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Community sustainability initiatives facilitate the growth of social enterprises and public education programs that are guided by environmental values.

Community sustainability initiatives: What’s the Best Policy?

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Community sustainability initiatives are local policies that take into account multiple human needs. A sustainable community is a place where people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives feel welcome and safe, where every group participates in decision-making, and where prosperity is shared. Therefore, initiatives for a sustainable community are those that address the goal of ‘Social […]

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Government, Society, Strategy, Sustainability

Problems With Rapid Urbanization: Disaster Risk and Vulnerability

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Rapid urbanization creates many problems. It is both the cause of many disasters and a hindrance to recovery for many communities, especially in developing countries. The UN population fund predicts that, by 2050, 86% of the population in developed nations will live in urban areas. That figure is closer to 64% in developing nations. Disadvantaged

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Environment, Government, Health, Lifestyle, Society, Sustainability
The rate of global population growth has led antinatalists to demand a rapid reduction in birth rates.

Is The Rate of Global Population Growth Unsustainable?

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The rate of global population growth has consequences for the planet’s resources. Food, water, shelter, space, energy, clothing, and other things become increasingly scarce as resources are depleted. Producing enough to feed, clean, shelter and clothe the population becomes a significant problem. The lives of our children will be defined by how quickly we can

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Government, Society, Sustainability
Recycling solar panels will become increasingly important as the world transitions to renewable power.

Recycling Solar Panels: The Next Great Challenge

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Preventing the Earth’s temperature rising above 1.5 oC will require a global effort to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. In this scenario, solar energy will play a fundamental role. The power sector is the highest-polluting industry globally, accounting for 27% of total greenhouse gases alone. Hence, a deep shift away from fossil fuel energy production is

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Business, Energy, Environment, Government, Sustainability
Stopping overfishing by 2030 has become a global priority

Stopping Overfishing in the High Seas: 30% by 2030

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What are the High Seas? The high seas are an important part of earth’s network of ecosystems as they are home to many marine and pelagic species. Conserving these resources and stopping overfishing in the high seas is therefore very important. The high seas cover 2/3 of the ocean, so the area is home to

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Environment, Government, Sustainability
Sri Lanka's current energy crisis has several causes. How will the country navigate its way out of this dilemma?

Energy Crisis in Sri Lanka & the struggle for survival

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Earlier this year, Sri Lanka announced a series of island-wide power cuts. These power cuts last anywhere from 6 to 13 hours, daily. This is because the south-Asian Island is unable to pay for imported fuel to run thermal power plants due to decrease in foreign currency reserves. As a result, the situation has caused an

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Business, Energy, Government, Sustainability, Technology
E-waste is becoming a global problem. Discarded electronic appliances need careful e-waste management. Public policy and awareness is vital.

E-Waste Management Trends Around the World

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When you buy a new phone, a new fridge, or replace a broken monitor, what happens to the old one? With so many electronics around today, we need to think seriously about ‘e-waste’. This type of waste includes all discarded appliances. For example, mobile phones, laptops, tablets, televisions, and even ovens and fridges. That’s because

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Environment, Government, Lifestyle, Society, Sustainability, Technology

Indigenous People Behind Bars: How to Break the Cycle

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Australia’s prison population is rising. Between 2010-2020, the prison population jumped from around 29,700 to just over 41,000. This means around 1 in 500 Australians are in jail. However, of those behind bars, 29% are Indigenous people. This is despite them making up around 3.3% of the general population. The alarming numbers of Indigenous prisoners

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Government, Society, Strategy
A luscious village.

Sustainable Development: Closing the gap in developing nations

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In essence, sustainable development is a commitment to ensuring global human well-being, and economic progress, whilst protecting the planet. Imagine the world as a system of intricate, interlinked machineries that work in harmony with each other, and with nature. When an unequal pace of development happens, the harmony breaks, and the system is thrown into

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Government, Society, Sustainability
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