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New Year’s resolutions for a more sustainable planet
Climate change is one of the most urgent topics in the world. We all know that climate change is a global challenge with a high need for new global solutions. It’s necessary to encourage business leaders to implement a sustainable culture of innovation as well as involve communities to...
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Social Media the right tool to link citizens and sustainable urban mobility
Under the frame of CIVITAS, an EU initiative that supports cities on sustainable urban mobility, an interesting Policy Note (PN) was published about the use of social media to involve citizens in sustainable urban mobility projects. The use of social media by the public sector to interact...
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Smart Cities – a driver for sustainability
Since the Industrial Revolution people are attracted to move and live in cities. The population growth in cities followed the increase of infrastructures (e.g. buildings and roads), the development of new communication systems, the creation of new services, among other aspects. Alongside with...
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A life threat on the rooftops of Poland
A life threat on the rooftops of Poland Many years after Asbestos was found dangerous to health it still nests on the rooftops of Polish houses. The WASTE-KLASTER of Poznan Science and Technology Park tries to provide expertise and services in the field of identifying Asbestos and...
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Big Data, Public Participation, Sustainable Innovation and the Pullip Doll
Big data involves enormous, highly complex and unstructured data sets. It tracks activities and collects logs, often in real time. So when you change from one television channel to another, your activity may be saved on a server and potentially be combined with equally minute activities from...
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World Wide Views - A worldwide voice of the public
World Wide Views - A worldwide voice of the public Imagine if every human on the planet had the possibility to use his or her voice in the climate debate and the struggle to achieve a better environment on earth? - This is in fact already a reality. A huge step for...
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Public participation in defining research priorities to global problems
Sustainability is a topic that concerns a wide array of research areas. Global change is correspondingly a subject that covers a plethora of research fields and is interlinked also to sustainability. It has been understood that global change research needs to feed into greater societal impact by...
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Education for Sustainable Development
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela “Education is an indispensable element for achieving sustainable development.” [1] People around the world recognize that current economic development trends are...
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Shopping for the Environment – and the Table
The term food miles has been around for over 15 years now. Initially the very simplicity of the concept attracted support and attention. The methodology basically calculated the cost to the environment in moving the produce from field to consumer. Ultimately however, it was this simplicity that...
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Sustainability Blues
Are citizens sick-and-tired of sustainability? Apparently, there seems to be a growing gap between the increasing necessity for a more sustainable lifestyle, where citizens have to reduce their ecological footprint, eat less meat, reduce their car driving and change their overall consumption...
