Category Archives: Quality of life
Project BENE (citizen action for sustainable energy) completed
In the beginning of april, a workshop in the context of the project BENE [...] took place in the Eco-Region Kaindorf as the final project activity.
The project BENE (Citizen action for sustainable energy) consists of three parts: First, it assessed the potential of active citizen engagement in energy issues as a contribution to more energy-aware
“Sustainable Development: Capabilities, Needs and Well-being”: New paperback version out now!
In October 2010 the book „Sustainable Development: Capabilities, Needs and Well-being“ co-edited by two SERI colleagues (Ines Omann and Johannes Frühmann [...]) and Felix Rauschmayer has been published by Routledge. Contributors besides the editors are Paul-Marie Boulanger, Ivonne Cruz, Ortrud Lessmann, Manfred Max-Neef, Tell Muenzing, John O’Neill, Luc Van Ootegem, Sophie Spillemaeckers, and Gerben
Kick-off event LebensKlima-Finkenstein
The project opening event “LebensKlima in Finkenstein” [...] attracted over 100 citizens, politicians and representatives from tourism and business. They gathered on January 19, in the Dorfhotel Schönleitn in Finkenstein.
From March onwards, 15 citizens from the community will be guided by SERI in a Citizens Forum, to develop a vision for a good life in
Ecosystems at our service – how can we benefit in a sustainable way?
SERI´s research group “Quality of Life and Integrated Strategies” investigates how we can achieve a good life for ourselves and future generations. This implies that we have to take care of the ecosystems we depend on and use their resources in a sustainable way.
This highlight aims to show how we – as human beings with individual knowledge, skills, networks and relationships– make decisions on how to benefit from ecosystems.
Pilot Project Finkenstein: Exploring people‘s needs for a sustainable lifestyle
Finkenstein am Faaker See will serve as a pilot project community for the European research project InContext.
SERI will conduct one of the three pilot projects in the community of Finkenstein (Carinthia, Austria). The other two will take place in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and in Wolfshagen (Germany).
How can Europe move towards a One Planet Economy? Scenarios report published
The new report “Scenarios towards a One Planet Economy in Europe” is a major outcome of the OPEN:EU project [...] in which SERI was involved. The scenarios describe alternative, albeit not necessarily ideal visions of the transition toward a One Planet Economy in Europe by 2050. They present both an illustration of life in Europe in
