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Sustainable Design: Aspects of Sustainable Product Development

BioResources, 2021
When NC State University recently hired me to lead a course concentration in sustainable design, I began to hone in on what sustainable product development and design translate to and its actionable applications.
Rico Ruffino
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Modeling the impact of macroenvironmental forces on investment in Renewable Energy Technologies in Ghana: the moderating role of Entrepreneurship orientation dimensions

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022
Since 2011, successive Governments in Ghana have developed, and implemented Renewable Energy Master Plan to leverage macroenvironmental forces and encourage indigenous investment in Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs), but the actual impacts are yet to ...
Michael Karikari Appiah, Rosemary Anderson Akolaa, Angela Kyerewaa Ayisi-Addo   +2 more
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The sustainable development goals in two sustainable development reserves in central amazon: achievements and challenges

Discover Sustainability, 2021
The 2030 Agenda was set in 2015 by the United Nations, with 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Amazonian riverine people are recognized as traditional communities that have their own culture and use the local natural resources of their territories in ...
Leonardo Capeleto de Andrade, João Paulo Borges-Pedro, Maria Cecilia Rosinski Lima Gomes, Daniel Joseph Tregidgo, Ana Claudeise Silva do Nascimento, Fernanda Pozzan Paim, Miriam Marmontel, Tabatha Benitz, Alexandre Pucci Hercos, João Valsecchi do Amaral   +9 more
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An increase in temperature under the shared socioeconomic scenarios in the Volta River Basin, West Africa: implications for economic development

Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2023
This study examined the temperature variations in West Africa's Volta River Basin (VRB) from 2021 to 2050 in comparison to the historical period (1985–2014) under two Shared Socioeconomic Pathway Scenarios (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5).
Andrew Manoba Limantol, Isaac Larbi, Sam-Quarcoo Dotse, Gloria Chinwendu Okafor, Peter Asare-Nuamah, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Abdul-Rauf Malimanga Alhassan, Emmanuel Angmor, Jilly Philippa Joel Premkumar, George Lutterodt, Theodora Akweley Asiamah, Thomas Atta-Darkwa, Naomi Kumi, Nana Agyemang Prempeh   +13 more
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Household exposure to the risk of cooking smoke: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Energy Nexus, 2023
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, the place of cooking and choice of fuel for cooking have detrimental effects on health due to excessive exposure to smoke.
Michael Larbi Odame, Anthony Amoah
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Access to handwashing with soap facility: a post-sensitisation investigation of drivers

Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2022
As part of measures to promote good hygiene, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund adopted affordable handwashing with soap facility (Tippy-Tap), and implemented sensitisation training for residents in the Binduri District of Ghana ...
Andrew Manoba Limantol, Anthony Amoah
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“Planeterranean” Diet: extending worldwide the health benefits of Mediterranean Diet based on nutritional properties of locally available foods

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2022
In 2010, November 16th, the Mediterranean diet was given the recognition of UNESCO as an “Intangible Heritage of Humanity” as this dietary pattern is rooted in the preservation of tradition, land, and biodiversity.
Annamaria Colao, Claudia Vetrani, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea, Antonia Tricopoulou, Laura Soldati, Prisco Piscitelli, UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development   +7 more
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Gelingende Verankerung von Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in den Curricula

Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, 2023
Zukunftsfähige Lehre erfordert Konzepte, die zur aktiven Gestaltung von gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen nachhaltiger Entwicklung befähigen. Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (HBNE) bietet ein exzellentes Konzept, dessen curriculare ...
Heike Molitor, Jennifer Krah, Antonia Bruns   +2 more
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We have fears: Farmers’ eviction concerns of tema motorway expansion, Ghana

Cogent Social Sciences, 2023
In this study, we assessed the concerns of the numerous vegetable farmers whose farms are likely to be wiped out along one of Ghana’s most popular roads, the Tema Motorway, if it is widened to ease the growing traffic in the rapidly urbanizing city of ...
Daniella Delali Sedegah, Michael Tuffour, Jilly Philippa Joel Premkumar   +2 more
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Investigating the role of bulking agents in compost maturity

Scientific Reports, 2023
Kitchen waste is increasing globally, similarly in Pakistan bulk of municipal solid waste comprises of kitchen waste specifically, tea waste. Composting of kitchen waste is one of the promising ways to convert waste into useful product, resulting into ...
Khadija Zahra, Muhammad Farhan, Amina Kanwal, Faiza Sharif, Muhammad Umar Hayyat, Laila Shahzad, Gul Zareen Ghafoor   +6 more
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