Sustainable Development and Green Technology

Sustainable Development and Green Technology

Most expansively recognized definition of sustainable development was given by the Brundtland Report, released by the United Nations in 1987. The definition avows that:  "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." [1] Sustainable Development calls attention to an approach of human maturation in which resource utilization points at satisfying human want while entrenching the sustainability of natural arrangements and environment. Despite its huge vogue in late 20^th century, the notion of sustainable development proved arduous to apply in several cases, chiefly because of the indelible outcomes of the sustainability scrutinizes confide in the distinct resources directed upon. The complexity of human want has overwrought Mother Nature to a very precarious ambit, due to which the whole concept of sustainability looks a distant star in which human development might backslide to fulfill its own needs, leaving the future generations in a state of mirage. To combat this dilemma, green technology equips the human race with an impeccable weapon to bring innovation and changes in daily life of similar magnitude to the information and industrial technology explosion over the last couple of centuries. The field of green technology besets a progressively educing faction of methods and materials, from techniques to engender energy to innocuous cleaning products. The preeminent objective of green technology is to evolve substitutes to technologies- whether fossil fuels or chemical intensive agriculture that have been manifested to impair health and the ambiance. Perhaps the most indispensable concern for green technology encompasses the advancements of alternative fuels, state-of-the-art means of developing energy and energy sufficiency. The authors through this paper conclude that the human race neglects most of the issues pertinent to the interests of environment making it a small player in the multi dollar industrial growth but to which it is a major contributor.

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1.     [1] World Commission on Environment and Development."Our Common Future, Chapter 2: Towards Sustainable Development". Un-documents.net. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

Important days and Sobriquets

27 January	Important Days International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust	A/RES/60/7
FEBRUARY
4 February	World Cancer Day [WHO]	—
6 February	International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [WHO]	—
13 February	World Radio Day [UNESCO]	—
20 February	World Day of Social Justice	A/RES/62/10
21 February	International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]	A/RES/56/262 30C/62
MARCH
8 March	International Women's Day	—
20 March	International Day of Happiness	A/RES/66/281
21 March	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	A/RES/2142 (XXI)
21 March	World Poetry Day [UNESCO]	—
21 March	International Day of Nowruz	A/RES/64/253
21 March	World Down Syndrome Day	A/RES/66/149 draft A/C.3/66/L.27
21 March	International Day of Forests and the Tree	A/RES/67/200
22 March	World Water Day	A/RES/47/193
23 March	World Meteorological Day  [WMO]	WMO/EC-XII/Res.6
24 March	World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]	WMO/EC-XII/Res.6
24 March	International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims	A/RES/65/196
25 March	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	A/RES/62/122
25 March	International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members	—
APRIL
2 April	World Autism Awareness Day	A/RES/62/139
4 April	International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action	A/RES/60/97
6 April	International Day of Sport for Development and Peace	A/67/L.77 (draft)
7 April	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide	—
7 April	World Health Day [WHO]	WHA/A.2/Res.35
12 April	International Day of Human Space Flight	A/RES/65/271
22 April	International Mother Earth Day	A/RES/63/278
23 April	World Book and Copyright Day	Resolution 3.18 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference
23 April	English Language Day	—
25 April	World Malaria Day [WHO]	—
26 April	World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]	—
28 April	World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]	—
29 April	Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare	—
30 April	International Jazz Day	—
MAY
3 May	World Press Freedom Day	A/DEC/48/432
8-9 May	Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	A/RES/59/26
11-12 May	World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]	—
15 May	International Day of Families	A/RES/47/237
17 May	World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU]	A/RES/60/252
21 May	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development	A/RES/57/249
22 May	International Day for Biological Diversity	A/RES/55/201
23 May	International Day to End Obstetric Fistula	A/RES/67/147
24 May	"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon	A/RES/54/115
29 May	International Day of UN Peacekeepers	A/RES/57/129
31 May	World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]	Resolution 42.19 of the 42nd session of WHO
JUNE
1 June	Global Day of Parents	A/RES/66/292
4 June	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression	A/RES/ES-7/8
5 June	World Environment Day [UNEP]	A/RES/2994 (XXVII)
8 June	World Oceans Day	A/RES/63/111
12 June	World Day Against Child Labour	—
14 June	World Blood Donor Day [WHO]	WHA58.13
15 June	World Elder Abuse Awareness Day	A/RES/66/127
17 June	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	A/RES/49/115
20 June	World Refugee Day	A/RES/55/76
23 June	United Nations Public Service Day	A/RES/57/277
23 June	International Widows' Day	A/RES/65/189
25 June	Day of the Seafarer [IMO]	STCW/CONF.2/DC.4
26 June	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking	A/RES/42/112
26 June	United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	A/RES/52/149
JULY
6 July (First Saturday in July)	International Day of Cooperatives	A/RES/47/90
11 July	World Population Day	UNDP decision 89/46
18 July	Nelson Mandela International Day	A/RES/64/13
28 July	World Hepatitis Day [WHO]	—
30 July	International Day of Friendship	A/RES/65/275
AUGUST
9 August	International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples	A/RES/49/214
12 August	International Youth Day	A/RES/54/120
19 August	World Humanitarian Day	A/RES/63/139
23 August	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]	Decision 8.2 of the 150th session of the UNESCO Executive Board
29 August	International Day against Nuclear Tests	A/RES/64/35
30 August	International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances	A/RES/65/209
SEPTEMBER
5 September	International Day of Charity	A/RES/67/105 draft A/67/L.45
8 September	International Literacy Day [UNESCO]	Resolution 1.141 of the 14th session of the UNESCO General Conference
10 September	World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO]	—
12 September	United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation	A/RES/58/220
15 September	International Day of Democracy	A/RES/62/7
16 September	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	A/RES/49/114
21 September	International Day of Peace	A/RES/36/67 A/RES/55/282
26 September (Last week of September)	World Maritime Day [IMO]	IMCO/C XXXVIII/21
27 September	World Tourism Day [UNWTO]	—
28 September	World Rabies Day [WHO]	—
OCTOBER
1 October	International Day of Older Persons	A/RES/45/106
2 October	International Day of Non-Violence	A/RES/61/271
5 October	World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]	UNESCOPRESSE, vol.4, no.17, p.9
7 October (First Monday in October)	World Habitat Day	A/RES/40/202 A
9 October	World Post Day	UPU/Tokyo Congress 1969/Res.C.11
10 October	World Mental Health Day [WHO]	—
10 October(Second Thursday in October)	World Sight Day [WHO]	—
11 October	International Day of the Girl Child	A/RES/66/170
13 October	International Day for Disaster Reduction	A/RES/44/236 A/RES/64/200
15 October	International Day of Rural Women	A/RES/62/136
16 October	World Food Day [FAO]	A/RES/35/70
17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	A/RES/47/196
24 October	United Nations Day	A/RES/168 (II)A/RES/2782 (XXVI)
24 October	World Development Information Day	A/RES/3038 (XXVII)
27 October	World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]	—
NOVEMBER
6 November	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	A/RES/56/4
10 November	World Science Day for Peace and Development[UNESCO]	—
12 November	World Pneumonia Day [WHO]	—
14 November	World Diabetes Day [WHO]	A/RES/61/225
16 November	International Day for Tolerance	Resolution 5.61 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference A/RES/51/95
16 November	World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day[WHO]	—
18 November (Third Sunday in November)	World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims[WHO]	A/RES/60/5
19 November	World Toilet Day	A/67/L.75 (draft)
20 November	Universal Children’s Day	—
20 November	Africa Industrialization Day	A/RES/44/237
21 November (Third Thursday in November)	World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]	—
21 November	World Television Day	A/RES/51/205
25 November	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women	A/RES/54/134
29 November	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	A/RES/32/40B
DECEMBER
1 December	World AIDS Day	—
2 December	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery	—
3 December	International Day of Persons with Disabilities	A/RES/47/3
5 December	International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development	A/RES/40/212
7 December	International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO]	A/RES/51/33
9 December	International Anti-Corruption Day	A/RES/58/4
10 December	Human Rights Day	A/RES/423 (V)
11 December	International Mountain Day	A/RES/57/245
18 December	International Migrants Day	A/RES/55/93
20 December	International Human Solidarity Day	A/RES/60/209

 Sobriquets

PLACES

·                     Which is the Granite City?                      -Aberdeen, Scotland

·                     Which is the Dark Continent?                 -Africa

·                     Which is the City of the Golden Temple? Amritsar, India

·                     Which is the Land of the Golden Fleece? Australia

·                     Which is the Land of the Kangaroo?         Australia

·                     Which is the Island of Pearls?                   Banrain

·                     Which is the Garden City of India?            Bangalore

·                     Which is the Cockpit of Europe?               Belgium

·                     Which is the White City?                           Belgrade, Yugoslavia

·                     Which is the Gateway of India?                Bombay

·                     Which is known as the the Great White 

             Way?                                                        Broadway, NewYork

·                     Which is known as the Land of the 

            Golden Pagoda?                                       Burma(Myanmar)

·                     Which is known as the City of Palaces?   Kolkata

·                     Which is the Land of Lilies?                      Canada

·                     Which is the Land of Maple?                     Canada

·                     Which is the Windy City?                          Chicago, USA

·                     Which is the Venice of East?                     Alappuzha

·                     Which is the Queen of Arabian Sea?        Cochin, India

·                     Which is the Pearl of the Antilles?             Cuba

·                     Which is the Gift of Nile?                           Egypt

·                     Which is the Land of Thousand Lakes?    Finland

·                     Which is known as The Emerald Island?  Ireland

·                     Which is the Island of Pearls?                   Bahrain

·                     Which is the Sugar Bowl of the World?     Cuba

·                     Which is known as the Land of Rising 

            Sun?                                                           Japan

·                     Which is the Hermit Kingdom?                   Korea

·                     Which is the port of five Seas?                  Moscow

·                     Which is the Land of Canals?                    Netherlands

·                     Which is the Empire City?                          New York

·                     Which is the Land of White Elephant?       Thailand

·                     Which is the Sick Man of Europe?             Turkey

·                     Which is the Queen of the Adriatic?           Venice

·                     Which is the Island of Cloves?                   Zanzibar

·                     Which is the Venice of the North?              Stockholm

·                     Which is the City of the Golden Gate?       San Francisco

·                     Which is the City of Seven Hills?               Rome

·                     Which is the City of Brotherly Love?          Philadelphia

·                     Which is the City of Dreaming Spires?      Oxford

·                     Which is the Land of Windmills?                Netherlands

·                     Which is the Land of the Canals?              Netherlands

·                     Which is the Land of Thunderbolt?            Bhutan

·                     Which is the Holy Land?                            Palestine

·                     Which is Land of Humming Bird?              Trinidad

·                     Which is the Rose Pink City?                    Jaipur

·                     Which is the playground of Europe?         Switzerland

·                     Which is the Diamond City in India?         Surat, Gujarat

LAKES/OCEANS/SEA

·                     Which is known as The Herring Pond?     Atlantic Ocean

·                     Which is known as the Sorrow of China? River Hwang Ho

PERSONS

·                     Who is known as Frontier Gandhi?           Abdul Gaffar Khan

·                     Who is known as Fuhrer?                         Adolf Hitler

·                     Who is known as Lokmanya?                   Bal Gangadhar Tilak

·                     Who is known as Deenabandhu?             C F Andrews

·                     Who is known as Anna?                           C N Annadurai

·                     Who is known as Rajaji?                           C Rajagopalachari

·                     Who is the Grand Old Man of India?         Dadabhai Naoroji

·                     Who is the Iron Duke?                              Duke of Wellington

·                     Who is known as Ike?                               Dwight David

·                     Who is known as the King Maker?           Eisenhower Earl of Warwick

·                     Who is known as Desert Fox?                  Erwin Rommel

·                     Who is the Lady with the Lamp?              Florence Nightingale

·                     Who is El Cauclillo?                                 Francisco Franco

·                     Who is the known as Chacha?                 Jawaharlal Nehru

·                     Who is known as Loknayak?                    Jayaprakash Narayan

·                     Who is known as Maid of Orleans?          Joan of Arc

·                     Who is known as Man of Peace?             Lal Bahadur Shastri

·                     Who is known as Punjab Kesari?             Lala Lajpat Rai

·                     Who is the Father of the Nation?              Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

·                     Who is known as Guruji?                          M S Gohlwalkar

·                     Who is Man of Destiny?                            Napolean Bonaparte

·                     Who is Man of Blood and Iron?                Otto Von Bismark

·                     Who is known as Gurudev?                      Rabindranath Tagore

·                     Who is the Nightingale of India?               Sarojini Naidu

·                     Who is known as Netaji?                          Subhash Chandra Bose

·                     Who is the Wizard of the North?              Walter Scott

·                     Who is the Grand Old Man of Britain?     Willian Ewart Glandstone