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Sustainable protein alternatives
Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2021Abstract Background Fake meat industry is expected to grow and to be worth $140 billion by 2030. Alternative protein can be produced by plant or microbe. Animal-free dairy protein can be produced by fermentation in microflora. Scope and approach In order to improve the real production, many companies are focusing on fermentation for animal-free ...
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Allelopathy: an alternative tool for sustainable agriculture
Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2023Population increase, poverty, environmental degradation, and the use of synthetic herbicides are interdependent and closely linked and hence influence global food safety and stability of world agriculture. On the one hand, varied weeds, insects, and other pests have caused a tremendous loss in agricultural crop productivity annually. On the other hand,
Quratul Ain +3 more
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Alternative Scenarios in the Context of Sustainable Development
2014The number of people inhabiting the earth has fluctuated significantly over the course of human history, in response to both natural changes in the environment and stresses to local habitats created by the populations themselves. From the first appearance of Homo sapiens some 200,000 years ago in Africa until about 35,000 years ago, the world’s human ...
K.C., S., Lutz, W.
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Biotechnology—a sustainable alternative for chemical industry
Biotechnology Advances, 2005This review outlines the current and emerging applications of biotechnology, particularly in the production and processing of chemicals, for sustainable development. Biotechnology is "the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents".
Maria, Gavrilescu, Yusuf, Chisti
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Sustainability, Feminism and the Search for Alternatives [PDF]
Development, 2011 Alejandra Scampini works for the Association for Women's Rights AWID based in Uruguay. Before joining AWID she worked for ActionAid as the Women's Rights coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean. Alejandra also worked with REPEM for more than ten years where she gained vast experience in women's rights, education and development advocacy.
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Sustainable Fashion Alternatives
The global fashion industry is undergoing a critical transition, with the adverse impacts of fast fashion highlighting the need for sustainable alternatives. This chapter investigates Indian handloom and khadi textiles as viable pathways toward sustainable fashion, focusing on the evolving role of Indian consumers in their revival. Drawing on empiricalArun Kumar Gaikwad +2 more
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Sustaining the Local: An Alternative Approach to Sustainable Design
Architectural Design, 2015By implication, the developmentof experimental architecture that is responsive to the local context can have sustainable benefits for the natural environment and adjacent community. Here, architect and writer Terri Peters, who has a PhD in sustainable building transformation, picks up the gauntlet and asks how the notion of localness might be able to ...
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Earthships: sustainable housing alternative
International Journal of Sustainable Design, 2009This paper critiques an obscure form of sustainable architecture that addresses many of the environmental, social and economic challenges facing humanity. It focuses on the work of architect, Michael Reynolds, who has been experimenting with radical house designs and construction techniques over the past three and half decades.
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The Sustainability of Schooling and Its Alternatives
2018Mass schooling is a peculiar modern phenomenon with a smaller role in education than many are willing to admit. Schools are not necessary. If they are to continue, they need to be justified—to policy-makers and to the public, and most of all to the staff and pupils in schools.
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Services as an Alternative Path to Sustainability [PDF]
, 2012 Transition to a service oriented business model makes sense in economic terms; it allows the company to enjoy a triple beneficial effect: a higher profit margin, coming from more transactions, with less uncertainty. The proposed approach aims to examine whether the transition from a product manufacturing business model to a service-oriented one can be ...
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