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1. 1. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Melina Pettersson; Julia Rönnbäck Finocchio; [2023]
   Keywords : Youth unemployment; Development; Education; Inequality; South Africa; Employability; Horizons of opportunity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. READ MORE

3. 2. Governance and decision-making : Lessons from three French eco-villages

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Gwenaël Bertrand; [2023]
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   Abstract : In a context of rising environmental pressure and slow societal changes in response, the emergence of ecovillages comes as a small-scale solution to actively propose sustainable alternatives to the modern consumerist society. The human factor plays a key role in enabling such ecovillages to last. READ MORE

4. 3. If a Tree Falls in the Forest - Three Interventions in the Swedish Forest to Come

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Nils Chigot Eriksson; Hampus Thysell; [2023]
   Keywords : Forest; timber industry; foraging; hunting; industry; industrial buildings; infrastructure; CCF; clear-felling; Norrland; Ångermanland;

   Abstract : Our thesis project consists of three architectural interventions: The Mushroom, The Gnat and The Snake, fitting into a vision of a Swedish forest managed in a more sustainable way. A future in which the practice of clear-felling has been abandoned in favor of alternative methods falling under the umbrella term Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF). READ MORE

5. 4. Stability improvement to a ruthenium catalyst for partial oxidation of methane

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

   Author : Melker Axelsson; [2023]
   Keywords : catalysis; reaction engineering; kinetics; partial oxidation; chemical engineering; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Catalytic partial oxidation of methane (CPOM) is an energy-efficient alternative to steam reforming, the currently prevailing method for energy production from natural gas. Hulteberg Chemistry & Engineering AB has developed a catalyst for the partial oxidation of methane into syngas, for use in solid oxide fuel cells. READ MORE

6. 5. Greener Rural areas : revealing the Business Models of Regenerative Farmers as rural entrepreneurs

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Amir Azmishabestari; [2023]
   Keywords : Business Model; Sustainable Business Model; Regenerative Agriculture;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the development of sustainable business models within rural entrepreneurs. The primary emphasis is placed on regenerative farmers who manage small-scale farms. READ MORE