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Today’s Concepts for a Sustainable and Mobile Tomorrow in Rural Areas
Our today’s lifestyle is far from sustainable and will change over the next years and decades. The EU’s goal is to become a low-carbon economy by 2050 . As in almost all of our societies’ and today’s lifestyle energy demand comes from the areas of housing, mobility,...
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DILEMMA: E-BOOKS OR PAPER BOOKS
There is no doubt that reading in and of itself has plenty of benefits for our minds. Studies have shown that reading over the course of a lifetime can prevent mental decline. Along with keeping your mind sharp and enlarging your knowledge base, reading can expand your sense of...
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When sustainability becomes a driver of innovation: the case of Last Minute Sotto Casa
Six hundred and fifty billion euro…this is the amount of money wasted every year in the form of food. More than a billion tons of good food products, almost 150 kilos per person, is thrown away every year. Even if in recent years there has been an increasing effort of industries and...
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Crowd-funding and sustainable innovation
Sustainable innovation is not just about successful exploration of new concepts or ideas but is also about their commercialization. It is more than just a new technology, product or service. It can be an adoption of a new process, new type of organization, system or even a business. Sustainable...
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One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure – Circular Economy and Growth Within
How often do you use your car? Do you know that on average cars in Europe are parked around 92% of the time and in the remaining 8% only 1.5 of its 5 seats are occupied? How much food do you throw out every day? Do you know that more than one third of the food is wasted along the value chain?...
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Experts’ take on citizens visions for the future
Typically experts work with hard data – they deal with numbers, observe trends, and make forecasts; their reflections often result in new knowledge about the subject studied, or in advice about immediate or future action paths. In the CASI project we challenged experts with a different...
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Europe 2020 strategy: Varieties in EU member states contributing to a common strategy
The CASI consortium will shortly publish country policy briefs on Europe2020 strategies. The briefs focus on one of the Flagship initiatives within the European Union’s ten-year growth strategy, namely Resource-Efficient Europe. The country policy briefs discuss three thematic areas where...
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Sustainability as a Key Driver of Innovation
Nowadays, many companies consider that the more environment-friendly they become, the more the effort will break their competitiveness because they believe that it will be more costly and will not deliver immediate financial benefits. Sustainable manufacturing demands new...
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Sustainability in the heart of Milan Expo 2015
On May 1st the Milan Expo 2015 has finally started. It is a unique global event of extraordinary importance under the educational, cultural and scientific profile, which will be held in the city of Milan from 1st May to 31th October 2015 and which will see the participation of over 140...
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Renewable Sources of Energy in Poznan Science and Technology Park (PL)
Poznan Science and Technology Park will study renewable sources of energy. Newly open Photovoltaic Laboratory will elaborate methods of efficient and effective use of solar energy in enterprises as well as for individual private users. Photovoltaic Laboratory consists of a system of...
