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Why Life Cycle Assessment Matters For Your Products Success

THRIVE Publishing | April 11, 2022

62% of respondents in a global study want companies to behave in a more sustainable and eco-friendly way. And businesses that want to stay ahead of the curve will need to prove that they can walk-the-talk. This is where Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) comes in. It’s a must-have for businesses looking to make products more […]

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Business, Environment, Strategy, Sustainability

Is a meatless diet possible?

Raman Omkarsinh | March 31, 2022

Experts in health, environment, and climate change recommend a diet of less meat and more cereals to ensure the sustainability of the planet. But, how possible is it to go on a meatless diet? Research estimates that one in five deaths worldwide is due to poor nutrition due to excessive consumption of salt, sugar or

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Environment, Health, Lifestyle, Sustainability

Bug diets: Good for your health, and the planet!

THRIVE Publishing | March 10, 2022

Can you imagine yourself eating a bug? Not many people can. Yet, this controversial topic is increasingly relevant as rising food waste leads to food scarcity around the world. As a result, more people are turning to bug diets for nutrition. “Entomophagy” is the technical word for consuming bugs and insects as food. If we

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Environment, Health, Lifestyle, Sustainability

Even clean homes can be toxic households. Beware the common pollutants that pose a genuine risk to your health.

Toxic Households: The Contaminants You Don’t See

THRIVE Publishing | March 2, 2022

Chemical pollution in the home is a serious public health problem. A national survey in the U.S found that the population spends an average of 90% of its time in closed spaces. Notably, much of this time is spent in the home itself (Klepeis et.al, 2001, p. 20). Toxic households can look clean, but if

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Environment, Health, Society, Sustainability

Eating well and saving the planet doesn't mean cutting out meat wholesale

Why Wholesale Meat Is Better Than Cutting Meat Wholesale

Aaron Humphrys | February 28, 2022

Meat and sustainability have a complicated relationship. It raises the question; is producing meat sustainable? Certainly not in its current state. Intensive farming and poor stock management damage the environment and contribute to global warming in a big way. However, this is not inherent in meat production. For the consumer, knowledge-based smart eating habits can

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Sustainability, Technology

What's the carbon cost of 2 billion cups of coffee a day? Can coffee producers and consumers reduce the impact of coffee?

Coffee Producers: Is the Carbon Cost Too High?

THRIVE Publishing | February 23, 2022

What’s the carbon cost of consuming 2 billion cups of coffee a day? How can we reduce the carbon impact of coffee?

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Environment, Lifestyle

SDG12: February 2022 Webinar Highlights With Rowan Blizzard

Aaron Humphrys | February 17, 2022

The THRIVE project would like to extend warm gratitude to Rowan Blizzard for his presentation at the February Thrivability Matters webinar. The focus of this webinar was the United Nations SDG12 – Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. Rowan presented on his forte – sustainability in housing and construction. About the Speaker Rowan grew up

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Potable water reuse: A sustainable water resource

Meiting Guo | February 9, 2022

Water is essential to life. Yet, despite being paramount to human survival, we use more than we have. In fact, the amount of water on Earth is not as plentiful as we think. Yes, our planet is covered by 70% of water. But only 2.5% of that is freshwater that we can drink. However, 99%

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Environment, Health, Strategy, Sustainability

The Secret to Reading Recycling Labels on Packaging

Sofia Balingit | February 2, 2022

Recycling and recovering waste is widely discussed nowadays – there is no question about that. Common materials recovered from domestic and industrial rubbish include plastic, paper, glass, and metals. However, contamination is a major issue when it comes to recycling. Thankfully in October 2020, the campaign “Check it! Before You Chuck It!” clarifies the packaging’s

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Environment, Lifestyle, Society, Strategy, Sustainability

The ethics of fashion: When slow is good

Natasha Marais | December 22, 2021

Fast fashion is not just cheap clothing. It’s human exploitation, involving sweat factories. Here people, usually women, work for below minimum wage. Worse, these factories include abusive, unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Child labour is also not uncommon. Furthermore, the cost it places on the environment is disastrous. In fact, each step involved in creating a

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Environment, Lifestyle, Society, Sustainability

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