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Challenges, Volume 14, Issue 2

2023 June - 10 articles

Cover Story: Despite growing optimism for inner transformations to support progress towards sustainability, no study has so far attempted to assess to what extent and how current interventions for inner development address core requirements for collective wellbeing. Using a novel assessment framework, we examine how mindfulness-based interventions address inner and outer sustainability criteria during a global health emergency. Our findings reveal that mindfulness interventions have a broad range of desirable to detrimental implications for social and biophysical systems. Accordingly, we recommend that normative conceptions of mindfulness and inner change be contextualised anew in order to support more viable, just, and inclusive transformations towards sustainability. View this paper
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Articles (10)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,494 Views
10 Pages

Fish is a good source of Animal Source Proteins (ASP). Families from low-income countries with limited access to other animal source proteins can utilize it to improve the nutrition status of infants and young children. The objective of the study was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,618 Views
9 Pages

Phytoremediation of Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Soils: Capacity of Amaranth Plants to Extract Cadmium from Nutrient-Poor, Acidic Substrates

  • Henrik Haller,
  • Lesya Pronoza,
  • Mark Dyer,
  • Maya Ahlgren,
  • Louise Bergqvist,
  • Ginnette Flores-Carmenate and
  • Anders Jonsson

Soil pollution is a threat to food security and ecological and human health. Cd is one of the most common pollutants in agricultural soil and, due its human toxicity, one of the most hazardous. Amaranth is a documented hyperaccumulator of Cd and othe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,820 Views
20 Pages

28 April 2023

While there is growing optimism for inner transformations to catalyse systemic shifts towards more sustainable ways of being, no study so far has attempted to assess how well current interventions for inner development address core requirements for c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,078 Views
10 Pages

Burden and Psychological Distress in Caregivers of Persons with Addictions

  • Mirjana Mikulić,
  • Ivan Ćavar,
  • Darija Jurišić,
  • Ivana Jelinčić and
  • Dunja Degmečić

25 April 2023

Addiction is a complex psychosocial problem that has significant psychosocial effects on family members. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the burden and psychological distress suffered by caregivers of drug abusers. Ninety-nine caregiver...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,482 Views
20 Pages

Forest Inventories in Private and Protected Areas of Paraguay

  • Andrew G. Cervantes,
  • Patricia T. Vega Gutierrez and
  • Seri C. Robinson

21 April 2023

Environmental degradation in Paraguayan ecosystems relates to anthropogenic intervention and has intensified with wildfires and drought. To help mitigate forest cover loss, the local government created laws, parceled land to private owners, and estab...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,271 Views
8 Pages

The Reemergence of Monkeypox in Nigeria

  • Nzube Ekpunobi,
  • Oluwamayowa Akinsuyi,
  • Theresa Ariri and
  • Temitope Ogunmola

20 April 2023

The emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases caused by viruses continue to be a major public health concern globally, affecting both humans and animals. One such disease is monkeypox, a zoonotic infection caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV)...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
5 Citations
10,372 Views
14 Pages

A Medical Equipment Lifecycle Framework to Improve Healthcare Policy and Sustainability

  • Bruce Mang,
  • YeonJae Oh,
  • Chabelly Bonilla and
  • Jennifer Orth

19 April 2023

The healthcare sector is struggling to become more environmentally friendly compared to other industries, evidently seen by the contribution to global emissions. These struggles have elicited some research on sustainable methods regarding the lifecyc...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
17 Citations
15,516 Views
13 Pages

Global Environmental Health Impacts of Rare Earth Metals: Insights for Research and Policy Making in Africa

  • Habeebullah Jayeola Oladipo,
  • Yusuf Amuda Tajudeen,
  • Emmanuel O. Taiwo,
  • Abdulbasit Opeyemi Muili,
  • Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf,
  • Sarat Ayomide Jimoh,
  • Muhammad Kamaldeen Oladipo,
  • Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye,
  • Oluwaseyi Muyiwa Egbewande and
  • Mona Said El-Sherbini
  • + 2 authors

The rise of globalization and industrialization has driven the demand for rare earth metals (REMs). These metals are widely used in various sectors of the global economy with various applications in medicine, renewable energy, electronics, agricultur...

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