. It is not essential that a simple sentence must be a short sentence and it is also possible to write a simple sentence if there is only one predicate used with a number of subjects to make a long sentence. Such sentences are still called a simple sentence. In this paper, we will discuss some classification of simple sentence in A·we which will further contribute to the study of syntax in A·we as well as aid in constructing proper sentences in the language.

GREEN CONCEPTS AND MATERIAL FLOW COST ACCOUNTING APPLICATIONS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY: APPROACH FOR COMPANY SUSTAINABILITY

Cosmetic items and medical supplies work together to provide community with effective management of medical concerns. Manufacturers begin the management of cosmetic products and pharmaceuticals within the parameters of the market and ethical business practises. The purpose of this study was to implement green ideas and MFCA at Al-Mansour Pharmaceuticals & Medical Supplies & Beauty in Iraq and also find out the impacts on the company's sustainability in terms of various aspects. Multiple regression models were employed via SPSS 23. The research revealed that findings led to the formulation of a variety of managerial implications for preserving the integrity of the company sustainability scale, including recommendations for improving manufacturing process capability.

Research on Self-Developed Children’s Epidemic Prevention Picture Nooks, Related Teaching Aids and Anti-Epidemic Objects

Situational picture books and teaching aids were created with epidemic prevention as the main focus of this research. Through the invention patent and design patent, this product was exhibited in the Green Idea International Invention Competition and won the bronze medal. The design concept included “mask knowledge and etiquette”, “healthy eating knowledge”, “correct steps to wash hands”, and “epidemic precautions” to make small anti-epidemic items, namely “mask creative shape stickers”, “mask pocket bags”, and “mask creative shape stickers”. There were small stickers with eyes, mouths, and ears in the shape of small animals designed to be attached to the mask to increase children’s interest and willingness to wear them. The “Mask Carrying Bag” allowed children to store masks and avoid losing them after use. After the production of teaching aids, the quantitative research was completed, and the data from 100 research subjects confirmed reliability and validity through a questionnaire survey. Then, 34 education and security personnel were invited as research subjects to conduct pre-and post-tests. Through the dependent sample t-test, the effectiveness of research and development products was validated. The results showed that situational picture books, related teaching aids, and anti-epidemic objects were significantly better than traditional epidemic prevention teaching aids in improving children’s hand-eye coordination, promoting children’s interpersonal interaction, completing storage, promoting parent-child interaction, and practicality.

Spiritual Leadership and Green Creativity: A Multilevel Analysis

The current research examines the influence of spiritual leadership on green creativity via the mediating mechanism of green knowledge-sharing by supporting social learning theory. Leaders with spiritual traits can create green knowledge sharing that leads to green employee creativity. Rationally, this research follows the mechanism of post-positivism. Therefore a quantitative methodology is applied. Time-delayed survey administration and deductive approach are applied for theory development. Multilevel data is collected from 405 employees working in Pakistani universities and hospitals. Multilevel pathway analysis is implemented by using Mplus. Our research established a statistically positive influence of spiritual leadership on green knowledge-sharing, which increases green creativity. Our study provides various practical and managerial consequences where organizations can intentionally emphasize and concentrate on employees' green creativity to save the environment through employees' implementation of green ideas.

ГРАНТИ ПРОГРАМИ ДІЙ ЩОДО НАВКОЛИШНЬОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА ТА КЛІМАТУ ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКОЇ КОМІСІЇ «LIFE»

The article presents one of the largest programs of the European Commission – the Environment and Climate Action Program of the European Commission "LIFE". Its advantages and destinations are demonstrated. It is emphasized that the main goals of the program are: to help make the transition to a more sustainable, cyclical, energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and sustainable economy; protect, restore and improve our environment; stop and reverse the loss of diversity; stop the degradation of ecosystems by managing and strengthening the Natura 2000 network, thus contributing to sustainable development; encourage and support green ideas from both large and small companies, nongovernmental organizations, public authorities, citizen and academic groups, etc. The article analyzes the peculiarities of attracting financial instruments of the European Commission’s "LIFE" Environmental and Climate Action Program. representatives from Ukraine. The possibility of attracting grant resources by public or private legal entities in Ukraine in partnership with organizations from the countries of the European Union and associated in the Program has been demonstrated. Having analyzed all its directions, which are relevant for Ukraine, it can be concluded that some grant recipients have the opportunity to attract grant instruments of the European Commission for the implementation of environmental and climate projects and initiatives. If they are the most effective opportunities of the "LIFE" program in the period of its implementation until 2027, then this will not only contribute to the transition of the Ukrainian state to a sustainable, cyclical, energy-based, renewable energy sources, climate-neutral and sustainable economy, the introduction of ecological or climate-friendly strategies and action plans on a regional, multi-regional, national or transnational scale, but will also strengthen cooperation with strategic partners and strengthen international ties to protect, restore and improve the environment, as well as stop the loss of biodiversity.

Impact of Green Human Resource Management on Sustainable Performance

The major purpose of Green Human Resource Management is to create a workforce that recognizes, values, and implements green ideas while upholding the company's green goal in the Human Resource Management practice of hiring, selecting, training, developing, rewarding, and promoting the human capital of the company. Two key elements of green HR are the protection of intellectual capital and eco-friendly Human Resource practices. Numerous academics have examined the value of green HRM in fostering an environmentally conscious mindset among employees, although this area of study is still in its infancy. Businesses now place a higher priority on environmental management and green management, and they have aligned their goals and tactics to reflect this. As a result of the realities of corporate globalization, the economy has changed from a traditional banking and economic structure to a more modern, capacity-based one. In other words, it takes both environmental economics and environmental management into account. Green human resource management, which has received a lot of attention in corporate organizations, may be used effectively to maintain green workplaces and green practices, which will help to green organizational culture. For businesses to achieve their environmental objectives, such as going green, green HRM is a crucial strategic tool. The results of this study indicate that practices like green hiring have an impact on the sustainable performance of both public and commercial healthcare organizations. Data were acquired using a quantitative research approach. 200 persons, including representatives of both public and private healthcare services, participated in the survey. Partial least squares-structural equation modelling was used to analyze the data. Hiring green candidates benefits the performance of the environment, the economy, and society as a whole. This research benefits organizations by assisting them in applying GHRM techniques that support organizations in every way. Additionally, this research will be helpful to policymakers because it will provide them a better understanding of how to promote GHRM practices and improve organizational sustainability.

The ecofascist legacy of the Nazis: Historical roots of far right ecologies

Aside from its unique historical path in regard to racism/nationalism and the protection of nature, Germany has also an original character in how it associates these concepts. Observing a concern with environmental protection/sensitiveness and the most terrifying political/racist regime ever witnessed in the same geography, and the establishment of a theoretical interface between the two, is a matter of considerable concern. While it can be concluded that environmentalism and fascism were in a complex alignment, the conclusion drawn after questioning and analyzing the nature of the alignment is rather different. This paper focuses on the environmental history of green ideas in far-right politics through a discussion of the historical ‘legacy’ and development of the fascist ideology and practice, namely the Nazi ideology and political period. Taking into consideration that Germany historically followed a unique path toward the concepts of racism/nationalism, and nature protection/environmental ‘sensitivity’ that reverberated within the Nazi Ecology, both theoretically and in practice, their scrutiny becomes vital if we are to understand the nature of the far-right thinking that leads today’s political parties, ideologies, social movements and political ecologies. This paper intends to focus on the environmental history of green ideas in far-right politics by discussing the historical ‘legacy’ and process of fascist ideology and practice, namely the Nazi ideology and reign, Taking into consideration that Germany historically offers an original path of associating concepts of racism/nationalism, and nature protection/environmental ‘sensitivity’ which was reverberated by the Nazi Ecology through both theoretical and practical senses; the quest of scrutinizing them becomes more vital than ever so that today’s far-right thinking that leads political parties, ideologies, social movements and political ecologies can be better understood and approached.

The use of activated bio-carbon derived from “Posidonia oceanica” sea-waste for Lithium-Sulfur batteries development

Lithium-Sulfur Batteries is promising energy storage systems due to their superior capacity and energy density. A promising solution for drawbacks such as low sulfur utilization and cycling stability is the use of porous carbon as sulfur carrier. On the other hand, cyclic economy and green ideas is of great importance nowadays. Carbon-sulfur cathodes from waste valorization, abundant, and low-cost precursors is an attractive approach. Herein, an activated carbon (AC-Poc) derived from “Posidonia oceanica” sea-waste, was studied as a matrix for the development of a novel carbon–sulfur composite cathode (AC-Poc/S) for the first time. AC-Poc can be used as an effective sulfur host, due to its high specific BET surface area (1264 m2∙g−1) hierarchical porous structure, and total pore volume 0.81 cm3∙g−1. AC-Poc/S reveals an outstanding initial capacity of 1539 mAh∙g−1 as cathode material, combined with high reversible capacity at 0.2 C. Furthermore, the discharge capacity of 390 mAh/g at 2 C reveals good rate capability, even at increased C-rate. AC-Poc/S composite exhibits excellent sulfur utilization (92 %) alongside with sufficiently well electrochemical performance. These results combined with the easy synthesis method of the activated carbon from an abundant and low-cost precursor make AC-Poc/S a very promising material for LSBs applications.

EDITORIAL: A call to strengthen eco-innovation using indigenous resources and waste products

Waste is often taken for granted, as a broad category, which encompasses materials we no longer need. Another category of waste would be local resources that we have hitherto not found use for. Although waste management has always existed, recent studies seem to suggest that waste management needs to be addressed principally in poorer countries, given that since the 1970s the developed world has promoted techniques and policies to tackle waste (Jgensen, 2013) and has also advanced innovative measures and practices often associated with green ideas and care for the environment. However, waste management associated with indigenous practices have long been in existence in Africa. For example, according to Solomon et al. (2016) the old use of ash and recycled material to make the soil fertile among indigenous groups in Liberia and Ghana, West Africa, has been ignored (Salim et. al., 2018). The concept of innovation refers to a broad guiding principle that mobilizes science and technology in the service of the goals of national development. Today as a favourite concept eco-innovation is developing new ideas, promoting new operations, products, and processes to protect the environment, thus obtaining environmental sustainability. Worldwide, eco-innovation is one of the leading strategies to promote resource and energy efficiency and create a low carbon society. Some of the articles published in this regular edition support the eco-innovation principle, which imagines resources with a life cycle perspective, they consider all phases of the product life cycle, from the extraction of raw materials through material processing, manufacturing, distribution, use, repair and maintenance to disposal or re-use. From the outcome of the publications in this edition, it is recommended that eco-innovative research should be fostered through strategic investment in exploiting local resources and waste products for home grown solutions to sustainable development challenges. This provides opportunities to improve resource management and ensure the reuse of waste or prevent waste by developing indigenous resources