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Cloud computing can play a crucial role in helping African countries reach sustainable development.
Certain wasps and flies which lay their eggs in specific species such as aphids could be a sustainable form of pest control.
Your fashion choices can help build a sustainable future – here's how.
There is no solution to the unethical, unsustainable fashion industry – yet
A triple-bottom-line approach can be used to evaluate health-care interventions, such as treatment for schizophrenia.
Bamboo has been used since ancient times for building, but only in recent decades has pioneering work in Bali inspired its wider use for substantial and enduring structures.
Disgust has its evolutionary advantages, but is also a barrier to more sustainable consumption. Marketing may help.
A group of America's most powerful CEOs said companies should no longer merely focus on maximizing shareholder wealth. A business professor explains why it's not a big deal.
Two thirds of China's 900m rural residents are moving to cities. Now, architects are finding ways to preserve their built heritage, before it disappears.
The cost of land and, in turn, housing forces people to buy into the rules of market capitalism, making it very hard to 'downshift' from consumer lifestyles. But what if we rethink public housing?
Technological stewardship is a set of values that provide members of the engineering community with guidance for responsible, responsive and agile approaches to design and implementation.
There's a buzz around sustainability, but consumers still struggle to develop new habits. Here's how to change that.
Why you shouldn't be afraid: it won't steal our jobs or destroy the environment.
July 29, 2019 is 'Earth Overshoot Day,' a date coined by the nonprofit Global Footprint Network to publicize overuse of Earth's resources. But their estimates may actually understate the problem.
From building blocks made of fungus to self-healing concrete, architecture is using biotechnology to make buildings come alive.
Smart cities are more likely to be defined by quieter upgrades to existing infrastructure and new partnerships that better represent residents.
A human rights approach offers central banks a new tool for understanding the true costs and benefits of their operations.
This year's national conference of the Australian Marine Science Association is a plastic-free zone, as marine scientists aim to reduce the environmental burden of throwaway plastic.
Carbon offsetting is one way of doing it – but sometimes the simplest methods work best.
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