Positive psychology in education for sustainable development at a primary-education institution

The present global environmental crisis is demanding serious rather than superficial changes within the cultural assumptions of human-to-human and human-to-nature relationships. In this sense, education is one of the strongest tools to model our future and a key factor of cultural change. One of the principal aims of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is to develop cognitive and affective skills that affect people's values, such as empathy and critical thinking. Together with compromise and responsibility towards a group, it is possible to build new values and ways to interact with both people and the environment. In the present study we used positive psychology principles in creating teaching interventions to empower empathy and critical thinking through an ESD programme at a Chilean primary school. The results show that an intervention of this kind helps to harmoniously build reflective thinking and empathy within students. This enables them to achieve important changes in their disposition to make sound personal and environmental decisions, and prepares them to positively meet imposing present and future challenges.     

Modeling patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of human and organizational processes in accidents using system dynamics

Systems approaches to safety have received growing attention in modern accident investigation techniques (e.g., STAMP, Accimap) with the emphasis shifted to the organizational dynamics (or archetypes) that may lead to an erosion of defenses and a drift out of the safety margins. Although the literature contains many applications of archetypes and system dynamics to safety, this richness comes at a cost of learning. It has become very difficult for safety practitioners to integrate the diverse studies of system dynamics with their diverging models. To provide a practical tool of system dynamics in accident investigation, this article reviews earlier studies and integrates them as a classification of patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of both human and organizational processes on the basis of two control models, that is, the Extended Control Model (ECOM) and the Viable System Model (VSM). In this article, archetypes are represented as variants of two generic templates of performance which exploit many elements of complexity theory and system control. Apart from providing a practical tool to safety practitioners to access the literature on archetypes, the generic templates of ECOM and VSM can be used in building simulators of individual and organizational processes for risk analysis.     

Decision Analysis Methodology to Evaluate Integrated Solid Waste Management Alternatives

Value-focused thinking, a decision analysis technique, is used to produce a multiple-objective model that captures a site's municipal solid waste (MSW) management goals, objectives, and concerns in order to facilitate the evaluation of competing strategies. The model ranks competing MSW alternatives based on how well they meet the decision maker's strategic objective, a 20-year compliant MSW system. Sensitivity analysis is incorporated in the model to assess and illustrate the effects of changes in model objective weights and changes in model parameters. Overall, the model provides decision-makers with a decision tool to make a better decision when choosing a new MSW management strategy. The entire process is applied to a case study using Earekson Air Station, a remote U.S. Air Force installation.     

AUTOCAD技术在制图教学中的应用

在制图教学中,利用CAD绘制二维工程图,建立三维立体虚拟模型,培养学生思维能力,使学生达到读图并绘制完整、正确、清晰的二维工程图的目的。     

人类生态思维的发展

以人为本,全面、协调、可持续的科学发展观包含了生态思维方式的重大变革。人类对于人与自然关系的认识是不断深化与发展的,人类生态思维的发展经历了“法天”、“胜天”、“通天”三个阶段。科学发展观是对人类生态思维的继承和发展。     

对突发性环境污染事故应急监测的思考

阐述了突发性环境污染事故应急监测的重要性,提出了环境应急监测能力建设和质量管理的内容,对于及时、准确、有效地开展突发性应急监测工作十分重要.     

环境监测质量管理思考

本文阐述了环境监测质量管理的重要性,全面质量管理在环境监测工作中的应用,对环境监测质量保证和质量控制提出了自己的见解,并在环境监测中如何加强环境监测质量管理,提高环境监测水平。     

环境工程学研究的新思考

本文在环境工程特征分析的基础上,运用现代系统科学原理,以环境理念和工程视角,阐述了环境工程学新领域、新思维和新方法的研究进展,进一步明确了环境工程学在经济社会发展中的重要作用。     

西部干旱生态脆弱区县域工业园区规划思路

县域工业园区随着近几年我国西部经济的高速发展,无论在基础设施、产业发展等方面都取得了较为明显的进步,初步具备了创建生态工业园区的基础条件。本文以新疆沙雅县生态工业园区建设为例,就规划思路、技术路线、规划目标、指导思想、基本原则和总体框架进行了系统研究,并对沙雅县生态工业园区建设蓝图进行了展望。     

浅谈加强日常安全管理水平和思维体系

安全管理工作是一项精益求精的工作,是一项不断追求完美及零缺陷的工作,在日常安全管理工作中,应时刻强化安全绝对优先的思维,因为安全工作与每名员工的切身利益直接相关。安全工作必须以人为本,一切从员工的安全利益出发,并依靠员工安全素养的提升来保障安全。