If you had a chance to build a house totally on your own, without any traditional construction plan, would you do it and build a sustainable home? Fighting climate change is not easy and attempts to engineer a safe self-sufficient habitat is not new. One is reminded of the lessons from the Biosphere II endeavour. […]
Earthships: A Sustainable Home for climate change Read Post »
Environment, Innovation, Strategy, Sustainability
The THRIVE project is incredibly grateful to Dr. Nicole Garofano, Dwakadas Suresh, and Sathish Moses for their captivating and inspirational presentations during the September 2024 Thrivability Matters Webinar. This webinar focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. With their extensive knowledge, our presenters captivated us by highlighting the significance and value of circular-cities,
Community renewable energy projects, often referred as Community Energy, are a great way to attain sustainability. It not only reduces energy use from conventional sources, but results in overall increased economic activities. It’s worthwhile to understand how such initiatives bring stability and reliability to power supply, reduced energy bills for consumers, financial independence to community
Economic Practices in Community Renewable Energy Projects Read Post »
Energy, Environment, Society, Sustainability
The ocean is our planet’s largest ecosystem. It covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and contains about 97% of the Earth’s water (IPCC, 2019). Almost 2.4 billion people live within 100 km of the ocean globally and interact directly with it regularly (United Nations Ocean Conference). Unfortunately, our global ocean faces numerous pressures that affect
Why is ocean health important for human well-being? Read Post »
Environment, Health, Lifestyle, Science, Sustainability
The entanglement and ingestion of plastic is killing marine life at an alarming rate. Thousands of seabirds, sea turtles, seals, and other marine mammals die from this each year. Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian Monk Seals and Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtles are among nearly 700 species that swallow or get caught in plastic waste. On top
Warning: Trashing the Ocean is Killing Marine Life Read Post »
Environment, Health, SustainabilityThe THRIVE project is incredibly grateful to Nina Gbor and Sanjana Swaroop for their captivating presentations during the July 2024 Thrivability Matters Webinar. This webinar focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG-9): Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure & Sustainable Living. With their extensive knowledge, our presenters captivated us by highlighting the critical issues surrounding the textile industry
July 2024 THRIVE Webinar Highlights Featuring: Nina Gbor and Sanjana Swaroop Read Post »
Sustainability, THRIVE News
What is human exploitation? “People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.” Dalai Lama XIV In today’s society, using other people as if they were things has become normalised. Exploitation occurs when
Human Exploitation: Trafficking Read Post »
Government, Health, Human Rights, Sustainability
The paragraph beneath delineates a typical day in the real life of someone with autism, myself. However, my autism isn’t just autism now. As a result of no autism inclusion, I’m burned out. The thick, maroon curtains hang closed, blocking out the dawn. I reach for my blue-tinted, light-blocking glasses. Then, I take out my
Autism Inclusion: Why It’s Important for Sustainability Read Post »
Human Rights, Lifestyle, Society, Sustainability
The growing shift to clean energy propels the global expansion of renewable energy installations. Meeting the ever-increasing energy demand and facilitating large-scale transition necessitates the crucial role of energy storage. Likewise, addressing the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources demands incorporating low-cost and durable energy storage systems into electric grids. Thermal energy storage, organic flow
Revolutionising Energy Storage With Organic Flow Batteries Read Post »
Energy, Innovation, Sustainability, Technology
Education is so powerful that it can bring about the necessary transformation in one’s life. This transformation helps an individual to think, act, and respond in a reasonable way towards society and the environment. Education has the power to change the mindset and behaviour of an individual towards making better informed decisions. Interestingly, education can
How do Education and Climate Change go together? Read Post »
Education, Environment, Society, Sustainability
