Tag Archives: Resource Use
New tool launched to help EU policies go beyond resource efficiency
The One Planet Economy Network EU project (OPEN:EU [...]) has just launched a unique new tool for mapping ecological carbon and water footprint data across all the 27 EU member states.
Over the past 2 years the project, in which SERI was one of 8 partners, has carried out evidence gathering, software tool design
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…
New report: Europe’s water use putting world under pressure
Europe’s material consumption is threatening the world’s water supply, according to new research launched this thursday by Friends of the Earth Europe [...] and the Sustainable Europe Research Institute in the new resource report “Under Pressure. How our material consumption threatens the plantes water resources”.
Europe’s high levels of water use are characteristic of alarming levels
Europe’s global land demand – A study on the actual land embodied in European imports and exports of agricultural and forestry products
Lugschitz, B., Bruckner, M., Giljum, S. (2011)
As fertile land areas to produce agricultural and forestry products are only available in a limited amount on our planet it is very important to use this resource thoughtfully. A number of conflicts are coupled with the global land use. In developing countries conflicts arise on the issue [...]
Energy Globe Vienna 2011 – SERI is one of the prize winners
On 17 October 2011, the award ceremony of the Energy Globe [...] Vienna 2011 took place. This award honours projects that conserve and protect our resources or that employ renewable energy.
SERI was nominated for the SERI set of indicators, which covers the categories of materials, water, land area, and GHG emissions. It allows a comprehensive
A life in abundance at the cost of evermore agricultural land outside Europe
As fertile land areas to produce agricultural and forestry products are only available in a limited amount on our planet it is very important to use this resource thoughtfully. A number of conflicts are coupled with the global land use. In developing countries conflicts arise on the issue whether arable land should be used for [...]
European Commission adopts SERI suggestion on resource use indicators
On Tuesday, 20th of September, the European Commission presented its new “Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe” [...]. It is the detailed EU policy implementation plan in the area of resource efficiency for the coming years. In this document the EU adopts the suggestion of SERI and Friends of the Earth (FoE) to monitor European
Eva Burger and Julia Wesely at the 12th Austrian Climate Days
On September 21st , Eva Burger presented results of the EVES project, which dealt with the ecological impacts of the last mile of groceries, textiles and electronic devices in Austria. Her second presentation on September 22nd concerned the project EcoFIT [...], which calculated the ecological footprint of a data centre to identify hot-spots of
