Category Archives: Sustainable Development

SEA as Sustainability Mainstreaming and Planning Tool in Jordan

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Seeking to find its own recipe for sustainability planning, Jordan is piloting Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool for planning and managing development zones or special economic areas. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a systematic process for evaluating the environmental consequences of proposed policy, strategy or master plan in order to ensure they are fully included and appropriately addressed at the earliest appropriate stage of decision-making on par with economic and social consideration. Using a unique model, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has prepared Strategic Environmental Assessment and Strategic Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) for the Dead Sea Development Zone which was … Continue reading →

النفايات مصدر

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القراءة المتوالية في بحث وتوصيف اختصاصات ومسؤوليات المجالس البلدية ومعالجة القواعد القانونية المنظمة لها أثارت اهتمام المتابعين لما جرى نشره من موضوعات في صفحتنا على الانستغرام، وان ذلك الاهتمام يدعم الاهداف والمقاصد التي تبنيناها في تبصير المجتمع بقضايا المجالس البلدية واختصاصاتها كمنصة مهمة تجسد في جوهر مهامها قيمة مجتمعية، وينبغي ان تكون فاعلة في صون الحقوق والمصالح الاجتماعية بمختلف اتجاهاتها المعيشية والاسكانية والاجتماعية والاقتصادية والبيئية والحضرية. الاهتمام الذي لمسناه من المتابعين لهذه الموضوعات يجسد الصحوة الاجتماعية في الاهتمام بكفاءة العضو البلدي واختيار الانسب الذي يحقق مصالح المجتمع، كما ان معالجاتنا لمشكلة النفايات والاهمية الاستراتيجية للمجالس البلدية في ايجاد الحلول العملية … Continue reading →

Environmental Education: Key to a Better Future

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Tomorrow’s leaders need to be equipped for tomorrow’s challenges, and we must adequately prepare our children for the future they will inherit. As climate change is being felt across the globe and its long term catastrophic impacts have never been so scientifically clear, environmental education is the key to a better future. In an era where more and more children are disconnected from nature, we should recognize the importance of making a real investment in environmental education and outdoor learning. Studies have shown environmental education engages students in learning, raising test scores, and encouraging youth to pursue career in environmental and … Continue reading →

Rediscovering the Natural World – The Islamic Approach

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Today more than half the world’s population live in cities. Our increasingly urban lives have ensured an almost total disconnection from the natural world to the extent that it is not uncommon to meet children who believe that milk originates in plastic supermarket cartons. It is as well to be conscious of this as much is left out in their education, both religious and secular, to the extent that we are continuing to cause irreparable harm to the Earth. Muslims are no exception to this, having also adopted urban lifestyles and modern modes of living that reveal an almost complete … Continue reading →

أنسنة العمارة – بعيون معمارية أردنية

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عبر شوارع اللوبيدة (في عمان – الأردن) العابقة برائحة الياسمين، وجدت طريقي إلى ستوديو عبير صيقلي، في منزل قديم يعكس الهوية الأصيلة والملهمة للأردن. عبير صيقلي هي معمارية أردنية شابة برزت مؤخرا على  العديد من المنصات الإعلامية المحلية والعالمية بسبب ابتكارها “حياكة منزل weaving a home” والذي رشح لجائزة LEXUS Design  2012. تأثيرالتعليم والمعرفة المحلية تتأثر افضل كليات الهندسة المعمارية في الوطن العربي الى حد كبير بالتوجهات  العالمية في مجالي البيئة المبنية والاستدامة. ولسوء الحظ فان المراجع العربية مهملة بشكل كبير في عملية التدريس. ان التفكير الحديث حول البيئة المبنية وعلاقتها مع الناس والطبيعة تعتمد بشكل اساسي على التطبيقات الرقمية … Continue reading →

Top 3 Trends in Environmental Sustainability

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Environmental sustainability occupies an increasingly important position on the corporate agenda around the world. The major ingredients of environmental sustainability are elimination of waste and emissions, maximizing energy efficiency and productivity and minimizing practices that may adversely affect utilization of natural resources by coming generations. More and more companies are realizing the importance of environmental initiatives in business development and brand promotion. Decrease in energy and raw material usage combined with reduced emissions and waste generation can tackle a host of environmental challenges facing the world. Leading IT companies, like Microsoft, Adobe, Apple and Google, are investing in renewable sources of … Continue reading →