scholarly journals Sustainable Living Filtration Membranes

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina G. Eggensperger ◽  
Mattia Giagnorio ◽  
Marcus C. Holland ◽  
Kerianne M. Dobosz ◽  
Jessica D. Schiffman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Filtration Membranes

Renewable Energy Resources for Better Economics and Sustainable Living in Rural and Desert Areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1165-1171
Author(s):  
Karl Gatterer ◽  
◽  
Salah Arafa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Energy Materials ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Access To Knowledge

Reliable and affordable energy is the key for the socio-economic development in rural and desert communities worldwide. While energy can be used for consumption purposes such as Lighting, Access to Information, Comfort and Entertainment, productive use of renewable energy is the key enabler for SMEs and Economy to grow. The paper examines the complex interactions among Energy, Materials, Water, Food, Building, Employment and Environment. It also discusses the implementation of renewable energy technologies to overcome some of barriers faced by rural villages and desert communities. It shows some of the special applications and approaches used over the past few decades in energy conversion, consumption and conservation to achieve poverty reduction, social justice and sustainable development. Field experiences in Basaisa projects, Egypt showed that open free dialogues with all stakeholders, site-specific education and training, appropriate local financing systems and access to knowledge are key-elements and essential factors for achieving green economy and sustainable community development. The coming decade will see a continued expansion of knowledge about renewable energy resources and its useful applications as systems friendly to the environment and as tools for economic activities, sustainable living and growth in rural and desert communities.

Recent Patents on Nanoporous Filtration Membranes with Complex Pores

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-233
Author(s):  
Yongbin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Geometrical Parameter ◽  
Filtration Membranes ◽  
Analytical Results ◽  
Parameter Values ◽  
Mechanical Strengths ◽  
Better Than

Background:: The challenges to nanoporous filtration membranes are small fluxes and low membrane mechanical strengths. Objective:: To introduce newly invented nanoporous filtration membranes with complex pores, improved fluxes and mechanical strengths as registered in patents. Methods:: The analytical results are presented for the addressed membranes. Results:: The geometrical parameter values of the addressed membranes can be optimized for the highest fluxes. Conclusion:: The overall performances of nanoporous filtration membranes with complex cylindrical or/and conical pores can be significantly better than that of the conventional nanoporous filtration membranes with single cylindrical or conical pores.

The 2020 Bright Science Award in Materials Sciences goes to Marc Hillmyer

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-22
Keyword(s):  
Twin Cities ◽  
Chemistry Department ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Global Science ◽  
The University

Abstract Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health, and Sustainable Living, announced that it has awarded Professor Marc Hillmyer, from the Chemistry Department at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the 2020 Bright Science Award in materials sciences. The jury selected Professor Hillmyer because of the scientific breadth and depth of his work and its relevance to the advancement of biobased and circular materials.

scholarly journals Pedagogical publics: Creating sustainable educational environments in times of climate change

2021 ◽  
pp. 147490412110056
Author(s):  
Lovisa Bergdahl ◽  
Elisabet Langmann
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Public Pedagogy ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
The Public ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Emotional Dimensions ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
Educational Scholarship

The paper offers a pedagogical response to the complexity of sustainability challenges that takes the existential and emotional dimensions of climate change seriously. To this end, the paper unfolds in two parts. The first part makes a distinction between ‘public pedagogy’ as an area of educational scholarship and ‘pedagogical publics’ as a theoretical lens for identifying certain qualities within educational environments, exploring what potential this distinction has for rethinking public pedagogy for sustainable development. Turning to Bonnie Honig (2015) and her call for creating ‘holding environments’ in the public sphere as a response to the democratic need of our time, the second part translates her political notion into an educational notion asking what fostering pedagogical publics as holding environments might involve. In relation to sustainability challenges, it is suggested that an environment that ‘holds’ people together as a pedagogical public has three main qualities: a) it makes room for new rituals for sustainable living to be developed in order to offer a sense of permanence; b) it invites narratives that can frame sustainability challenges in more positive registers; and c) it reinstates an intergenerational difference that serves to give back hopes and dreams to adults and children in troubling times.

scholarly journals Dancing as Moments of Belonging: A Phenomenological Study Exploring Dancing as a Relevant Activity for Social and Cultural Sustainability in Early Childhood Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 8080
Author(s):  
Maria Grindheim ◽  
Liv Torunn Grindheim
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Childhood Education

Individuals’ capacities to contribute to more sustainable living are deeply influenced by their early life experiences. Hence, there is a need to discover which experiences are relevant to young children’s contemporary and future contributions to more sustainable living. Perceiving children as aesthetically oriented to the world and their sense of belonging as a core experience for social and cultural sustainability, and using the example of dancing, we investigate how such a sense of belonging can be supported through aesthetic first-person experiences. This article is therefore structured around the following research question: How can adults’ experiences of themselves, others and their sense of belonging—when dancing—inform explorations of ways to foster embodied and aesthetic belonging for social and cultural sustainability in early childhood education (ECE)? Drawing on a phenomenological study, we analyse interviews with four dancers, who differ in age, gender and dance genre. Our analysis reveals their experiences when dancing as being in a meditative state, having a sense of freedom and feeling body and mind as one, described as an overall “different”, resilient way of being and belonging in a social context. Our findings indicate that facilitating moments of sensible and bodily awareness can support a non-verbal understanding of oneself and others, as well as arguments for promoting aesthetic experiences while dancing as relevant to sustainable practices in ECE.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship Education Challenges for Green Transformation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Tõnis Mets ◽  
Jack Holbrook ◽  
Siim Läänelaid
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Education System ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Climate Agreements ◽  
Competence Framework ◽  
Transformation Competence

Associated with global climate agreements and the European Union’s focus on climate-neutral goals by 2050, the development of Green Transformation competencies in society has become topical. This viewpoint paper proposes a conceptual model for applying Entrepreneurship Education (EE) to designing an integrated transdisciplinary, Green Transformation Competence framework. In line with this, EE is seen as a tool for developing an active, informed, responsible, yet sustainable, living ecosystem-oriented and green orientation of citizens in the education system. Nevertheless, this viewpoint recognises several challenges for further research.

scholarly journals Characterization of ceramic pieces shaped from clay intended for the development of filtration membranes

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Mohammed Messaoudi ◽  
Najib Tijani ◽  
Sara Baya ◽  
Adnane Lahnafi ◽  
Hassan Ouallal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Filtration Membranes

Preparation and Characterization of Chitosan Pressure-Driven Filtration Membranes

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 306-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Sedelkin ◽  
L. N. Potehina ◽  
O. A. Lebedeva ◽  
M. G. Schneider ◽  
E. R. Ulyanova
Keyword(s):  
Filtration Membranes ◽  
Pressure Driven
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