Review
Environmental Sciences
Nurul Izzati Othmani, Syahidah Amni Mohamed, Nor Hamizah Abdul Hamid, Noorliyana Ramlee, Lee Bak Yeo, Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunos
Summary: Bio-inspired research in sustainable building design has the potential to inspire new ecological morals, address challenges, and create a healthy environment. By adopting biomimicry approaches and principles, building designs can become more ecologically sustainable, benefiting both humans and other living organisms, while safeguarding biodiversity.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shubh Pravat Singh Yadav, Vivek Lahutiya, Netra Prasad Ghimire, Bishnu Yadav, Prava Paudel, G. P. Koirala
Summary: As the negative impacts of the industrial/modern agricultural framework continue to grow, an alternative is necessary. Permaculture, a set of sustainable practices, incorporates various elements to promote comprehensive and diverse ecologies. This study explores the local knowledge of permaculture practitioners in Nepal, focusing on their ideology, practices, and co-opting nature to understand how permaculture can replace the current agricultural system. The study emphasizes the importance of emotional connections with the planet and harnessing creativity and imagination to facilitate positive natural change.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jason Alexandra
Summary: Accepting the intertwining relationship between nature and culture has significant implications for social and environmental policies. This paper explores the use of ecological design as a framework for planning and problem-solving, concluding that design-based approaches can integrate conservation and production in agricultural landscapes, while maintaining biodiversity under climate change.
Article
Development Studies
Tariku Sagoya Gashute, Tefera Kagnalew Hale
Summary: Modern agriculture and indigenous agricultural knowledge have their own strengths and weaknesses. Modern agriculture can enhance production through technological advancements, but it has negative environmental impacts. Indigenous agriculture is sustainable and organic, but it struggles to meet increasing food demand. Integrating these two systems, such as through permaculture, can bridge the gap between modern and indigenous farming.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Longyu Li, Qianming Lin, Miao Tang, Esther H. R. Tsai, Chenfeng Ke
Summary: By tailoring the molecular weights and PEG grafting densities of the copolymers, the sizes of the formed polypseudorotaxanes crystalline domain and the physical crosslinking density of the hydrogels were rationally tuned, enabling 3D printing and mechanical adaptability. The obtained hydrogels exhibited large tensile strain and broad elastic-to-plastic variations after 3D printing and photo-crosslinking.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Samuel Ikendi
Summary: This article explores the connection between agricultural development and environmental issues in the Midwest region and proposes three approaches to address the challenges: ecological conservation, biodiversity, and agricultural education.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Nathalie Verbrugghe, Eleonora Rubinacci, Ahmed Z. Khan
Summary: Biomimicry is a field of science that uses natural models, systems, and elements as inspiration for solving design problems. In the built environment, it can enhance sustainability and even lead to regenerative design. This study aims to reduce fragmentation in the field of biomimicry in architecture through an extensive literature survey and analysis, exploring case studies, classification systems, and methodological frameworks.
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Sen Wang, Duosi Mo, Qunying Wu, Xianzhong Bu, Jiwei Xue, Chonghui Zhang
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between environmental protection and mining development in the Qinling Mountains, and proposes a comprehensive strategy for green ecological development. By adopting new technological systems and environmental protection measures, sustainable development of resource exploitation and pollution control can be achieved.
MINERALS ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jianren Shi, Qiaoyun Guo, Xiumin Zhao
Summary: The development of permaculture is significant for modern urban agriculture as it combines agriculture with urban life, alleviating the contradiction between the city and ecological environment protection and promoting sustainable urban-rural integration.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Erle C. Ellis, Nicolas Gauthier, Kees Klein Goldewijk, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Nicole Boivin, Sandra Diaz, Dorian Q. Fuller, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Jed O. Kaplan, Naomi Kingston, Harvey Locke, Crystal N. H. McMichael, Darren Ranco, Torben C. Rick, M. Rebecca Shaw, Lucas Stephens, Jens-Christian Svenning, James E. M. Watson
Summary: Archaeological and paleoecological evidence suggest that human societies have been using ecologically transformative land use practices since 10,000 BCE, shaping nearly three quarters of Earth's land by that time. The current biodiversity crisis is not primarily caused by the loss of uninhabited wildlands, but rather from the appropriation, colonization, and intensifying use of biodiverse cultural landscapes long shaped and sustained by prior societies. Recognizing the deep cultural connection with biodiversity will be crucial in resolving the crisis.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Gorkem Giray, Cagatay Catal
Summary: Effective and efficient data management is crucial for smart farming and precision agriculture, particularly for sustainable agriculture. This study presents a data management reference architecture designed specifically for sustainable agriculture through domain scoping, domain modeling, and reference architecture design. Four case studies demonstrate the practicality and effectiveness of the proposed reference architecture in the context of sustainable agriculture.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Francesco Rotondo, Paola Perchinunno, Samuela L'Abbate, Lucia Mongelli
Summary: The concept of sustainability has evolved and new statistical information is available, demanding constant checks on indicators to accurately represent societal well-being. The Sustainable Development Goals cover various domains of development and are important for evaluating government policies and monitoring intervention progress.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Muhammad Khurshid, Mohammad Nafees, Abdullah Khan, He Yin, Wahid Ullah, Wajid Rashid, Heesup Han, Akhtar Hussain Lashari
Summary: Agriculture encroachment in Northern Pakistan's uplands has posed serious threats to sustainable land use and agro-pastoral systems. The study revealed that off-season agriculture has expanded from lower to higher elevation areas, encroaching on accessible pastoral land. Additionally, repeated cultivation of the same crops without proper land management has significantly reduced land productivity. Farmers have abandoned unproductive land and cultivated on steeper slopes, leading to pressure on pastoralists' livelihoods and the upland ecosystem. Policies promoting sustainable land management are crucial to ensure socio-economic equity and ecological integrity.
Article
Orthopedics
Yuhe Yang, Jingdong Rao, Huaqian Liu, Zhifei Dong, Zhen Zhang, Ho -Pan Bei, Chunyi Wen, Xin Zhao
Summary: This article provides a systematic overview of the development of biomimicking design of artificial periosteum, including the universal strategies, novel versatile biomimicking artificial periosteum, and potential implications and prospects. Future research should consider the integration of innervation, osteochondral regeneration, and osteoimmunomodulation.
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRANSLATION
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Molly E. Brown, Ana J. P. Carcedo, Michael Eggen, Kathryn L. Grace, Jason Neff, Ignacio A. Ciampitti
Summary: Agricultural scientists are pursuing sustainable intensification strategies to increase food availability. Collaboration with smallholders is essential for co-elaborating policy solutions to food security crises, taking into account local conditions and socio-cultural aspects. The current inequality of agricultural research in smallholder farming systems reduces the overall impact of interventions, highlighting the need for integration of agriculture, social and demographic modeling to address persistent food security issues.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)