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Vertical Farming: The Urban Plant Factories

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Vertical farming involves growing crops in vertically stacked layers under controlled conditions. These farms usually grow crops without soil or light. Vertical farms are also known as plant factories. At present, over 50% of the population live in urban areas worldwide. It is predicted that by 2045 the global urban population will increase by 1.5 […]

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Innovation, Science, Sustainability, Technology
urban slum

Urban Slums: How to Sustainably Fix the Problem

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Urban slums are called different things in different places. Favelas in Brazil, townships in South Africa, villa miser in Argentina. There is a sensitivity around the use of the word and its place in politically correct and socially reformative language. But whatever we choose to call these communities, we need to address the suffering of

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Government, Society, Strategy, Sustainability
Voluntourism

Does voluntourism do more harm than good?

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Voluntourism is becoming one of the trendiest ways to travel and provide help in low socio-economic areas. It has become a rite of passage for many gap year students, with 1.6 million people volunteering overseas each year (Save The Children, 2017). Recently, many have criticised voluntourism, claiming it often does more harm than good. Although

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Government, Society, Sustainability
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