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GREEN CARE [6 records]

Record 1 2026-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agriculture - General
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Labour and Employment
  • Mental Disorders
CONT

"Social farming"(or "care farming" or "green care") is a term used to describe a wide range of diverse farming practices aimed at promoting disadvantaged people's rehabilitation or care and/or contributing towards the integration of people with "low contractual capacity"(i. e. psychophysical disabilities, convicts, drug addicts, minors, emigrants).

OBS

green care : This designation is sometimes also used more loosely to refer to interventions related to a more general contact with nature, rather than farming specifically.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agriculture - Généralités
  • Élevage des animaux
  • Travail et emploi
  • Troubles mentaux
DEF

[...] pratique agricole qui utilise les ressources agricoles pour fournir des prestations sociales ou éducationnelles aux groupes vulnérables de la population.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Mental health and hygiene
OBS

[The] model goes from healthy adaptive coping(green), through mild and reversible distress or functional impairment(yellow), to more severe, persistent injury or impairment(orange), to clinical illnesses and disorders requiring more concentrated medical care(red). The arrows under the four color blocks denote [that] movement in both directions is possible, thus indicating that there is always the possibility for a return to full health and functioning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
OBS

Le modèle comprend diverses étapes : santé, adaptation (vert), détresse ou incapacités fonctionnelles légères et réversibles (jaune), traumatismes ou incapacités plus graves qui persistent (orange), maladies cliniques et troubles nécessitant des soins médicaux plus intensifs (rouge). La flèche située sous les quatre blocs de couleur marque le continuum, le mouvement dans les deux sens, indiquant la possibilité de retrouver pleinement la santé et de fonctionner normalement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Environment
DEF

… an alliance of committed Canadian health service organisations, associations and environmentally focused business associates that promotes the adoption of environmentally friendly and sustainable health care service delivery to complement the compassionate delivery of health care.

OBS

The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care enables the health care sector to lead the integration of environmentally responsible practices into the delivery of health care. [The CCGHC also] encourages the adoption of resource conservation, pollution prevention principles and effective environmental management systems to reduce the Canadian health care sys­tem's ecological impact while protecting human health.

Key term(s)
  • Coalition for Green Health Care of Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Environnement
Key term(s)
  • Coalition for Green Health Care of Canada

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Funeral Services
  • Environment
OBS

The Green Burial Council(GBC) is an independent, tax-exempt nonprofit organization... working to encourage environmentally sustainable death care and the use of burial as a new means of protecting natural areas.

OBS

The Green Burial Council is the environmental certification organization setting the standard for green burial in North America. We offer environmental certificates for funeral homes, cemeteries and product manufacturers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Environnement
OBS

[...] le Green Burial Council. Le GBC est une organisation à but non lucratif qui encourage les funérailles écologiques et durables. Le GBC a mis sur pied un programme de certification entre autres pour les entreprises funéraires qui offrent des funérailles écologiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

Two different organizations with the same name :(1) based in Geneva, founded 1971; aims to promote the improvement of health with emphasis on health education, and facilitate delivery of cardiovascular care to high-risk individuals.(2) based in The Hague, founded 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development UNCED [United Nations Conference on Environment and Development] following suggestion of Mikhail Gorbachev; charter adopted 18-19 April 1993, Kyoto; also known as : International Green Cross/Green Crescent; aims to relieve man-made environmental disasters, promote value change for a sustainable future through education and communication.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
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Record 6 1985-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

Another approach to color displays uses a color encoder... the pixels bits represent a color code. The code is fed to a color encoder which controls the display system guns... A color encoder could assign the colors black, green, orange, and white to the four codes. The encoder takes care of turning the color code into the appropriate combination of red, green, and blue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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