Highlights in Art and Design,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
4(3), P. 135 - 138
Published: Dec. 20, 2023
The
International
Union
for
Conservation
of
Nature
(IUCN)
introduced
the
concept
sustainable
development
in
1980.
In
past
40
years,
design
has
gradually
gained
attention.
It
brought
innovations
design,
environment,
economy,
and
education
models,
rewritten
consumers'
lifestyles,
provided
a
new
paradigm
green
curation.
This
paper
explores
combining
innovative
business
models
environmental
responsibility
fashion
curation
driven
by
design.
As
critical
link
communicating
leading
trends,
is
responsible
guiding
consumers
industry
change,
it
must
seek
more
path
contemporary
wave
development.
Through
literature
review
case
studies,
this
analyses
various
applications
curation,
including
selecting
environmentally
friendly
materials,
supply
chain
management,
promoting
consumer
consumption.
found
that
needs
to
be
closely
aligned
with
responsibility,
also
proposes
strategies
paths
encourage
actively
take
on
social
while
innovating
providing
guidance
reference
future
Environment and Planning D Society and Space,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
Learning
the
city
refers
to
collective
processes
through
which
urban
inhabitants
experience,
negotiate,
and
shape
contexts.
In
past
decade,
scholarship
has
emphasised
significance
of
learning
as
a
political
act.
However,
full
diversity
potentials
agriculture
remains
underexamined.
Drawing
on
fieldwork
with
an
permaculture
in
Seville,
Spain,
this
article
examines
four
reflects
their
potential
for
driving
change.
We
label
these
through:
experimentation;
embodiment;
socio-nature;
conscientisation
ecological
citizenship.
closing,
how
progressive,
forms
one
firstly
raise
important
questions
regarding
social
impacts
diverse
elsewhere,
secondly,
offer
pathways
enhance
relations
between
rural
socio-environmental
struggles.
Nutrition Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
49(3), P. 345 - 359
Published: June 13, 2024
Abstract
Co‐production
is
a
collaborative
way
of
working
which
emphasises
the
exchange
diverse
forms
knowledge
in
an
equal
partnership
for
benefits.
Co‐produced
research
key
strategic
aim
UK
Research
and
Innovation
(UKRI)
Transforming
Food
Systems
(TUKFS)
Strategic
Priorities
Fund;
this
programme
brings
together
researchers,
policymakers,
industry
communities
to
create
positive
change
food
produced,
accessed
consumed.
However,
more
generally,
there
are
understandings
co‐production
lack
consensus
on
what
‘good
practice’
looks
like.
Therefore,
study
aimed
identify
map
examples
methods
employed
across
TUKFS
programme.
Two
creative
workshops
(
n
=
15
participants),
conversations
with
researchers
stakeholders
15),
systematic
analysis
project
documents
were
used
critically
explore
activities
within
six
projects.
A
range
identified.
Findings
highlighted
areas
‘messiness’
complexity,
challenges
associated
applying
approaches
practical
solutions.
Four
shared
principles
identified:
(1)
Relationships:
developing
maintaining
reciprocity‐based
partnerships;
(2)
Knowledge:
recognising
contribution
expertise;
(3)
Power:
considering
power
dynamics
addressing
imbalances;
(4)
Inclusivity:
ensuring
accessible
all
who
wish
participate.
Opportunities
reflection
reflexivity
considered
crucial
these
areas.
contribute
important
insights
towards
conceptual
understanding
system
transformation
research.
This
paper
makes
recommendations
practitioners,
academic
institutions
funders
area
practice.
Research Square (Research Square),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 7, 2024
Abstract
Agroecological
practices
play
a
vital
role
in
sustainable
agriculture.
They
enhance
biodiversity,
improve
soil
health,
and
reduce
reliance
on
chemical
inputs,
all
while
bolstering
resilience
to
climate
change.
By
promoting
diverse
cropping
systems
engaging
local
communities,
agroecology
ensures
economic
viability
adapting
specific
ecological
contexts.
This
comprehensive
bibliometric
study,
spanning
from
1981
2024,
delves
into
the
scientific
landscape
of
agroecological
within
context
It
scrutinizes
influential
works,
emerging
trends,
key
themes
across
376
publications.
Employing
techniques
like
co-word
map
analysis
network
visualization,
study
uncovers
clusters
research
topics
-
ranging
adoption
application
agriculture
review.
Notably,
it
reveals
interconnectedness
concepts
related
agroecology,
shedding
light
essential
areas
interest.
Furthermore,
traces
evolution
interests
over
time
identifies
promising
avenues
for
future
exploration.
Policymakers
can
leverage
this
insightful
inform
strategic
decisions
foster
collaborative
efforts
research.
People and Nature,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
6(2), P. 833 - 848
Published: Feb. 20, 2024
Abstract
Agricultural
intensification
and
expansion
are
the
main
drivers
of
biodiversity
loss
that
continue
to
increase
this
century,
especially
in
South
America.
International
markets
global
policy
provide
incentives
frameworks
address
this,
but
these
unlikely
be
effective
unless
farmers
on
ground
enabled
motivated
respond
them
by
developing
long‐term
solutions
fit
their
production
systems
local
contexts.
Here,
we
use
a
multi‐actor
transdisciplinary
approach
co‐design
test
agroecological
innovations
suitable
for
intensive,
exporting
American
fruit
farms.
We
focus
highly
biodiverse
regions
experiencing
habitat
Mediterranean
dry
tropical
forest
Chile
Brazil,
respectively.
The
were
designed
support
without
compromising
productivity
or
quality.
Fourteen
participated
throughout
project,
covering
total
4178
ha
intensive
table
grape,
mango
cherry
production.
All
under
pressure
from
buyers
report
action
biodiversity.
Farmers
worked
with
researchers
industry
representatives
through
an
iterative
process
dialogues
workshops
select,
implement
three
innovations:
perches
birds
prey,
cover
crops
native
hedgerows.
became
engaged
monitoring
effectiveness
redesigning
suit
develop
extensive
set
resources
ongoing
dissemination,
including
online
sustainability
metric
practices
carried
out.
Eight
farms
continued
at
least
one
innovation
beyond
end
its
management
system
ability
positive
actions
supply
chains.
Policy
implications
.
Our
model
knowledge
co‐production
demonstrates
how
research
agriculture,
fully
localised
particular
food‐producing
context,
can
enable
engage
conservation
response
top‐down
market
signals
incentivising
sustainability.
argue
many
efforts
enhance
food
chains,
whether
incentives,
voluntary
codes
trade
regulations,
require
locally
based
co‐production,
which
multiple
stakeholders
agriculture
benefit
working
researchers.
Read
free
Plain
Language
Summary
article
Journal
blog.
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
39
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Abstract
Honeybees
(
Apis
mellifera
)
and
native
bee
species
have
ecological,
economic,
social,
cultural
importance
to
smallholder
coffee
farmers.
While
the
ecological
contributions
of
bees
sustainability
systems
are
well
documented,
particularly
in
relation
crop,
fewer
studies
examined
socio-economic
dimensions
beekeeping
for
honey
as
an
agroecological
diversification
strategy
producers.
Yet,
understanding
multiple
values
different
strategies
is
important
many
farmers
parts
world
finding
it
increasingly
difficult
make
a
living
on
alone
adopting
alternative
strategies,
such
on-farm
diversification.
In
this
Participatory
Action
Research
(PAR)
study,
we
opportunities,
limitations,
trade-offs
(with
A.
mellifera)
option
Chiapas,
Mexico.
We
applied
mixed-methods
approach,
which
consisted
monthly
surveys
with
25
beekeepers
Campesinos
Ecológicos
de
la
Sierra
Madre
Chiapas
(CESMACH)/Apicultores
Miel
Real
del
Triunfo
(ART)
producer
cooperatives
12
months
five
focus
groups
between
2018
2019.
found
that
less
labor-intensive
than
coffee,
there
opportunities
integrate
into
annual
farming
cycle
maize
production
without
causing
competing
labor
demands
or
additional
time
pressures.
also
could
generate
economic
gains
peasant
families;
however,
profitability
hinged
various
factors,
price
honey,
yield
per
hive,
number
beehives.
Our
results
further
show
yielded
non-monetary
benefits
by
contributing
nutrition
health
farmer
families
their
communities,
serving
vehicle
horizontal
learning
relationship
building,
emotional
well-being
beekeepers.
Finally,
producers
who
hoped
gain
economically
from
were
generally
interested
growing
apiaries
but
expressed
concerns
about
limited
technical
knowledge
impacts
climate
change.
Given
beekeeping,
has
great
promise
part
food
systems.
argue
efforts
promote
should
take
holistic
underscoring
potential
apiculture
enhance
resilience
strengthen
sovereignty
local
economies
(including
solidarity
economies)
communities.
These
findings
can
be
useful
supporting
organizations
strategic
planning
enhancing
long-term
beekeeping.
Human Organization,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 16
Published: Dec. 18, 2024
Highly
participatory
research
and
the
co-production
of
knowledge
are
widely
recognized
as
key
to
advancing
sustainability
that
produces
useful
usable
results.
There
is
great
variety
in
how
different
teams
approach
collaborative
work,
but
initial
problem-framing
stage
a
critical
moment
engagement.
In
this
article,
we
describe
our
efforts
create
project
on
climate
pastoralism
northern
Basque
Country
(southwestern
France),
focusing
process
for
determining
focus.
We
use
various
funding
proposals
submitted
along
way
illustrate
concretely
ways
which
integrating
knowing
approaches
led
questions
than
would
have
been
case
had
scientists
developed
alone.
also
discuss
difficult
choices
must
sometimes
be
made.
Researchers
pastoralists
worked
together
produce
analysis
make
recommendations
others
interested
following
similar
path.