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Closing the eco-innovation gap: The Eco-Innovation Observatory publishes its new annual report
The second annual report produced by the Eco-Innovation Observatory has recently been published. The report “Closing the eco-innovation gap” looks particularly at evidence of the economic benefits from eco-innovations and argues that eco-innovation in European companies is an opportunity for strategic investment rather than a cost factor. [more]
27 -28 November 2012: International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption (SusCon 2012) in Bonn
At this conference on “green economy – from intention to action”, the results of the Rio+20 conference will be discussed, practical approaches for sustainable solutions will be developed and case studies which show sucessfully implemented solutions will be presented. Moreover there will be room for discussions and networking. [more]
30 may to 1 june: Green ICT for Growth and Sustainability?
Linking Science and Policy: Event within the scope of the EU project “Responder”
ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) are widely regarded as enablers of “green growth” in various sectors of the economy, but at the same time expanded technology use raises energy consumption. Hence, there are various questions regarding the effects of ICTs on sustainable development.
Various keynote speakers, namely Lorenz Erdmann, Lorenz Hilty, Peter Johnston, Inge Ropke and Vida Rozite, will talk about different issues related to this topic. Participants are welcome to get active during the panel discussions and mapping sessions.
Stephan Lutter at final MELIA conference in Agadir, Morocco
From June 19th to 21st the final conference of the EU FP6 project MELIA (Mediterranean dialogue on integrated water management) was held under the title Integrated Water Resource Management in the Mediterranean: Dialogue Towards New Strategy. SERI researcher Stephan Lutter [...] gave two presentations on project results as well as on ongoing research activities in the
