Inspiring Change for a Thrivable Future

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How Citizen Enforcement Strengthens Thrivability: A Path to Real Environmental Accountability

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What Is Citizen Enforcement in Sustainability and, better yet, thrivability? Citizen enforcement for environmental sustainability refers to the actions taken by individuals and communities to hold polluters and policymakers accountable. Unlike formal government oversight, it relies on public environmental monitoring and civic responsibility. Therefore, citizen enforcement for environmental sustainability involves people organising to ensure that […]

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Environment, Government, Society
Meal Scheduling for conscious consumption

How Scheduling Food Consumption Boosts Health and Reduces Waste

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INTRODUCTION Food and the culture surrounding it have always been integral to human life globally. Food is not only a source of nourishment but also a marker of identity, tradition, and community. With rising health issues and growing awareness about healthy and conscious consumption, meal scheduling has become equally important. This can be approached by

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Health, Lifestyle
Coastal fishing communities thrive on the ocean.

Fishing Communities at the Crossroads: Tradition vs. Survival

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For thousands of years, the rhythmic sound of waves has drawn millions of people to the ocean’s edge, where fishing boats return each day carrying more than just their catch. They bear the hopes, traditions, and survival of entire coastal communities (Martino et al., 2023). From the bustling harbours of West Africa to the quiet

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Business, Environment, Society, Sustainability
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October 2025 Thrivability Matters Webinar Highlights Featuring Saeid Zahedi, Dr. Suzie Husain, and Dr. Saji Varghese

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THRIVE Project is incredibly grateful to Saeid Zahedi, Dr. Suzie Husain, and Dr. Saji Varghese for their inspirational presentations during the October 2025 Thrivability Matters Webinar. This webinar focused on THRIVE Project’s October theme – Innovation: Poverty, Hunger & Livelihoods. Our presenters captivated us as they shared their extensive knowledge regarding this theme, as they

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THRIVE News

Safeguarding Brisbane Waterways: How Bacteria Threaten Public Health and Dreams of a Spectacular Olympics

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The Olympics are one of the most prestigious global events, eagerly awaited by athletes and sports aficionados alike. While athletes strive for glory and a podium finish, host nations and cities aim to gain international prestige through the successful delivery of the Games. To achieve this, they often focus on large-scale infrastructure, including stadiums, athlete

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Environment, Health, Society

Tawny Frogmouth Takes Flight: Australia’s 2025 Bird of the Year

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After three years of narrowly missing out, the Tawny Frogmouth has finally secured the title of Australia’s 2025 Bird of the Year, earning 11,851 votes from bird‑loving Australians. Beating out stiff competition from the Baudin’s Black‑Cockatoo and Gang‑gang Cockatoo, this quirky, wide‑eyed nocturnal bird has charmed its way into the national spotlight (Birdlife Australia, 2025).

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THRIVE News

Bees, Food, & Future: How Declining Pollinators Threaten Global Nutrition

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Why Bees Matter: Pollinators and Global Food Security Life on Earth as we know it is dependent on pollination (USDA, 2025). Without short-range pollinators, such as bees, we would not have crops, flowers, or food. The work pollinators do is extremely underrated and underappreciated. They are keystone species, meaning that without pollinators, ecosystems would collapse,

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Environment, Science, Sustainability

Industrial Runoff: The Teflon Scandal

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What Is Industrial Runoff and Why Does It Matter? Industrial runoff is the discharge of chemical effluents into water sources, causing pollution. This pollution of water sources impacts both human and environmental health (Singh et al., 2023). Runoff commonly occurs in industrial and agricultural settings such as farms, factories, or mine sites. Industrial runoff is

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Environment, Health, Society, Sustainability

CRISPR-Cas9 and the Future: Unlocking the Power of Gene Editing Across Fields

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What Is CRISPR-Cas9? CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) consists of repeating DNA sequences in bacteria. CRISPR-Cas9 functions like a molecular pair of scissors guided by a Global Positioning System (GPS). These repeats store snippets of viruses that previously attacked the bacteria, acting like a memory to recognise viruses later (Martín-Valmaseda et al., 2023).

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