"Good design – how it works and how it can transform companies" – when the Buchholz-based incubator ISI announced a talk with this title we were eager to attend and excited to see what an industrial designer specialised in packaging considers to be "good design". … [Read more...]
“Alternative Nobel Prize” winners on tour
The Right Livelihood Award (also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize") is intended to allow its laureates to make new investments in their projects as well as to provide them with personal support, protection and increased publicity for their causes. … [Read more...]
“Trees wouldn’t vote for Trump…”
(A review of the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair)
"Trees wouldn’t vote for Trump..." – that’s how the forester and author Peter Wohlleben summarised his view on the current political landscape. Trees, he says, know that they can only survive as part of a group. … [Read more...]
Cradle to Cradle Congress calls for a world without waste
Press releaseStop whining – let's change the world!We often remember negative news more clearly than we do positive, as the philosopher and writer Dr. Michael Schmidt-Salomon emphasised during the fourth Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Congress, which took place on October 20 & 21, 2017 at the Leuphana University in … [Read more...]
Circular Economy – will the EU achieve a major coup?
Turning waste into nutrients: the European Union’s new Circular Economy Package could become a resounding success – or at least the biggest we’ve had yet when it comes to the question of what to do with our garbage. … [Read more...]