Douglas Gayeton is my guest today on Inside Ideas. In 2009 Douglas founded the Lexicon of Sustainability alongside his partner Laura Howard Gayeton. The Lexicon’s work accelerates the adoption of practices that build more resilient food systems and help combat climate change. An information architect, filmmaker, photographer and writer, Douglas has created award-winning work at …
We have a long way to go in a short time when it comes to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One paradigm shift that would certainly help the cause is a circular economy led revolution in goods and services. In a bid to push the needle in this direction, the World Economic Forum …
The conservation of date palm is critical to reducing global inequality and creating a more sustainable world, according to a new report release this week. The Khalifa Award report: ‘Bridging boundaries: how can bio-regional collaboration convert the date palm industry into a successful model of the bio-circular economy?’ is ‘framed around ‘the five Ps’: People, Planet, …
The Finish city of Lahti has started its year as European Green Capital 2021. It is 12th city to hold the title, following in the footsteps of the pioneers like Stockholm, Hamburg, Oslo, and most recently, Lisbon. Lahti’s success in reducing emissions, implementing air quality monitoring and regulations, along with its action plan to become …
Every year, the world loses billions of euros a year through poor waste management. Recycling rates vary significantly by country and region; while in the EU, rates average around 30%, only 14-18% of total waste globally is thought to be recycled according to the OECD. And the rates vary by polymer too, with polyethylene terephthalate …
Majbritt Kristensen is my guest today on Inside Ideas. The co-founder of ACT, which started out in 2018 when a group of friends came together and united on a goal to implement positive change in Malta, Majbritt has been heavily influenced by both her Mediterranean and Scandinavian upbringing. Majbritt’s background has been the trigger for …
The 12th European Innovation Summit will take place in Brussels from 7-11 December. This is our fifth year as media partners with the summit, organised by Knowledge4Innovation (K4I), which takes place annually in the European Parliament. Nonprofit K4I, which has the support of dozens of MEPs, sits at the crossroads between businesses, startups, academia and wider …
Felix Dodds is my guest today on Inside Ideas. A leading thinker in the area of global governance for 30 years, he is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina, where he is the Principal Investigator for the Belmont Forum funded project: Governance of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Sustainable Development. He is secretary to the government Friends of …
A new €11m project funded by the European Commission will apply novel solutions such as urban nature-based interventions, big data analysis and citizen science to investigate the links between green spaces and human health and well-being – a topic that has gained worldwide attention in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a network of almost …
“The Times They Are A Changing…” Bob Dylan sang long before anyone imagined that, in 2020, the expression is not a mere euphemism. The change that the Covid-19 crisis imposed is sudden, profound and transformative of the way we live and even of our individual and collective convictions. At the present moment, we realize that… …