Alien Registration- Mceachern, Jacob M. (Greenville, Piscataquis County)

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From conspicuous to considered fashion: a harm chain approach to the responsibilities of fashion businesses

Throughout the marketing literature, little attention has been paid to the responsibilities of luxury fashion businesses. Harnessing Polonsky et al.’s (2003) ‘harm chain’, the extended ‘harm chain’ (Previte & Fry, 2006) and the theoretical lens of institutional theory, this conceptual paper explores a systematic way to examine the potential for value co-creation, the harmful outcomes linked to luxury fashion marketing activities, and how those harms might be addressed. The supply chain literature has largely ignored the omnipresent influence of the institutional environment. Therefore, our theoretical extension of the ‘harm chain’ to incorporate the institutional forces that cause harm has enabled us to redress the knowledge gap regarding the analysis of negative and positive value creation, broaden the debate around CSR by reconfiguring research into fashion businesses and considering CSR in the context of luxury fashion brands. Our analysis identifies a number of harms occurring throughout the luxury fashion supply chain. The paper concludes by urging luxury fashion businesses to sustain their success through ‘deep’ CSR, adding voice to the developing conversation that seeks to change the scope of the critique of marketing practice beyond the economic and competitive advantages that CSR delivers

Understanding Soil Moisture Levels on Soledad Ridge, Santa Rosa Island, California during the Summer Months

Santa Rosa Island located off the coast of Santa Barbara County was grazed by non-native ungulates leaving the island stripped of vegetation topsoil layer. With the removal of ungulates, the National Park Service began restoring the Cloud Forest on Soledad Ridge. Soledad Ridge is said to have once been covered by large stands of island oaks (Quercus tometella) and other endemic and native plants. The unique leaf and structural morphology of such vegetation collects water from wind derived fog which serves as the main source of water for this unique ecosystem. In an effort to jump-start ecosystem vegetation recovery, a total of 12 two by ten-meter restoration plots under three restoration treatments were installed across four sites. Two sites are characterized as soil sites and two are characterized as bedrock sites. The restoration techniques and treatments include the installation of wattles for erosion control, shade cloth covered 1-inch mesh fences to harvest water from fog, short-term drip irrigation, and the establishment of native plants. This specific study focused on understanding if there is a significant difference in how much fog derived moisture is being absorbed under various restoration treatments, and at what depth in the soil is moisture the most intense. Data was collected using soil moisture probes and using the gravimetric soil moisture technique on soil samples. Based on a soil moisture index, probe results showed that soil moisture under the fog fence treatment was highest. Both soil probe and gravimetric readings showed that soil moisture is more intense at 10 centimeters than at five centimeters. This study aids in showcasing how and if soil moisture conditions are optimal for plant growth and ecosystem recovery

The impact of restoration treatments on the germination of Quercus pacifica on Santa Rosa Island

Santa Rosa Island (SRI), part of Channel Islands National Park off the coast of Santa Barbara, is home to thousands of native and endemic flora and fauna. While full of unique island endemics, Santa Rosa Island has an extensive ranching history. A sheep and cattle ranching business was operated from the mid-1800s until 1998 and a deer and elk hunting operation ran until 2011. Together these operations led to extensive ecological degradation of the island ecosystem as a result of the grazing caused by ungulates. In December of 2015, the Cloud Forest Restoration Project began with the goal of restoring the island ecosystem through the initiation of active restoration techniques on a key ridgeline of the island, Soledad Ridge. Active restoration techniques and treatments include the installation of wattles for erosion control, fog fences to harvest water from fog, and the establishment of native plants. This study focuses on the impact of three different restoration treatments on the germination and survival of the endemic island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica). Island scrub oak seeds were collected in October of 2016 and planted on the restoration site in December of 2016. In July of 2017, an island scrub oak survey was conducted to determine the percentage of seedlings that successfully germinated and how the various restoration treatments impacted the germination rates. It was concluded that 646 of an estimated 3000 island scrub oak seedlings survived. There was a higher average percent of island scrub oak seedlings that successfully germinated under restoration treatments with either a wattle and/or fog fences in addition to an irrigation line. The next step of the study will be to focus on monitoring and measuring the overall growth of the establishment of the island scrub oak seedlings

Understanding lived experiences of food insecurity through a paraliminality lens

This article examines lived experiences of food insecurity in the United Kingdom as a liminal phenomenon. Our research is set within the context of austerity measures, welfare reform and the precarity experienced by increasing numbers of individuals. Drawing on original qualitative data, we highlight diverse food insecurity experiences as transitional, oscillating between phases of everyday food access to requiring supplementary food, which are both empowering and reinforcing of food insecurity. We make three original contributions to existing research on food insecurity. First, we expand the scope of empirical research by conceptualising food insecurity as liminal. Second, we illuminate shared social processes and practices that intersect individual agency and structure, co-constructing people’s experiences of food insecurity. Third, we extend liminality theory by conceptualising paraliminality, a hybrid of liminal and liminoid phenomena that co-generates a persistent liminal state. Finally, we highlight policy implications that go beyond short-term emergency food access measures