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New paper on Material Flow Accounting
Just recently a new paper on the state of the art of Material Flow Accounting (MFA) was published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology [...]. The paper encompasses the expertise of the main scientists working in the field of MFA and sets a standard regarding methodology, indicators and quality of data sources. As such, the
New project “Green Noses” starts with today’s World Water Day
Today, 22 March, the World celebrates the International World Water Day which is held annually as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Each year, the World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater – this year it is “Water and [...]
6th World Water Forum in Marseille
On March 12th 2012 the 6th World Water Forum was opened in Marseille – “Water – Time for Solutions”. In the coming days, up to 25.000 participants from 180 countries will debate and work on solutions for the most pressing water problems of our time. SERI researcher Stephan Lutter will present one of the results of the Eco-Innovation Observatory Project – the Water Innovation Report – in the session „Stimulating Investments in Innovative Water Technologies and Ecosystems“.
Stephan Lutter speaks at resource conference at the European Parliament
Today, Tuesday November 8th and tomorrow November 9th Stephan Lutter will give two talks at a conference at the European Parliament. As a part of the REdUSE project Friends of the Earth is organising the conference “Responsible or Irresponsible? Europe’s Resource Use and its Impacts”. Stephan Lutter will present…
Under Pressure. How our material consumption threatens the planet’s water resources
Lutter S., Polzin, C., Giljum, S., Pálfy, T., Patz, T., Dittrich, M., Kernegger, L., Rodrigo, A. (2011)
This report looks at material consumption and water use and how they are interrelated. An increasing number of studies look at the levels of material extraction, trade and consumption. Yet, so far, the connection between materials and other [...]
SERI teaches at BOKU
Lecture “Nachhaltige Entwicklung I – Grundlagen nachhaltigen Wirtschaftens” (“Sustainable Development I – Essentials of Sustainable Economics”)
Lecturers: Fritz Hinterberger (FH), Lisa Bohunovsky (LB), and Stephan Lutter [...] (SL).
The lecture takes place Thursdays from 11:45 to 13:30.
Topics of the lecture “Nachhaltige Entwicklung I”:
Introduction
Non-Sustainable Trends and History of Sustainability (FH, October 6)
More to
SERI @ World Resources Forum (4): Global Resource Report I
Today, Stephan Lutter [...] is announcing the publication of the first Global Resource Report. This report is investigating current patterns of European natural resource consumption and what impact it has on those countries Europe is importing resources from. A special focus of this report – which will be published in early November 2011 – is set
UNIDO invites SERI to present work on „sustainable resource use“
Since more than 2 years, SERI has a successful cooperation with the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) [...] in the area of resource use and resource efficiency. On 14th of September, UNIDO organised a dedicated workshop, in which SERI was invited to present its work on “sustainable resource use”.
Around 20 participants from different UNIDO units
A Scoping Study on the Macroeconomic View of Sustainability
Pollitt, H., Barker, A. Barton, J., Pirgmaier, E., Polzin, C. Lutter, S., Hinterberger, F. und Stocker, A. (2010)
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of how a macroeconomic perspective can shed light on the possibility of achieving sustainable development. The study will provide some insights on what changes might be needed [...]
