Noone really seems to have grasped what sustainability really stands for. One of those concepts that is so broad that anything could fit in and so complex that noone really knows how to transform it into something practical.
Especially corporates seem to be struggling in making sense of it and putting the topic in a context [...]
One of our contacts from EUROPEN recommended this video which reflects in a viral – web friendly way the purpose of packaging.
When it comes to discussing sustainability and product development, packaging is often seen as an easy target for policy makers. There’s a public perception that packaging equals waste. So the more packaging, the [...]
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I just read through an article on China Daily in which Marcos Fava Neves, professor of strategic planning and food chains at the School of Economics and Business, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, proposes to add another dimension to the model of sustainabiltiy. Normally we consider the economic, social and environmental perspective (triple bottom line) [...]
When was the last time you made a rational choice as part of a complex decision? Thinking about it seriously, I’m not even sure that I’ve ever made one.
How is it possible to consider all possible factors and anticipate what option might be best with our little brain that has a limited amount of knowledge?
The [...]
Kanal Consulting Group a US-based management firm has developed a 12 step guideline to Implement sustainability accross an organization.
As reported on greenbiz.com, they propose the list of steps to implement sustainability in order to improve the “bottom line and the environment”.
The list covers: Be coherent in what you do, have a proper strategy & model, [...]
After months of hard work on our project, our e-tree team was present at Nuit Blanche Metz and Nuit Blanche Brussels this weekend.
After a long trip we finally arrived in Metz with our installation. The setup went faster than planned and also a big projector was put in place to project our e-tree animation on [...]
Dear readers,
I would like to invite you all to a multimedia installation that I’m putting in place with a group of artists.
E-tree is an interactive project that will take place at the Nuit Blanche of Metz and Brussels the 2nd and 3rd of October 2009.
Visitors and people from the web will be able to insert [...]
What’s cradle to cradle? – I’m reading the book ‘cradle to cradle’ by Michael Braungart & William McDonough. Which is questioning some of the simple concepts that I have so far always taken for granted.
Cradle to cradle is giving the word ‘design’ a deeper meaning. Rather than looking at a visual aspect, it is about [...]
What is co-housing?
The principle of co-housing (or collaborative housing) is simple. You live together with a group of people that are not necessarily your family or relatives and you share certain areas of your home with them. You share certain resources (e.g. space, food, energy, green areas, cars etc.) and certain parts of your life [...]
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