Category Archives: News
Neue Publikation: Globale Effekte einer ökologischen Steuerreform in Europa
This entry is available in German here.
Final Report “The economic benefits of environmental policy” online!
This report describes the areas in which environmental policies deliver Europe’s current economic priorities, often more successfully than other forms of economic policy intervention. It provides evidence of the role of environmental policy both in providing a short term economic stimulus and in building a sustainable, efficient and resilient economy in the long [...]
Fritz Hinterberger beim POWERDOWN Dialogforum “Wirtschaft und Arbeit”
This entry is available in German here.
2010 – The international year of Biodiversity
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity and invited the world to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth. Thus, we provide a collection of information worth knowing about biodiversity. Other than that we introduce some SERI projects and publications which deal with biodiversity and [...]
Seminar announcement:”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 of [...]
Buchtipp: Es reicht! Für alle!
This entry is available in German here.
What’s the footprint of the EU on the Arctic?
The Arctic is often referred to as the bellwether of global climate change. Many species are already critically endangered. Moreover, people and animals of the Arctic are exposed to particularly high doses of globally emitted toxic pollutants due to special air and sea currents. And now the melt down of the Arctic ice masses facilitates [...]
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 resource [...]
Zweites Treffen der TrägerInnengruppe des Projektes Lebensklima am 18.3.2010
This entry is available in German here.
“money.makes.happy”
Yesterday and today (23.-24.2.2010), Friedrich Hinterberger attended the 8th Austrian Armutskonferenz (poverty conference) in Salzburg. His 2-page input to a discussion forum on “a good life for all” (in German language) can be downloaded here.
