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Challenges, Volume 15, Issue 1

March 2024 - 17 articles

Cover Story: As wars continue to unfold between one another and the planet, modern society hauls closer to a precipice of human and planetary degradation. The old colonial and dominant neoliberal agendas are failed experiments incapable of fostering human flourishing for all. The re-imagining of alternative futures has been hijacked by a paternalistic approach to empowerment. The creativity of our existence lies in an uncolonized mind. This research article repositions empowerment and compassion at the forefront of the sustainable and development discourse. The ethnographies of women from marginalized and crisis-affected communities in this study reveal that they are already empowered. Therefore, through an empowerment paradigm, the realization of inner development surges to address the disablement of communities and the expansion of alternative approaches to modern-day challenges. View this paper
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Articles (17)

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
1 Citations
8,658 Views
16 Pages

The Natural World in Western Thought

  • Mazhar Ali Jarwar,
  • Stefano Dumontet and
  • Vincenzo Pasquale

20 March 2024

The Western approach to the natural world, considering “nature” as an object of scientific scrutiny and of exploitation for economic purposes, results in a separateness and subsequent alienation from nature. The overarching aim of this pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
10,956 Views
20 Pages

18 March 2024

Forests are a vital source of food, fuel, and medicine and play a crucial role in climate change mitigation. Strategic and policy decisions on forest management and conservation require accurate and up-to-date information on available forest resource...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
9,388 Views
17 Pages

Beneficial Properties and Sustainable Use of a Traditional Medicinal Plant: Griffonia simplicifolia

  • Amirhossein Nazhand,
  • Alessandra Durazzo,
  • Massimo Lucarini,
  • Fabrizia Guerra,
  • Angélica Gomes Coêlho,
  • Eliana B. Souto,
  • Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo and
  • Antonello Santini

12 March 2024

Since ancient times, medicinal plants have been a universal source of biologically active substances with high potential for the treatment of various diseases and disorders. For centuries, traditional communities have often relied on medicinal plants...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,915 Views
17 Pages

In 2016, a localisation agenda was set across the international aid industry with the understanding that humanitarian interventions need to be led by local actors and local communities. Despite international agreements, the localisation efforts are l...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,579 Views
15 Pages

29 February 2024

Forests are increasingly recognized for their beneficial roles in human health. However, there is a debate on how forest health benefits can be accessed equitably, particularly by vulnerable forest-dependent rural communities in low- and middle-incom...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,196 Views
13 Pages

23 February 2024

This article explores localisation in humanitarian settings as an example of sustainability and inner development. Through a case study from Syria, we discuss how localisation and remote management can lead to the mutual flourishing of individuals, c...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,424 Views
16 Pages

22 February 2024

The impetus for this paper emerges from the growing interest in leveraging inner transformations to support a global shift in ways of seeing and being. We caution that without sufficient individual and systemic maturity, inner transformations will be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,856 Views
18 Pages

21 February 2024

Bitcoin is a complex phenomenon, whether in terms of the macro factors affecting its price or its role in the global energy infrastructure. However, extant literature pays too little attention to exploring the internal mechanisms of the protocol to b...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,237 Views
14 Pages

20 February 2024

The physical conquest of European powers on the rest of the world for the imposition of an accumulation of wealth monopoly and the destruction of native societies remains the foundation of the current global economy. Despite concepts of human flouris...

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Challenges - ISSN 2078-1547