The THRIVE project would like to extend warm gratitude to Dr. Satish Jeevannavar and Dr. Muhammad Abbas for their presentations at the March Thrivability Matters webinar. The theme of this webinar was the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3- Good Health and Well-being. Satish spoke about the importance of equitable healthcare for all, and the impact […]
Whether we should legalise drugs is a controversial issue. After all, every nation has their own beliefs about drug use. Some substances are culturally embedded, while others provoke moral panic. As such, laws surrounding drug use vary by nation.Most justifications for restricting drug use stem from concerns about health impacts. However, these laws can have
What happens when you legalise drugs? A deep dive into countries that have tried it. Read Post »
Government, Health, Science, Society
Healthy diets are an essential part of a healthy life. After all, a poor lifestyle leads to bad health. It causes obesity, thyroid problems, diabetes, blood pressure, fatty liver, and heart diseases. There’s truth in the saying, “You are what you eat.” Unhealthy diets are a wide-spread issue, causing significant impacts to global health. Worldwide,
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Health, Lifestyle
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
Bug diets: Good for your health, and the planet! Read Post »
Environment, Health, Lifestyle, Sustainability
Rape culture in India puts women and girls at high risk of sexual violence every day. Sexual illiteracy is one of the main causes of India’s rape crisis. So, sex education is an important way to help stop it. Rape culture and sexual violence in India There were 32,033 cases of sexual violence in India
India’s rape culture: Can education stop sexual violence? Read Post »
Health, Society
Employee wellbeing has become a high priority in the modern workplace. In fact, more employers are recognising the value of promoting employee wellbeing. Indeed, the lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the impact of employee mental health on workplace productivity. Employee Wellbeing in the Modern Workplace Today, employees are being offered counselling services
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Business, Health, Society
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
Toxic Households: The Contaminants You Don’t See Read Post »
Environment, Health, Society, Sustainability
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
Why Wholesale Meat Is Better Than Cutting Meat Wholesale Read Post »
Sustainability, Technology
According to the World Health Organization, 45% of all abortions worldwide are unsafe. More than 22,000 women die from these unsafe procedures every year. As it often happens, women from poor, rural, and marginalized communities suffer disproportionately. The fact is, banning abortions do not stop them from happening, nor do restrictive abortion laws. It just
Abortion Laws: Conflict and Consequences Read Post »
Health, Lifestyle, Society
The term zoonotic disease refers to any infectious disease that came from non-human animals. These diseases then spillover to infect humans. Spillovers means “the processes that enable a pathogen from a vertebrae animal to establish infection in a human,”(Sánchez, et al. 2021, pg. 4). When considering that “about 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic,” (Espinosa,
Zoonotic diseases and food production: Preventing the next pandemic Read Post »
Coronavirus, Health, Lifestyle, Science, Sustainability
