sustainability

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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The SDG2030 Agenda pledges to 'leave no one behind'. How far off its goals are we?

SDG2030 Agenda: How far have we come? How far are we off?

THRIVE Publishing | December 31, 2021

In 2015, UN member states approved the 2030 Agenda, known as SDG2030 Agenda, for sustainable development. The agenda integrates the economic, social and environmental pillars of development within the Sustainable

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Environment, Government, Society, Strategy, Sustainability

The story of Iceland: 100% renewable energy

Nimanie Hapuarachchi | November 22, 2021

Over the coming decades, global warming is set to increase the earth’s temperature by 1.5 ℃. Indeed, a 2021 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirmed this recently. Fossil fuel emissions are a major cause of this rise. If we don’t act fast to reduce the effects of global warming, this increase could

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Energy, Government, Strategy, Sustainability

Energy Efficiency Ratings: What Do They All Mean?

THRIVE Publishing | November 3, 2021

Energy efficiency ratings. It seems like they’re on every product at appliance stores. But why are they there, and what do they all mean? Why rate energy efficiency? More than 80 countries have a standardised rating system, across over 50 products. A study found that household appliances and lighting make up nearly 60% of Europe’s

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Energy, Environment, Lifestyle, Society, Strategy, Sustainability

How Unseen Economic Impacts Pose a Threat to Society

THRIVE Publishing | August 13, 2021

Have you ever considered where did the products you own really come from? Who and how many of them actually worked to make and deliver the

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Business, Sustainability

The Problem with Cattle Raising in the Brazilian Amazon

Sinval Aragao | August 6, 2021

Cattle raising in the Brazilian Amazon is a major driver of deforestation. The combination of deforestation and soy production for livestock feed compromise its sustainability. In fact, deforestation of the Amazon is reaching a critical die-back tipping point. This is a problem because the Amazon contains 30% of the world’s rainforest. It also holds 20%

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Environment, Society, Strategy, Sustainability

Would you drink recycled sewage water?

Anita Lin | June 2, 2021

In fact, 63% of The Guardian readers claimed they would in a 2013 poll by the journal. In another survey on adult Americans, 49% said they would try recycled sewage water and 38% said that they were uncertain (Rozin et al., 2015). However, the same survey found that people are still more disgusted by drinking

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Environment, Lifestyle, Sustainability, Technology

How food security promotes equality

Jeremy Carruthers | May 17, 2021

What is food security? The United Nations define food security as “when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (Committee on World Food Security, 2012). Food security is so much more than

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Health, Society, Sustainability