Cradle to Cradle developer Michael Braungart is ending his career as professor of eco-design at Leuphana University of Applied Sciences in Lüneburg after more than 30 years. He will remain there as a visiting professor and will continue to supervise doctoral students working on Cradle to Cradle. At his farewell…
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How digitalization can strengthen democracy – winners of the “Alternative Nobel Prize” announced
159 applications from 67 countries – four of which we have selected as winners of the 2025 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.” They are all working against the unfortunate trend of division and autocracy. All four – and the people behind them – are committed…
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Snapshots from the COP29 in Baku
A dead whale on the beach! Are there whales here in the Caspian Sea? No, it is an object created by a group of artists to show how vulnerable our world is. After all, it could be that a whale had been washed ashore. The whale object was produced by…
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Insights into a China that can be visited again: trip with the Economic Forum of the Social Democracy
China maintained its position as Germany’s largest trading partner last year, just ahead of the USA. At 253.1 billion euros, imports and exports were slightly higher than trade in goods with the USA (252.3 billion euros). The trip, which was organized by the Economic Forum of the Social Democratic Party…
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Georgia – a country at a crossroads
One can only be torn. On the one hand, while we are in Georgia with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DAGP), tens of thousands of people have been on the streets for over a month protesting against the law “on foreign agents”. It was passed on May 28 against…
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