From my Alma Mater comes this feature about how to cut the environmental and economic costs of keeping livestock, such as cows, goats and sheep, while boosting the quantity and quality of the […]
The EarthCheck Research Institute‘s goal is to be a leading international centre for scientific excellence in sustainable tourism. The institutes focus is on scientific research, education and capacity building to solve real-world challenges. […]
Green growth policies, aiming to improve resource productivity through supply side measures such as supporting eco-innovation or facilitating sustainable use of raw materials, have achieved only relative decoupling since they have inevitably led […]
The 16th European Forum on Eco-innovation will be held in Hannover, Germany, on 7 and 8 April 2014. The Forum will examine enabling factors and challenges of transitioning to a circular economy model in an urban […]
Rik Kretzinger grew up on a Christmas tree farm and spent his college years studying horticulture, but he found it too difficult to make a living as a small farmer so he spent […]
Sustainable Brands is an international community of learning and action focused on understanding and leveraging the role of brands in shaping a flourishing future. The Sustainable Brands Conference is ground zero for sustainability, […]
A community-level initiative in the UK has successfully used social marketing techniques to encourage participants to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. On average, participants reduced their emissions footprint by 2 tonnes every year. […]
Maker’s Law: On a basic level, the movement is about reusing and repairing objects, rather than discarding them to buy more. On a deeper level, it’s also a philosophical idea about what ownership really […]
Eva Malmstrom Shivdasani was born in Karlstad in Sweden and had a successful career as a model, and also had a company in Paris making evening gowns. Soneva Fushi, Maldives In 1986 she met Sonu […]
Researchers at the University of Bolton, led by Professor Elias Siores, are pioneering developments into 3D textile structures using piezoelectric energy harvesting fibres. The long term results could lead to energy harnessing carpets […]