It was a student, a Norwegian, and a woman…..and I am not trying to tell a funny story about our lovely Norwegian neighbours, this is a true story about my afternoon. I have spent half a day at Karlstad University listening to innovators rehearsing their mind-boggling pitches that will solve some of the challenges that [...]
Author Archives: Annelie Andersson
Globe Forum Tour 2010
February 23, 2010 – 10:30 am
Inför årets Globe Forum i Stockholm går Globe Forum på tour i Sverige för att finna de bästa miljötekniska innovationerna i landet. Första stoppet är Karlstad, den 25 februari. Tävlingen arrangeras av Stål & Verkstad inom ramen för interregprojektet FEM och Globe Forum i samarbete med klusterorganisationer, företag och universitet i regionen.
Windowfarms
January 26, 2010 – 1:15 pm
NYC artists Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray about their hydroponic project called Window Farm.
In New York City a group have moved on to sourcing food directly from their apartment windows. No joke.
The organisation is called Windowfarms, and is a new movement toward hydroponic, vertical farming in urban areas.
Why not start to grow your own okra, [...]
Awareness of global warming
January 23, 2010 – 9:22 pm
Global warming is not newly known, nearly half a century before Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” this film was made.
The exerpt is from the well known educational documentary “Unchained Goddess” produced by Frank Capra for Bell Labs television program “The Bell Telephone Hour.”
/Annelie Andersson
Connect locally to leverage sustainable values
December 28, 2009 – 3:31 pm
It all started when natural products industry veterans, Mark Retzloff and Paul Repetto, embarked on a search for organic milk and happened upon a cooperative of small organic dairy farmers in Wisconsin. The cooperative consisted of a handful of visionary dairymen and women who believed in organic values, exactly the ideals Retzloff and Repetto sought. [...]
City Challenge 2010
December 2, 2009 – 10:51 am
Today at the EUROCITIES meeting in Stockholm Maud Olofsson, Minister forEnterprise and Energy Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, urged all cities to take on the Globe Forum City Challenge!
Globe Forum has decided to challenge all European cities to share their sustainability projects to promote urban sustainable development. This challenge arose with the goal of showcasing innovations and promoting collaboration [...]
Get up to speed, leverage your global network
December 2, 2009 – 10:51 am
Consumers around the world are more demanding than ever and require organizations to guide them to consume sustainable. Hence corporations and governments will have to forcefully make it ‘easy’ (eco-easy), for consumers to be more green, by restricting the alternatives.
Application for international Globe Award is now open, for sustainable researchers and research projects
December 2, 2009 – 10:51 am
Researchers and research projects can apply to be nominated for Globe Award. Information and application forms can be downloaded at www.globeaward.org. The nomination period closes February 28th, 2010. The Globe Award 2010 nominees will be made public April 5th. Candidates can send in their application form November 24th at www.globeaward.org.
Nomination for the international Globe Award for a sustainability reporting begins now
December 2, 2009 – 10:51 am
The Globe Award’s main purpose is to explore and support researchers, innovators, cities and companies that are leading in sustainable development. The awards are divided into four classes: the Sustainability Research Award, the Sustainability Innovation Award, the Sustainable City Award and the Sustainability Reporting Award.
