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Environmental Sustainability in Practice

, 2017
1. Introduction: What is Environmental Sustainability?2. Sustainability Education3. Environmental Planning and Management4. Sustainable Agriculture5. Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sustainability6.
Environmental Sustainability Research Centre
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Contextualising a multi-dimensional perspective on energy poverty for South Africa’s just energy transition: a systematic literature review

Environmental Research: Energy
Energy poverty is a multifaceted and urgent issue in the Global South, especially in South Africa, where, despite an electrification rate exceeding 90%, a substantial 40% of the population still experiences energy poverty.
Thandeka Tshabalala, Megan Davies, Nthabiseng Mohlakoana   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transdisciplinary curriculum design for sustainability transitions: A reflective dialogue

South African Journal of Science
Inter- and transdisciplinary curricula can potentially develop an integrated understanding of an increasingly interconnected, complex world and develop students’ agency, empathy, creativity and critical thinking skills.
Lausanne Olvitt, Megan Davies, A'ishah Ebrahim, Jessica Cockburn   +3 more
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The human gut microbiome across the life course

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero, Basak Bahcivanci, Antonietta Hayhoe, Animesh Acharjee, Ezgi Özkurt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring a Water–Energy–Food (WEF) Nexus Approach to Governance: A Case Study of the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa

Energies
The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is recognised globally as a framework for sustainable resource management and a potential tool for building resilient social-ecological systems (SES).
Lourens Swart, Mark Swilling, Amanda Gcanga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Policies for accelerating sustainability transitions: Bridging insights from transition studies and policy studies

259282Pressing environmental and societal challenges, such as the climate crisis and social inequality, call for policy interventions that steer and accelerate sustainability transitions.
Rogge, Karoline, Goedeking, Nicholas, Salas-Gironés, Edgar   +2 more
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Microbiome−host proteostasis crosstalk—An emerging perspective on mechanisms and interventions toward healthy longevity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Proteostasis and the gut microbiota play a key role in shaping host physiology. Microbiota‐derived metabolites, vitamins, and RNA modulate host proteostasis. Findings from model systems, including C. elegans, indicate microbes can either stabilize or disrupt host proteostasis.
Abhishek Anil Dubey, Maria Ermolaeva
wiley   +1 more source

Universities and Sustainable Development Goals localisation: insights from academic staff in Zimbabwe

Cogent Education
The year 2024 marked nine of the 15-year timeline towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Consequently, questions arise regarding the progress made.
Godwell Nhamo, Lazarus Chapungu, Kaitano Dube   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neglected developments undermining sustainability transitions

, 2021
Sustainability transitions are key to addressing grand challenges confronting humanity, yet there are many developments that undermine this endeavor.
Harro van Lente, van Lente, Harro, Jochen Markard, Peter Wells, Xiao-Shan Yap, Wells, Peters, Markard, Jochen, van Lente, Harro; id_orcid, Yap, Xiao-Shan, Wells, Peter   +9 more
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From mice to humans—divergent strategies for intestinal homeostasis and regeneration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Recent advances such as organoid genome editing, xenotransplantation, imaging, and whole‐genome sequencing have enabled direct studies of human intestinal stem cells (ISCs). These studies reveal species‐specific features, including slower ISC proliferation, distinct injury responses, slower somatic mutation accumulation in humans, and an inverse ...
Keiko Ishikawa, Shinya Sugimoto, Toshiro Sato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source