Understanding the Environmental Impact of Local Sourcing
Not every locally made product is considered sustainable. Taking time to understand the environmental benefits of Local Sourcing can help. Read more [...]
Tag Archives: Sustainability
What Causes Overpopulation?
This article reflects on what is overpopulation, what causes it and what happens if we don't think about the currently population growth. Read more [...]
Smart urban planning starts with interdisciplinary thinking and action
Experts of various fields recognized that the future of smart city planning is multidisciplinary and that COVID19 crisis is an opportunity. Read more [...]
Urban health: making cities sustainable and healthier for all
The current Covid-19 pandemic draws attention to the need to integrate health equity into urban planning and encourage behaviours that simultaneously protect the environment and promote health. Read more [...]
Why Growing Crops under Solar Panels is the cross-sector Synergistic Solution we need on our way to achieving several SDGs
Agrivoltaics might just be the redemptive cooperation that would salvage humanity from the ill-thought pursuit of indiscriminate competition. This adaptable, integral solution has the potential to not only make economic pursuits sustainable in general but also help achieve individual self-sufficiency and energy independence. Read more [...]
Top 7 Ways to Make a Large Impact with Sustainable Living
The need to live more sustainably and reduce our carbon footprint is weighing heavily on the population. What can individuals do to make an impact on the fight against climate change? Read more [...]
What Trends Are Driving Commercial Refrigeration?
Commercial refrigeration is an essential part of business that will continue to expand. But shifting demands and concerns may change what this growth looks like. Read more [...]
Book review: Reinventing sustainability
Ancient agricultural systems can provide us with knowledge how to make our modern, large scale practices more sustainable. Read more [...]
Young scientists attraction for sustainable development
Many PhD students are willing to turn towards the broad field of sustainable development and renewable energies. Read more [...]
Journeys towards Ecotopia 2121
On the occasion of the anniversary of Thomas More’s book Utopia, another book Ecotopia 2121, is due to be released exactly 500 years afterwards. In a fascinating opinion piece, Alan Marshall, an environmental sociologist, and author of Ecotopia 2121, outlines a green vision for the future of 100 cities around the word, by focusing on the example of Leuven, Belgium, where Utopia was first printed. Read more [...]
Birju Pandya: choosing sustainable values to drive research
In this interview with EuroScientist, Birju Pandya explains gift culture, which he has helped introduce in finance. He explains how this approach can be beneficial for any field of work but also in all aspects of our own lives. The gift culture is based on a non-transactional approach to work, which is instead replaced by trust-based approach, based on pursuing higher-order values, such as connection to community and ecology. While there will be resistance against this rewiring of the mind, the result is worth the effort. Read more [...]
Climate diplomacy in full steam ahead of COP21
Climate change is on the mind of many scientists, beyond experts in the field. It is where science diplomacy has been at work in the month preceding the climate change conference, COP21, opening in Paris on 30th November 2015. But does science diplomacy make a difference? EuroScientist talks to various experts in the field and analyses the likely outcome of such talks. Read more [...]
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