Download or read book Nanotechnology Toward the Sustainocene written by Thomas Alured Faunce and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the sustainability of our world is being endangered or destroyed by the misguided activities of artificial human entities, real people have begun to expand their moral sympathies sufficiently to prioritize protecting our world’s interests. They have developed a new technology—nanotechnology—that has the potential to advance human society toward a period of long-term sustainability, termed "the Sustainocene." This book comprises chapters by experts in various fields of nanotechnology and in related areas of governance under the theme of how nanotechnology can assist in the creation of the Sustainocene. The book will appeal to anyone involved in nanotechnology, macromolecular science, public policy related to sustainability, renewable energy, and climate change.
Download or read book Nanotechnology Toward the Sustainocene written by Thomas Alured Faunce and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the sustainability of our world is being endangered or destroyed by the misguided activities of artificial human entities, real people have begun to expand their moral sympathies sufficiently to prioritize protecting our world's interests. They have developed a new technology-nanotechnology-that has the potential to advance human society towa
Download or read book Split by Sun written by Tom Faunce and published by World Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FUTURE EARTH IN WHICH EVERY ROAD AND BUILDING UTILISES NANOTECHNOLOGY TO MAKE CLEAN FUEL, FOOD AND FERTILISER JUST FROM WATER, SUN AND AIR. When agent Jean Moulin investigates the mysterious connections between a murdered woman in Hampstead and assassination attempts on the President of the Whole Earth Council, he's led back to the origins of the Global Synthetic Photosynthesis Project in Namibia as well as the forces that wish to destroy it and its visionary eco-gendered founder. Split by Sun is a witty and poetic novel that explores whether humanity is meant to globally deploy a solar energy technology to progress enforceable rights of ecosystems, electronic citizen voting on laws, the marriage of corporations to public goods, community-scale industry, the abolition of war and nuclear weapons, the facilitation of universal basic income, healthcare and education and the replacement of religion with widespread experience of unitive consciousness.
Download or read book Nanotechnology for a Sustainable World written by Thomas Faunce and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does humanity have a moral obligation to emphasise nanotechnology's role in addressing the critical public health and environmental problems of our age? This well crafted book explores this idea by analysing the prospects for a macroscience nanotechnology-for-environmental sustainability project in areas such as food, water and energy supply, medicine, healthcare, peace and security. Developing and applying an innovative science-based view of natural law underpinning a global social contract, it considers some of the key scientific and governance challenges such a global project may face. The book concludes that the moral culmination of nanotechnology is a Global Artificial Photosynthesis project. It argues that the symmetric patterns of energy creating photosynthesis, life and us are shaping not only the nanotechnological advances of artificial photosynthesis, but also the ethical and legal norms likely to best govern such scientific achievements to form a sustainable existence on this planet. Nanotechnology for a Sustainable World will appeal to many generations of scientists and policymakers working to improve our world in public health, environmental sustainability and renewable energy and nanotechnology. It will also be a valuable resource for similarly motivated students of chemistry, physics, biology, nanotechnology and photosynthesis, as well as environmental and energy ethics, law and policy.
Download or read book Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety written by Matthew Hull and published by William Andrew. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety tackles – in depth and in breadth – the complex and evolving issues pertaining to nanotechnology's environmental health and safety (EHS). The chapters are authored by leaders in their respective fields, providing thorough analysis of their research areas. The diverse spectrum of topics include nanotechnology EHS issues, financial implications, foreseeable risks including exposure, dosage and hazards, and the implications of occupational hygiene precautions and consumer protections. The book includes real-world case studies, wherever practical, to illustrate specific issues and scenarios encountered by stakeholders positioned on the front-lines of nanotechnology-enabled industries. These case studies will appeal to, and resonate with, laboratory scientists, business leaders, regulators, service providers, and postgraduate researchers. Reviews toxicological studies and industrial initiatives, supported by numerous case studies Covers new generation of nanoparticles and significantly expands on existing material from second edition Only edited volume to collect research on the regulatory and risk implications of a wide array of industrial, environmental and consumer nanomaterials
Download or read book International Farm Animal Wildlife and Food Safety Law written by Gabriela Steier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an inspiring and breakthrough piece of academic scholarship and the first of its kind featuring a comprehensive reader-friendly approach to teach the intricacies of the various aspects of international farm animal, wildlife conservation, food safety and environmental protection law. The selected focus areas are grouped in sections, such as agrobiodiversity, fishing and aquaculture, pollinators and pesticides, soil management, industrial animal production and transportation, and international food trade. Farm animal welfare, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and food safety are the core of the selected chapters. Every chapter provides real-world examples to make the complex field easy to understand. With its systematic approach, this book is devoted to anyone interested in the subject, becomes a valuable resource for professionals working in food regulation, and provides a solid foundation for courses and master’s programs in animal law, environmental policy, food and agriculture law, and regulation of these subjects around the world. Through its emphasis on sustainable food production, this work offers a cutting-edge selection of evolving topics at the heart of the pertinent discourse. As one of its highlights, this books also provides “Tools for Change,” a unique compilation and analysis of laws from the major farm animal product trading nations. With these tools, practitioners, advocates, policy makers and other state-holders are equipped with information to start work toward improving farm animal welfare, wildlife conservation, and food safety through the use of law and policy.
Download or read book Towards a Global Solar Fuels Project Artificial Photosynthesis and the Transition from Anthropocene to Sustainocene written by Thomas Alured Faunce and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of an economy based on practical solar fuels is chiefly predicated on obtaining cheap and abundant hydrogen by using photons to split water, then cooling or compressing that gas; or on combining such hydrogen with carbon dioxide obtained from abundant industrial sources and eventually the atmosphere to create methanol. The construction of devices to make such fuels will be a major step in shifting the biosphere from what has been termed the Anthropocene to the Sustainocene epoch. The term 'Sustainocene' refers to a period where governance structures and scientific endeavour coordinate to achieve the social virtues of ecological sustainability and environmental integrity.There is a simple public policy message at the core of a vision such as that of the Sustainocene. It involves telling people that nanotechnology will be used to make buildings function like trees. A device that can do this and is available to cheap purchase and installation, like the mobile phone or internet, by providing decentralised power equitably could rapidly transform society to one that is more community and values-oriented. Solar Fuels, particularly those derived from nanotechnology-based artificial photosynthesis represent an 'off-grid' energy, water and climate change solution that may directly challenge substantial investments in 'ancient photosynthesis' fuels by the World bank and multinational corporations in the energy sector, as well as government subsidies. This paper will examine immediate and long-term prospects and potential mechanisms for facilitating collaboration between the major existing national and regional Solar Fuels projects or establishing a macroscience Global Solar Fuels (GSF) initiative.
Download or read book Photochemistry written by Angelo Albini and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing critical reviews of recent advances in photochemistry including organic and computational aspects, the latest volume in the Series reflects the current interests in this area. It also includes a series of highlights on molecular devices, global artificial photosynthesis, silicon nanoparticles, solar energy conversion, organic heterogeneous photocatalysis and photochemistry in surface-water environments. Volume 44 of the annual Specialist Periodical Reports: Photochemistry is essential reading for anyone wishing to keep up with the literature on photochemistry and its applications.
Download or read book Sustainable Nanotechnology written by Zibiao Li and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnology is a promising technique that can facilitate sustainability across a wide range of areas. By fabricating materials into nanometre-scale, nanotechnology has facilitated an efficient, economically, and environmentally acceptable solution for waste treatment and energy production. This book illustrates how green nanotechnology is being used to promote sustainability, including applications in environmental remediation and energy optimization. First, a comprehensive discussion of the latest advances to address the global challenges in water purification, CO2 management, plastics issue, food waste valorisation, toxic chemical pollutes, and energy efficiency will be provided. This is followed by the new opportunities that have been created in the production of alternative renewable energy under the premise of low natural resource consumption and minuscule toxicity production. Offering an important reference for the research community to understand more about green nanotechnology and its applications in sustainable development and circular economy. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in nanotechnology, materials science, sustainability, environmental science, and energy.
Download or read book Split by Sun written by Thomas Alured Faunce and published by Wspc (Europe). This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Split by Sun is a synthesis of scientific and policy research into the globalisation of artificial photosynthesis, blended with utopian and dystopian fiction. The book explores significant questions about humanity' responsibilities and use of new technologies against the dramatic backdrop of a future Earth where every road and building makes clean fuel, food and fertiliser just from water, sun and air. With allusions and allegories to primary scientific and canonical literature, as well as moral philosophy and jurisprudence, it sets the emergence of a contemplative culture based on renewable energy and food technologies against the corporate world of neoliberal economics, privatisation, financial speculation and multilateral trade and investment agreements. Its diverse characters face dangers and personal flaws in urban and wilderness settings across a Sustainocene world where global synthetic photosynthesis, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and augmented reality systems facilitate universal basic income, health-care and education, corporate marriage, rights of nature, liquid democracy and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Nanotechnology and Global Sustainability written by Donald Maclurcan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer systems, and not-for-profit social enterprise heralds the emergence of a new era of human collectivity. Increasingly, this consolidation stems from an understanding that big-banner issues—such as climate change—are not the root causes of our present global predicament. There is a growing and collective view that issues such as this are actually symptoms of a much more vicious, seemingly insurmountable condition: our addiction to economic, consumption, and population growth in a world of finite resources. Nanotechnology and Global Sustainability uses nanotechnology—the product of applied scientific knowledge to control and utilize matter at atomic and molecular scales—as a lens through which to explore the interrelationship between innovation, politics, economy, and sustainability. This groundbreaking book addresses how stakeholders can actively reshape agendas to create positive and sustainable futures through this latest controversial, cross-sectoral technology. It moves beyond issues of efficiency, productivity, and utility, exploring the insights of 22 contributors from around the world, whose work spans the disciplines of science and the humanities. Their combined knowledge, reinforced with various case studies, introduces an exciting prospect—how we can innovate without economic growth. This new volume in the Perspectives in Nanotechnology series is edited by Dr. Donald Maclurcan and Dr. Natalia Radywyl. Dr. Maclurcan is a social innovator and Honorary Research Fellow with the Institute for Nanoscale Technology at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Dr. Radywyl is a social researcher and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is also an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. This book is written for a wide audience and will be of particular interest to activists, scholars, policy makers, scientists, business professionals, and others who seek an understanding of how we might justly transition to sustainable societies.
Download or read book Agricultural and Environmental Nanotechnology written by Fabian Fernandez-Luqueno and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the best practices regarding nanoscience and nanotechnology for agriculture and environmental sectors to shape sustainable development thought to improve the quality and quantity of the agriculture products and to decrease the collateral effect of nanotechnology in the ecosystems. Besides, leading nanotechnologies are showed and discussed to guarantee their proper management in lands and ecosystems. Therefore, nanotechnologies such as agronanobiotechnology, nanofertilization, pest control, magnetofection for plant breeding, plant molecular farming, OMICs technologies, phytonanotechnology, nanoremediation, etc. are described in five sections and 21 chapters. Undoubtedly it is an ideal and updated book for undergraduate or postgraduate students, and scientists or researchers involved in nanoscience, nanotechnology, crop production, and remediation technologies as well as for those researchers that solving technical problems regarding the crop management and the human and environmental health without hampering the pursuit of sustainable development goals.
Download or read book Poetry and the Anthropocene written by Sam Solnick and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book asks what it means to write poetry in and about the Anthropocene, the name given to a geological epoch where humans have a global ecological impact. Combining critical approaches such as ecocriticism and posthumanism with close reading and archival research, it argues that the Anthropocene requires poetry and the humanities to find new ways of thinking about unfamiliar spatial and temporal scales, about how we approach the metaphors and discourses of the sciences, and about the role of those processes and materials that confound humans’ attempts to control or even conceptualise them. Poetry and the Anthropocene draws on the work of a series of poets from across the political and poetic spectrum, analysing how understandings of technology shape literature about place, evolution and the tradition of writing about what still gets called Nature. The book explores how writers’ understanding of sciences such as climatology or biochemistry might shape their poetry’s form, and how literature can respond to environmental crises without descending into agitprop, self-righteousness or apocalyptic cynicism. In the face of the Anthropocene’s radical challenges to ethics, aesthetics and politics, the book shows how poetry offers significant ways of interrogating and rendering the complex relationships between organisms and their environments in a world increasingly marked by technology.
Download or read book Modern Nanotechnology written by Junaid Ahmad Malik and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of modern nanoscience, and encompasses advanced techniques of nanocomposite materials that make their way from the laboratory to the field for the revival of energy and environmental systems in a sustainable manner. It includes the design and the sophisticated fabrication of nanomaterials along with their potential energy and environmental applications, while looking at how nanoscience and nanotechnology can be used to promote environmentally friendly processes and strategies. The books' purpose is to promote eco-friendly methods and techniques by covering many elements of both the synthesis and uses of nanoparticles and nanofluids for energy and environmental engineering. They provide an up-to-date synthesis of nanocomposite materials for modern nanotechnology applications in the fields of environment protection, heterogeneous catalysis, wastewater treatment, fuel cells, electrochemical energy conversion, and storage applications. The set is designed for environmental scientists, nanotechnologists, chemists, engineers, and individuals seeking current research on nanotechnology and its applications in environmental engineering. Graduate students working in these fields will also find it a valuable resource. Volume 1 focuses on the fundamentals of nanotechnology, environmental protection, sustainable agriculture, bioremediation, bio-nanocomposites, and wastewater treatment.
Download or read book Bionanotechnology Towards Green Energy written by Shubha Dwivedi (Professor of biotechnology) and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bionanotechnology towards Green Energy explains the role of bionanotechnology in the next generation technologies of green energy with an interdisciplinary and sustainability perspective. Chapters cover different roles of bionanotechnology as applications of bio-nano enabled materials/coatings, scaling-up of green energy production, design and synthesis of bio-inspired nanomaterials and their applications, Bio-nanofluids based photovoltaic thermal system, use of bio-templated and biomimetic materials and so forth. It focuses on the waste to energy conversion and fix the intricate environmental issues. Key features: Provides detailed coverage of green energy production through bionanotechnological intervention Reviews future research needs on bionanotechnology in green energy sectors and scientific challenges in the mitigation of energy crisis Deals with the cutting-edge research on microbial synergism in biohydrogen production and storage Discusses fabrication of bio-nano/ hybrid electrode materials for supercapacitors and energy storage devices Includes extensive illustrations, case studies, summary tables, and up-to-date references This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in bionanotechnology, energy sciences, and environmental engineering.
Download or read book Nanotechnology Exploring the Nano Realm for Innovation and Sustainability written by Charles Nehme and published by Charles Nehme. This book was released on with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to "Nano Revolution: Exploring the Frontiers of Nanotechnology." This book embarks on a journey into the captivating world of nanotechnology, a realm where science, engineering, and imagination converge to redefine the boundaries of human capability. Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular scale, has transcended the confines of scientific discourse to become a transformative force across diverse fields. From medicine to electronics, from environmental remediation to manufacturing, its impact is profound and far-reaching. In the following pages, we invite you to explore the intricacies of nanotechnology, from its humble beginnings to its boundless potential. We delve into the fundamentals of nanoscale science, unravel the mysteries of nanomaterials, and uncover the myriad applications that shape our present and shape the future. Throughout this exploration, we encounter the pioneers and visionaries who have propelled nanotechnology from the realm of theory into the realm of practice. Their ingenuity, perseverance, and passion illuminate the path forward, inspiring us to embrace the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. But this journey is not merely a celebration of technological prowess; it is also a reflection on the ethical, social, and environmental implications of our newfound capabilities. As we venture deeper into the nano-realm, we confront questions of responsibility, equity, and sustainability that demand our attention and collective resolve. As you embark on this voyage of discovery, we encourage you to approach each chapter with curiosity and open-mindedness. Whether you are a seasoned researcher, a budding enthusiast, or simply a curious soul, there is much to learn and contemplate within these pages. Ultimately, "Nano Revolution" is more than a book; it is a testament to the human spirit's boundless capacity for innovation and exploration. It is a call to embrace the unknown, to challenge convention, and to envision a future where the infinitesimal becomes the infinite. So, dear reader, we invite you to join us on this odyssey into the heart of nanotechnology—a journey that promises to captivate the mind, inspire the imagination, and shape the course of human history.
Download or read book Split by Sun written by Thomas Alured Faunce and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Split by Sun is a synthesis of scientific and policy research into the globalisation of artificial photosynthesis, blended with utopian and dystopian fiction. The book explores significant questions about humanity' responsibilities and use of new technologies against the dramatic backdrop of a future Earth where every road and building makes clean fuel, food and fertiliser just from water, sun and air. With allusions and allegories to primary scientific and canonical literature, as well as moral philosophy and jurisprudence, it sets the emergence of a contemplative culture based on renewable energy and food technologies against the corporate world of neoliberal economics, privatisation, financial speculation and multilateral trade and investment agreements. Its diverse characters face dangers and personal flaws in urban and wilderness settings across a Sustainocene world where global synthetic photosynthesis, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and augmented reality systems facilitate universal basic income, health-care and education, corporate marriage, rights of nature, liquid democracy and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons"--Provided by publisher.
