A Sustainable Life: Here’s one way to burn less fossil fuel - use human energy to heat buildings instead
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- AMIN AL-HABAIBEH
In an article first published on The Conversation, AMIN AL-HABAIBEH, a professor of intelligent engineering systems at Nottingham Trent University, looks at how body heat could play a role in heating buildings...
A Sustainable Life: Five walks to save the world – how ‘psychogeography’ can help you confront the climate crisis
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- PHILIPPA HOLLOWAY
PHILIPPA HOLLOWAY, academic and author of 'The Half-life of Snails', says action on climate change can start with something as simple as a walk...
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- AMBER MARTIN-WOODHEAD
UK charity Tearfund is holding The Great Fashion Fast this month. Sustainable fashion expert AMBER MARTIN-WOODHEAD talks, in an article published on The Conversation, about why she's taking part and some tips for how to make your wardrobe more sustainable...
A Sustainable Life: Volunteer on a dig for the thrill of digging up the past (you’ll also learn to hate buckets)
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- GIL DAVIS
In an article first published on The Conversation, GIL DAVIS, associate professor and director of the ancient Israel program at Australian Catholic University, loos at what's involved in taking part in an archaeological dig - and the benefits of doing so...
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- BECKY THOMAS
In an article published on The Conversation, BECKY THOMAS, a senior teaching fellow in ecology at Royal Holloway University of London, looks at how each of us can play a role in encouraging the return of birdlife...
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- PAUL CAPLAT
UK-based ecologist PAUL CAPLAT, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at what factors to consider when aiming to buy a more sustainable Christmas tree...
A Sustainable Life: Funerals will hit 100 million a year by 2060 – here’s how to make them more sustainable
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- JULIE RUGG
JULIE RUGG, a researcher at the University of York, says - in an article published on The Conversation - that the way we deal with human remains means balancing three major principles...
A Sustainable Life: Reusable containers aren’t always better for the environment than disposable ones - new research
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- ALEJANDRO GALLEGO SCHMID, ADISA AZAPAGIC, and JOAN MANUEL F MENDOZA
ALEJANDRO GALLEGO SCHMID, ADISA AZAPAGIC, and JOAN MANUEL F MENDOZA - in an article first published on The Conversation, find reusable containers may have to be reused many times to offset negative environmental impacts - improving recycling infrastructure could be the answer...
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- RICHARD K BROUGHTON
Sixty years ago, a decision was made to let a Cambridgeshire field return to a wild state. RICHARD K BROUGHTON, an ecologist and ornithologist at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, looks - in an article first published on The Conversation - at what the experiment has revealed...
A Sustainable Life: Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It's creating a huge waste problem for Australia
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- DEEPIKA MATHUR and IMRAN MUHAMMAD
In an article first published on The Conversation, DEEPIKA MATHUR, of Australia's Charles Darwin University, and IMRAN MUHAMMAD, of Massey University in New Zealand, look at why prematurely removing solar panels and throwing them away is such a problem...
A Sustainable Life: Short-haul flight ban is a good start – now we need to reimagine the modern airport
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- ENRICA PAPA and LUIS DELGADO
In an article first published on The Conversation, UK academics ENRICA PAPA and LUIS DELGADO argue that greater sustainability in travel could be achieved through greater integration of transport types...
