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The steady state economy wants to maintain human and ecological wellbeing whilst remaining within the limits of growth.

The Steady State Economy: Limits to Economic Growth?

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A Steady State Economy (SSE) is an economy that is stable and at ‘equilibrium’. That means that factors like demand, supply, and production are relatively constant and sustainable. Further, there is stable population size. Economic activity in a steady state economy is sufficient to support the population but does not exceed resource limits. Thus, a […]

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Energy, Environment, Society, Sustainability
Are methane hydrates being released into the atmosphere as a result of global warming?

Is Global Warming Causing Methane Hydrates To Escape?

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what is a Methane Hydrate? Ocean methane hydrates are white, icelike solids that consist of methane and water. They are an untapped potential future energy source.  Ocean methane hydrate deposits are a kind of shortcut fossil fuel. Methane gas is primarily formed by microorganisms that live in the deep sediment layers and slowly convert organic substances into

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Energy, Environment, Science

Life Underwater: How Climate Change Affects Marine Life

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There is a strong relationship between climate and the conditions for life underwater. As the earth’s climate changes, so does water temperature, ocean currents, and sea levels. These changes directly impact all life underwater, from plankton at the bottom of the marine food chain to the largest mammals in the oceans. As long as we

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Electric charging stations by Tesla. Soon the freight industry will transform to low carbon transport.

Low Carbon Transport: Can Electric Vehicles Carry Freight?

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Did you know that heavy-duty trucks account for around 25% of global road emissions? This is while they represent only 1% of total fleet vehicles on the road. (World Economic Forum) Large parts of the transport sector are moving over to electric powered vehicles. For example, vehicles in public transport, mining and delivery industries are

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Energy, Innovation, Technology
It is argued that the power plants of the future using nuclear fusion for energy would produce no greenhouse gases and only a very small amount of short-lived radioactive waste.

Nuclear Fusion for Energy: How Viable is it Really?

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There are two notable nuclear reactions that can be used to generate power: Nuclear fusion is based on the idea of forcing atomic nuclei together to generate energy. It’s the same atomic reaction that happens inside the Sun. Nuclear fission, on the other hand, splits unstable atoms. In the process, it produces radioactive waste. It

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With global warming, areas experiencing water scarcity are increasing. Finding solutions for drought is now becoming critical.

Solutions for Drought: Managing Water Scarcity

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Finding solutions for drought in a world increasingly affected by climate change depends upon first understanding the various types of drought that can affect eco systems. What Is Drought? Drought is a natural phenomenon that commonly describes a period of water scarcity resulting from insufficient rain. However, there are other meanings attached to the term.

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Environment, Sustainability
Water Sustainability is a key part of running an energy efficient eco-friendly hotel

Water Sustainability: Tips from Eco-friendly Hotels

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Water sustainability is becoming increasingly important. Hotels use approximately 1,500 litres per room per day on average. That amount exceeds even those of populations in water-scarce locations. In addition, hospitality venues sometimes use more than eight times as much water as the surrounding population. Environmental damage and climate change are having serious consequences for the

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Business, Lifestyle, Sustainability
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Climate change and the “SDGs”: What are they and how do they help?

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A holistic approach to sustainability includes economic, social, and environmental sustainability. This means, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) encompass all three sustainability views. Climate change and SDGs have complex relationships. They’re often indivisible or reinforcing relationships but sometimes they can be counteracting. What are these “SDGs”? The Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to

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Environment, Strategy, Sustainability
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SDG13: April 2022 Webinar Highlights with Daxita Rajcoomar and Valerie Itey

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The THRIVE project would like to extend warm gratitude to Daxita Rajcoomar and Valerie Itey for their presentation at the April Thrivability Matters webinar. The focus of this webinar was the United Nations SDG13 – Climate Action. Daxita drew on her expertise in the sustainability sector to speak about the importance of decarbonisation solutions as

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Carbon Capture: Will it save us or end us?

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Global warming is one of the major problem and the cause for that is the increasing amount of Global warming is one of the major problems we must contend with. The primary cause for that is the increasing amount of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The chart below shows the proportions of global GHG emissions by

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