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Let’s assume you’ve just bought a new hairdryer. It works perfectly until, two weeks later, it stops working all of…
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Let’s assume you’ve just bought a new hairdryer. It works perfectly until, two weeks later, it stops working all of…
Source: grapevine.is
Writing academic papers on sustainability that truly succeed is an art and skill that can be honed. Here’s how to thrive when writing them.
Severe weather is impacting agriculture across the globe. The Midwestern United States has been continually flooding since March, inflicting $2.9 billion in property damage and threatening the livelihoods of farmers throughout the region. Internationally, food security is under threat from an onslaught of drought, while agriculture is already subject to the challenges of thin margins and complex global trade. Meanwhile, there is increasing pressure to do more with less to ensure food security for the growing global population.
Interest and attention are growing for investment in sustainable agriculture. From tech startups to major food companies, business leaders are recognizing the need to set sustainability targets and invest in practices that support agricultural resilience.
Elizabeth May was “shocked” to see the image, saying it was manipulated without her knowledge.
For agriculture to be able to feed the world in 2050, rapid improvements in sustainability are needed. That’s the message Rogier Schulte will be sharing in Redesigning Sustainable Foodscapes, his inaugural address at Wageningen University & Research on Thursday 12 December.
Old milk containers, juice jugs and toy cups are not the type of products usually associated with high-concept furniture, but two designers in Hong Kong have taken these and other items and upcycled them into stylish pieces of public furniture. Tasked with creating a collection of 12 benches for the town hall in Sha Tin, in Hong Kong’s New Territories, the co-founders and design principals of HIR Studio, Howard Chung and Irene Cheng, turned to the Shing Mun River for inspiration. “The Shing Mun River is the soul of Sha Tin,” says Chung, who grew up in the area. “But even though the river quality has improved over the years it is still quite polluted, so we really wanted to do something to help alleviate the problem of plastic pollution in the water.”