Go green for environmental sustainability : an interdisciplinary exploration of theory and applications

This book highlights topics ranging from green chemistry and engineering to bioremediation, smart technologies, and sustainable business practices. The common threads running through this volume are the need for urgent action, a vision for a sustainable future, and the awareness that solutions must be widely accessible and advance the welfare of all nations, especially in the face of climate change. The authors delineate how we can protect and restore natural ecosystem potential to achieve environmental sustainability. They provide a clear idea of today’s environmental challenges and solutions, focus on energy use patterns and the reduction of energy consumption, advocate for increased environmental awareness, and discuss environmental monitoring systems. The book contains many domestic and international case studies and showcases visionary ideas in action to illustrate sustainability principles. This volume provides an in-depth reference for stakeholders from academia, government, and industry on the latest research in environmental sustainability solutions. Inspired by the common wisdom that we do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors but instead borrow it from our children, the authors offer solutions to emergent problems. This research comprises an important contribution to the global effort to build a more sustainable tomorrow. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Editors Introduction Section I: Agriculture, Bioremediation, and Green Chemistry Chapter 1: Making Heme Proteins Green: Designing Enzymes for Bioremediation and Environmental Sustainability Chapter 2: Organic Farming with Residual Microbial Consortia and Its Potential in Sustainable Agriculture Production Chapter 3: Dynamic Role of Specific Microbes in Bioremediation of Heavy Metals and Dyes from the Textile Industry Chapter 4: From the Green Revolution to the Green Chemistry Revolution: In Pursuit of a Paradigm Shift in Agricultural Sustainability Section II: Green Business, Banking, and Technology Chapter 5: The Power of Markets: Reduce Climate Risks While Creating Inclusive Prosperity Chapter 6: Green Banking: An Environmental Shield for Sustainable Growth in India Chapter 7: Green Computing: An Eco-Friendly and Energy-Efficient Computing to Minimize E-Waste Generation Chapter 8: Technological Innovations for Environmental Sustainability Section III: Environmental Sustainability Chapter 9: Green Transportation: Exploring Carpooling as an Environmentally Sustainable Solution Chapter 10: Learning the Scandinavian Approach to Green Infrastructure, Energy, Circular Economy Chapter 11: Understanding the Economic and Insurance Industry Implications of the Australian Bushfires of 2019–2020 Section IV: Green Engineering Chapter 12: Concrete Containing Waste Materials Considering Environment Sustainability Chapter 13: A Study of Environmental Disclosure Practices in India with an Emphasis on the Mining Sector Section V: Green Healthcare Chapter 14: Identifying Green Physicians: A Segmentation Study in Eastern India Chapter 15: Developing Cleaning and Building Management Strategies for Green and Sustainable Healthcare Facilities Section VI: Green Philosophy Chapter 16: Green Thinking, Green Acting: Redetermining the Self as Ecological Index "This book highlights topics ranging from green chemistry and engineering to bioremediation, smart technologies and sustainable business practices. The common threads running through this volume are the need for urgent action, a vision for a sustainable future, and the awareness that solutions must be widely accessible and advance the welfare of all nations, especially in the face of climate change. The authors delineate how we can protect and restore natural ecosystem potential to achieve environmental sustainability. They provide a clear idea of today's environmental challenges and solutions, focus on energy use patterns and the reduction of energy consumption, advocate for increased environmental awareness, and discuss environmental monitoring systems. The book contains many domestic and international case studies and showcases visionary ideas in action to illustrate sustainability principles. This volume provides an in-depth reference for stakeholders from academia, government, and industry on the latest research in environmental sustainability solutions. Compelled by the realization that we do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors but instead borrow it from our children, the authors offer solutions to emergent problems. This research comprises an important contribution to the global effort to build a more sustainable tomorrow"-- Provided by publisher Making heme proteins green : designing enzymes for bioremediation and environmental sustainablity / Mark F. Reynolds, Daniel Barry, and Sarah Pogash -- Organic farming with residual microbial consortia and its potential in sustainable agriculture production / Suhana Sultana, Tamanna Sultana, Arup Kumar Mitra, and Xavier Savarimuthu