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Seminar next Monday:”A Path to Equitable Global Development – Degrowth in the North and Sustainable Growth in the South?”
Humanity at present uses three times the natural resources that our planet offers. Our present ecological footprint requires three planets not one. In addition, non-renewable resources are being used up at an increasing rate and are becoming scarcer from day to day (peak oil and soon peak everything). Totally unsustainable!
A reorientation of the goals [...]
INEX Summer University in Costa Rica and INEX Language & Culture in Panama
10th INEX SUMMER UNIVERSITY IN COSTA RICA 07/2010 – The UNESCO-awarded study abroad program on sustainable development
A one-month academic program at ULACIT University packed with courses on sustainability, Spanish language training, workshops with international organizations, excursions, travel and opportunities for contextual learning in Costa Rica.
For more information, view the info sheet [...].
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New SERI project ClimSave on adaptation to climate change
The new SERI project ClimSave ist starting right now!
ClimSave develops and applies an integrated methodology for a stakeholder-led assessment on climate change impact and vulnerability and develops most effective and suitable adaptation measures for vulnerability hotspots.
Together with the University of Edinburgh, SERI co-leads a work package that will identify vulnerability hotspots and analyse [...]
The economic benefits of environmental policy – Final Report
Rayment, M., Pirgmaier, E., De Ceuster, G., Hinterberger, F., Kuik, O., Leveson Gower, H., Polzin, C. & A. Varma (2009)
Executive summary:
The European Union aspires to become the most dynamic and competitive economy in the world. The Lisbon Strategy, launched by EU leaders in 2000 and subsequently revised and simplified in 2005, emphasises the [...]
International workshop on “Material Use Indicators” in Berlin
Stefan Giljum is participating in an international workshop on “Material Use Indicators for Measuring Resource Productivity and Environmental Impacts”, which takes place in Berlin, 25th and 26th of February.
The German government intends to assess the applicability of indicators measuring the use of resources by the German economy. At the workshop, new studies further developing [...]
Summer School 2010 on “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services”
The ALTER-Net Summer School will be held from 5 – 14 September 2010, in Peyresq, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France and is now open for applications (deadline 15 April)!
The Summer School shall contribute to durable integration and the spread of excellence within and beyond the network, with a view to promoting interdisciplinary approaches.
The 2010 [...]
