Our planet’s ecology and society are on a collision course, which manifests due to a contradiction in the assumptions of unlimited material growth fueling the linear economic paradigm. Our closed planetary ecosystem imposes confined amounts of space and a finite extent of resources upon its inhabitants. …

Granite G682 is a yellow to pink color stone of the Precambrian period, the most famous yellow granite from China. I am from G682 granite town. I used to live in a village surrounded by stones. however, I never knew the beautiful and scary story behind it until I saw hundreds of abandoned quarries in …

The main purpose of this dissertation is to establish which road (ownership or circulation) car tax model is best to reduce CO2 emissions in the European Union. In Europe, climate change and reduction of greenhouse gasses is a concern among the population, as it is seen by the growing Eco activism as …

De Verenigde Naties beschrijft dat ruimtelijke ontwikkeling en stedenbouw kansen bieden om strategieën voor klimaatadaptatie en mitigatie toe te passen en op deze manier bij te dragen aan een klimaatvriendelijke, duurzame en veerkrachtige omgeving. Een goed ontwikkelde groene infrastructuur in stedelijk …

Insect hyperparasitoids are fourth trophic level organisms that commonly occur in terrestrial food webs, yet they are relatively understudied. These top-carnivores can disrupt biological pest control by suppressing the populations of their parasitoid hosts, leading to pest outbreaks, especially in confined …

Dit boek schetst de urgentie van de duurzaamheidstransitie en de zoektocht naar een natuurlijk sociaal contract, waarin de relatie tussen mens, samenleving en ecosysteem centraal staat. In plaats van individualisme en marktdominantie benadrukt dit contract collectieve verantwoordelijkheid, wederkerigheid …

We introduce two novel methods for multivariate genome-wide-association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of related traits that correct for sample overlap. A broad range of simulation scenarios supports the added value of our multivariate methods relative to univariate GWAMA. We applied the novel methods to life …

The conscious living movement, also known as the slow movement, has recently shifted from the food to the fashion industry, resulting in the emergence of the slow fashion movement with many upcoming slow fashion initiatives. The gradual shift towards more sustainable innovations in the design process …

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