The Hamburg Environmental Institute (HUI), a non-profit organisation for the scientific analysis of environmental topics, has acquired a new domain: the Museum of the Future in Lueneburg. … [Read more...]
The Sekem project – sustainability in unstable times
A few years ago, Helmy Abouleish, the manager of Sekem, visited the Cradle to Cradle Congress in Germany. He was convinced that the path his father had chosen for the project was the right one, and that the development it had undergone since 1977 was ample proof for that. … [Read more...]
The fight against disposable plastic in tourism
Most people will by now have seen the frightening images of plastic waste in the oceans. Studies of seabirds have shown that the animals will starve to death in spite of a full stomach – however, it is filled with indigestible pieces of plastic. … [Read more...]
A century of women’s suffrage
In Berlin, 8 March – International Women's Day – is now a public holiday. The city's Chamber of Deputies voted in favor of the plan in January! It isn't the worst of ideas if you ask me. … [Read more...]
The whistle-blower from 1969
At this year's first board meeting of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation ("Alternative Nobel Prize"), we "young people" were able to benefit from the extensive experiences of Daniel Ellsberg, a person who had already acted as a whistle-blower by the late 1960s − … [Read more...]
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