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  • Ancient oriental methods of caring for trees: A study on the methods of Vṛkṣāyurveda described in Agnipurāṇa 
    Indrajothi Thero, Baladora (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Though human survival depends on various environmental factors, man, being insensitive, abuses environment in various enterprises such as food production by means of deploying environmentally harmful methods focusing on ...
  • Approaches to the study of environmental security 
    Kothari, R.K. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Since the emergence of the nation state system, international security has been understood and practiced with reference to the needs and interests of states. The concept of security however took a different shape ...
  • Beach Tourism and its Positive Environmental Impacts (Related to Unawatuna coastal area) 
    Rathnayake, M.V.R.M.S. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Tourism is the main foreign exchange earning industry in Sri Lanka in present. Beach tourism is one of the main environmental tourism product, since tourism started as an industry in Sri Lanka. Still beach tourism is the ...
  • A Buddhist perspective on the influence of the human mind on climatic changes 
    Dhammadassana Thero, Kosgama (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Buddhism discusses the influence of the human mind and feelings on the climatic changes, especially in two discourses in the sutta pitaka. Aggañña Sutta and Saptasüryodgamana Sutta thus enunciate how the pollution of the ...
  • Buddhist solutions for modern environmental issues 
    Kalurachchi, A. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Most of the people in the present world have faced many environmental problems due to modernization and face problems due to natural disasters. Although, they have lost a proper place to dwell, human beings are not able ...
  • Climate Change Research in Sri Lanka 
    Nianthi, K.W.G.R. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)
    Climate is a dynamic component of the environment, which has a direct and an indirect influence on man and his activities. Most commonly, climate is known as the long-term average weather condition prevailing over an ...
  • A Critical Evaluation of Pedophilia from a Biopsychosocial Perspective 
    Wimaladhamma Thero, Koonkandawala (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Child abuse is one of the most important and crucial topics not only in present Sri Lanka but also in whole world. Among the many forms of child abuse, sexual abuse holds a higher place. Sometimes, the victims of sexual ...
  • Customer Purchase Intention towards Environmental Friendly Vehicles in Sri Lanka 
    Yatigammana, M.R.K.N.; Kawshala, H. (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Nowadays more consumers in Sri Lanka are buying environmental friendly vehicles such as hybrid and electric vehicles. Influential factors for environmental friendly vehicles is addressed differently by different scholars. ...
  • Disaster Reporting in Print Media (Special reference to selected newspapers in Sri Lanka) 
    Jayasekara, A.H.D. (International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2015)
    Environmental information that will be important in future to build the sustainable society. Environmental reporting is, regardless of its name or disclosure media, to promote communication of organizations, to fulfill ...
  • Green library initiatives in India: Anna Centenary Library - a case study 
    Elavazhagan, K.; Kohila, G.T. (Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This paper gives an overview of development of Anna Centenary library as model green library in India. Currently, it is the only green library in India and Asia’s First LEED Gold Rated Library Building. It was started with ...
  • Indian culture and environment 
    Shirin Qureshi, S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The Indian culture has always been attached to the natural environment. From the ancient times, people were brought up to respect and preserve the trees and plants that provide pure oxygen for human and animals. According ...
  • Indian Environmentalism: Discourse, Politics and Fragments 
    Tripathy, Jyotirmaya (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    It is often customary to represent environmentalism in the industrialised North as a predominantly middle class phenomenon whereas Indian environmentalism is hyphenated with questions of equity and distributive justice. ...
  • Literature, environment and human rights: Reading the connectivities 
    Sigdel, K. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    One of the commonalities between environmentalism and human rights is that both these ideas have a universal scope. Though we talk of environmental degradation in a particular place, it will certainly be of global ...
  • Natural environmental features depicted in Hindi folk songs 
    Rubesinghe, T.U. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Folk literature, as well as expert literature, is evident in every society. The composition of folk literature is inspired by the first-hand experiences of a villager. The category of folk songs, being significant in folk ...
  • Promoting Cave Tourism in Sri Lanka 
    Rathnayake, S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Cave tourism is an environmental based tourism product. It means exploring natural caves and tunnels. It is also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom. Speleology is the ...
  • Reporting green; An exploration study on news coverage of environmental issues in Sri Lankan newspapers. 
    Boyagoda, E.W.M.S. (2016)
    The research title of this study is 'Reporting Green; An Exploratory Study of News Coverage of Environmental Issues in Sri Lankan Newspapers'. This research sought out to explore the news coverage of environmental issues ...
  • Reporting green; An exploration study on news coverage of environmental issues in Sri Lankan newspapers. 
    Boyagoda, E.W.M.S. (2016)
    The research title of this study is 'Reporting Green; An Exploratory Study of News Coverage of Environmental Issues in Sri Lankan Newspapers'. This research sought out to explore the news coverage of environmental issues ...
  • Right consumption - Samma Paribhojana 
    Dissanayake, D. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    At the time Buddha taught the people the Noble Eightfold Path, as the path leading to the cessation of suffering, there was no necessity for “Right Consumption” to be included. Today the biggest obstacle to the attempt ...
  • Stressful Work and Job Strain of Truck Drivers in Moratuwa Urban Council Area - Sri Lanka 
    Fernando, W.R.P.K. (2011)
    Stress is a natural effect in normal life. The objectives of the study are to study the level of stress among truck drivers in Moratuwa urban council area and to identify the relationships between variables of occupational ...
  • A study of the concept of environment within Zen philosophy 
    Rathnayaka, R.M.C.P. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Zen is one of the most accepted schools of Buddhism in Japan and believed to be a creation of Shakyamuni Buddha. At the sacred Bodhi tree, Buddha has passed his realization to Maha Kassapa Thero. The objective of Zen ...

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