{"title":"Communities in energy transition: exploring best practices and decision support tools to provide equitable outcomes","authors":"B. Tarekegne, K. Kazimierczuk, R. O'Neil","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00080-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00080-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43745904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating complexities towards sustainable food crops production: local practices for climate change adaptation in rural Ghana","authors":"Daniel Dambeebo, Francis Dakyaga, E. Derbile","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00078-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00078-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44016033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancing a cultural change agenda in higher education: issues and values related to reimagining academic leadership","authors":"Joseph A Whittaker, B. Montgomery","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00079-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00079-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48086315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdourhimou amadou Issoufou, I. Soumana, Issiaka Issaharou Matchi, Aboubacar Oumar Zon, A. Mahamane
{"title":"Forecasting the distribution of Anogeissus leïocarpa (DC.) Guill. & Perr. by using an ensemble modelling in Niger, West Africa","authors":"Abdourhimou amadou Issoufou, I. Soumana, Issiaka Issaharou Matchi, Aboubacar Oumar Zon, A. Mahamane","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00076-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00076-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47699840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human-wildlife conflict interest: the psychometric reasons for the death of 28 hippos in the Gibe Sheleko National park (2019), Southwestern Ethiopia","authors":"H. Wondimu, Ashenafi Kebede","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00077-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00077-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45247614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Takada, Wubamlak Ayichew Workneh, S. Matsushita
{"title":"Statistical analysis on egalitarian land redistribution in Ethiopia: policy evaluation using repeated cross-sectional data","authors":"J. Takada, Wubamlak Ayichew Workneh, S. Matsushita","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00075-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00075-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45604122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Market power and sustainability: a new research agenda","authors":"Katharina Biely, S. Van Passel","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00073-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00073-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48025122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflections on educational leadership for sustainability: a Brazilian case study","authors":"Daniela Cássia Sudan, V. Zuin","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00072-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00072-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52856039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Discover SustainabilityPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-01-04DOI: 10.1007/s43621-021-00070-7
Joseph Gyea Nuripuoh, Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah, Noel Bakobie
{"title":"Awareness and health risk protection behaviours of scavengers in the Gbalahi landfill site, Ghana, in the era of sustainable development.","authors":"Joseph Gyea Nuripuoh, Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah, Noel Bakobie","doi":"10.1007/s43621-021-00070-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43621-021-00070-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Waste picking is a pivotal in achieving sustainable waste management, environment health and economic development in the era of sustainable development. The study assessed the practices, knowledge, perception and health risk protection behaviours of waste scavengers in the Gbalahi landfill site. A total of 60 scavengers were conveniently sampled and interviewed. The study revealed that 93% of the waste scavengers sort waste using hooks and their bare hands. The study also showed 62% of the respondents have ever been physically abused by other scavengers. A good number of scavengers believed they have been fortified against \"dirt diseases\" during their childhood and have developed natural immunity against diseases. The knowledge of scavengers was skewed towards economic benefits as they viewed waste picking as a survival strategy. Discrimination and physical abuse posed a seemingly significant psychological health risk to majority of them. Safety and protection practices are limited to the use of pieces of clothes to cover the nose, wearing of multiple clothes and worn-out boots recovered from the landfill. Most of the respondents risk being exposed to the virus and pathogens. It is recommended that education and increased sensitisation should be encouraged and implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ghana Health Service and other allied institutions in order to regularise and ensure the health and safety of waste scavengers.</p>","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8726515/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44177595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Discover SustainabilityPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-06-20DOI: 10.1007/s43621-022-00088-5
Walter Leal Filho, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Salvador Ruiz-de-Maya, Federica Doni, João Henrique Eustachio, Julia Swart, Arminda Paço
{"title":"The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense?","authors":"Walter Leal Filho, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Salvador Ruiz-de-Maya, Federica Doni, João Henrique Eustachio, Julia Swart, Arminda Paço","doi":"10.1007/s43621-022-00088-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00088-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a global priority, but one whose full implementation is vulnerable to the high costs associated with it. This raises the question: does the implementation of the SDGs make financial sense? This article addresses this question and outlines the need to raise awareness of the economic benefits of implementing the global goals. Further, it presents and discusses the main financial gaps to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.</p>","PeriodicalId":34549,"journal":{"name":"Discover Sustainability","volume":" ","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9207869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40403332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}