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1. Environmental sustainability perception toward obvious recovered waste content in paper-based packaging: An online and in-person survey best-worst scaling experiment

Author:
Sophie Van Schoubroeck; Lisandra Chacon; Autumn M. Reynolds; Nathalie Lavoine; Marko Hakovirta; Ronalds Gonzalez; Steven Van Passel; Richard A. Venditti
Source:
Resources, conservation, and recycling 2023 v.188 pp. 106682
ISSN:
0921-3449
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; agricultural wastes; hardwood; paper; paperboard; pulp; surveys; waste composition;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study explores consumers’ visual sustainability impressions of paper-based packaging that has incorporated obvious waste content. Two research questions were addressed concerning (i) the environmental sustainability perception of noticeable waste content in packaging and (ii) the impact of the presentation format (i.e., online versus in-person surveys) when studying these perceptions. Best-wo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106682

2. Present status and challenges of fodder production in controlled environments: A review

Author:
Md Shamim Ahamed; Muhammad Sultan; Redmond R. Shamshiri; Md Mostafizar Rahman; Muhammad Aleem; Siva K. Balasundram
Source:
Smart agricultural technology 2023 v.3 pp. 100080
ISSN:
2772-3755
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; adverse effects; agricultural land; biomass production; capital; climate; food production; forage; greenhouses; hydroponics; industry; livestock production; relative humidity; temperature; water conservation;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Hydroponic fodder production in controlled environment (CE) settings have gained more focus in recent years due to the shortage of agricultural land for food production and the adverse effect of climate changes. However, the operation costs and dry matter issues are the major concerns for the sustainability of fodder production in the CE. This study provides a comprehensive literature review on te ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atech.2022.100080

3. Building knowledge infrastructure for diverse stakeholders to scale up co-production equitably

Author:
Hamil Pearsall; Sarah Heck; Madison Tablas; Joseph Pierce; Clare Hinrichs; Lara A Roman; Jerome Shabazz
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.54 pp. 101156
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; governance; stakeholders;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Emerging sustainability research has called for scaling up co-production because sustainability challenges span administrative, institutional, cultural, and physical boundaries and often occur at different scales than co-production tends to happen. To scale up co-production equitably, any such efforts must center the power dynamics intrinsic to rescaling. We highlight how scale itself is construct ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101156

4. Towards just sustainability through government-led housing: conceptual and practical considerations

Author:
Christina Culwick Fatti
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.54 pp. 101150
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; hybrids; society;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Government-led housing is linked explicitly to building socially just and environmentally sustainable cities. However, marrying justice and sustainability remains an intractable challenge. This paper reveals how this challenge is both conceptual and practical. This review considers the hybrid notion of just sustainability and how these ideas are reflected within government-led housing, using South ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101150

5. Values as leverage points for sustainability transformation: two pathways for transformation research

Author:
Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.57 pp. 101205
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; governance; society;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... The burgeoning literature on sustainability transformation agrees that values play a key, albeit unelucidated, role on the transformation research agenda. Recent literature linking values and transformation increasingly points toward the hypothesis that values may act as leverage points for sustainability transformation. However, how transformation research can engage with values as leverage point ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101205

6. Roles and actions of managers in circular supply chain implementation: A resource orchestration perspective

Author:
Richard Asante; Martin Agyemang; Daniel Faibil; Dickson Osei-Asibey
Source:
Sustainable Production and Consumption 2022 v.30 pp. 64-76
ISSN:
2352-5509
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; industry; supply chain;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Managers play an integral part in the effective transition to circular supply chain (CSC) because of their ability to influence the environmental sustainability in their supply chain. However, limited studies focus on the varied roles and actions of supply chain managers in the transition to CSC. Drawing on the resource orchestration perspective (ROP), the study develops a framework to give insigh ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.spc.2021.11.028

7. Inter-country comparisons of energy system performance with the energy trilemma index: An ensemble ranking methodology based on the half-quadratic theory

Author:
Yelin Fu; Yihe Lu; Chen Yu; Kin Keung Lai
Source:
Energy 2022 v.261 pp. 125048
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; affordability; arithmetics; energy;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The World Energy Council annually publishes the Energy Trilemma Index (ETI) to highlight an economy’s challenges in balancing the Trilemma and opportunities for improvements in meeting energy goals at present and in the future. The ETI is constructed by taking the arithmetic average of energy security, energy equity (accessibility and affordability), environmental sustainability. This paper propos ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2022.125048

8. Nature’s disvalues: what are they and why do they matter?

Author:
Bosco Lliso; Dominic Lenzi; Barbara Muraca; Kai MA Chan; Unai Pascual
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.56 pp. 101173
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; biodiversity; ecosystems; people;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper expands the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) values framing about nature and its contributions to people by exploring the notion of ‘disvalues’, which pertains to aspects of nature that reduce well being (instrumental disvalues), relationships that are detrimental to a dignified and flourishing life (relational disvalues), or the perception of ba ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101173

9. ‘Footbridges’: pedestrian infrastructure or urban barrier?

Author:
Aryana Soliz; Ruth Pérez-López
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.55 pp. 101161
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; activists; society; traffic;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... In recent decades, many transportation authorities have been responding to traffic-flow concerns through the construction of ‘footbridges’ on both major roadways and lower-velocity streets. Notwithstanding some exceptions, much of this (infra)structure poses major safety and accessibility challenges for active commuters. Building on calls for socially just approaches to sustainable transitions, th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101161

10. Conflicting perceptions of quota-based systems in Australian fisheries

Author:
Sean Pascoe; Eriko Hoshino; Trevor Hutton; Alistair J. Hobday
Source:
Marine & freshwater research 2022 v.73 no.4 pp. 419-427
ISSN:
1323-1650
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; freshwater; ownership; research; Australia;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) have been implemented in many fisheries in Australia and elsewhere, primarily in response to stock management challenges. However, unanticipated economic and social outcomes are also apparent, particularly for small-scale fishers. In December 2020, the Australian Senate initiated an Inquiry into the operations of ITQ management systems in Australian fisheries. ...
DOI:
10.1071/MF21227

11. Business case complexity and environmental sustainability: Nonlinearity and optimality from an efficiency perspective

Author:
Béchir Ben Lahouel; Lotfi Taleb; Younes Ben Zaied; Shunsuke Managi
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2022 v.301 pp. 113870
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; environmental management; models; stakeholders;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The question of whether it is possible to “do well by going green” has been debated at length in the literature on environmental sustainability, but no consensus has been reached to date. Building on stakeholder theory in that a firm's environmental sustainability can improve its competitive advantage, this study investigates the impacts of sustainable environmental practices on the competitivenes ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113870

12. Liberation extension: building capacities for civilizational transition

Author:
Nicholas Copeland
Source:
Agriculture and human values 2022 v.39 no.3 pp. 859-870
ISSN:
0889-048X
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; agriculture; humans; market economy;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... COVID 19 has exacerbated and underscored structural inequalities and endemic vulnerabilities in food, economic, and social systems, compounding concerns about environmental sustainability and racial and economic justice. Convergent crises have amplified a growing chorus of voices and movements calling for new thinking and new practices to adapt to these shifts, mitigate their impact, and address t ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10460-022-10295-5

13. Molded fiber and pulp products as green and sustainable alternatives to plastics: A mini review

Author:
Yanling Zhang; Chao Duan; Swetha Kumari Bokka; Zhibin He; Yonghao Ni
Source:
Journal of bioresources and bioproducts 2022 v.7 no.1 pp. 14-25
ISSN:
2369-9698
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; biobased products; biodegradability; pulp;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... There are significant incentives/pressures on decreasing the use of plastics and their related products in the packaging industry, correspondingly, strong demands are emerging for clean, renewable, recyclable/ biodegradable packaging products. In this context, molded fiber/pulp products have attracted increasing attention, due to their green/sustainable advantages, simply because the raw materials ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jobab.2021.10.003

14. Urban climate resilience through hybrid infrastructure

Author:
Erik Andersson; Nancy B Grimm; Joshua A Lewis; Charles L Redman; Stephan Barthel; Johan Colding; Thomas Elmqvist
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.55 pp. 101158
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; climate; hybrids; infrastructure; landscapes;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Urban infrastructure will require transformative changes to adapt to changing disturbance patterns. We ask what new opportunities hybrid infrastructure—built environments coupled with landscape-scale biophysical structures and processes—offer for building different layers of resilience critical for dealing with increased variation in the frequency, magnitude and different phases of climate-related ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101158

15. Leveraging shadow networks for procedural justice

Author:
Abigail York; Mahir Yazar
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.57 pp. 101190
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; decision making; environmental governance;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Increasingly, environmental sustainability-governance research investigates procedural justice, which is focused on fairness, discrimination, and inclusion in decision-making. To understand the (re)production of inequity and environmental injustice, we must examine who is included and excluded, what types of knowledge and information are incorporated, and how more inclusive processes may (not) fac ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101190

16. #Circular economy – A Twitter Analytics framework analyzing Twitter data, drivers, practices, and sustainability outcomes

Author:
Felipe Alexandre De Lima
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.372 pp. 133734
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; circular economy; climate change; vision;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The circular economy (CE) has gained momentum among scholars, the business community, and policymakers as it fosters the circularity of resources in production and consumption systems. Extensive conceptual research has scrutinized the CE concept, yet little attention has been paid to analyzing how the CE is conceived, consented, and implemented using Twitter data. To address this gap, this study u ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133734

17. Leveraging SETS resilience capabilities for safe-to-fail infrastructure under climate change

Author:
Yeowon Kim; Thomaz Carvalhaes; Alysha Helmrich; Samuel Markolf; Ryan Hoff; Mikhail Chester; Rui Li; Nasir Ahmad
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.54 pp. 101153
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; climate; climate change; infrastructure; weather;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... As the rehabilitation of infrastructure is outpaced by changes in the profile, frequency, and intensity of extreme weather events, infrastructure’s service disruptions and failures become increasingly likely. Safe-to-fail approaches for infrastructure planning and design improve the capacity of cities to adapt for uncertain climate futures by identifying social, ecological, and technological syste ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101153

18. Smarter greener cities through a social-ecological-technological systems approach

Author:
Artur Branny; Maja Steen Møller; Silviya Korpilo; Timon McPhearson; Natalie Gulsrud; Anton Stahl Olafsson; Christopher M Raymond; Erik Andersson
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2022 v.55 pp. 101168
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; ecological resilience; infrastructure; temporal variation;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Smart city development is expanding rapidly globally and is often argued to improve urban sustainability. However, these smart developments are often technology-centred approaches that can miss critical interactions between social and ecological components of urban systems, limiting their real impact. We draw on the social-ecological-technological systems (SETS) literature and framing to expand an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101168

19. Green growth, a-growth or degrowth? Investigating the attitudes of environmental protection specialists at the German Environment Agency

Author:
Cathérine Lehmann; Olivier Delbard; Steffen Lange
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.336 pp. 130306
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; economic development; environmental protection; surveys;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Green growth, a-growth, post-growth and degrowth are prominent concepts on the role of economic growth for achieving environmental sustainability. In this article, we investigate the attitudes of environmental protection specialists towards these concepts by conducting a survey with employees of the German Environment Agency (UBA). We develop three measures of attitudes towards the concepts: An im ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130306

20. Metrics for a nature-positive world: A multiscale approach for absolute environmental sustainability assessment

Author:
Ying Xue; Bhavik R. Bakshi
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.846 pp. 157373
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
environmental sustainability,   etc   ; credit; ecosystems; environment; humans; stakeholders;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Absolute environmental sustainability (AES) metrics include nature's carrying capacity as a reference to provide insight into the extent to which human activities exceed ecosystem limits, and to encourage actions toward restoration and protection of nature. Existing methods for determining AES metrics rely on the frameworks of Planetary boundaries (PB) and Ecosystem Services. This work provides ne ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157373