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Tag: Sustainability

Interview & Opinion

14 November 2022

Will we make the energy transition happen?

Opinion: Michael Ornetzeder

Austria intends to become climate neutral by 2040. The scale of transformation is momentous and requires multi-layered and complex changes, involving not only new technologies and infrastructures, but also changing mindsets, social practices and new forms of economic activity. Coping with such change necessitates a broad discussion, which has been lacking so far, and attendant […] Continue reading “Will we make the energy transition happen?”

Projects

27 June 2022

Ground beetles for a sustainable food supply

Corinna Wallinger and her research group have studied the food choices of ground beetles in local grain fields. They found that these insects can play an important role in weed regulation, as they consume significantly more weed than previously assumed. This insight may contribute to making agriculture more sustainable. Continue reading “Ground beetles for a sustainable food supply”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

An ancient bacterium is making biotechnology more efficient

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

Biotechnologist Stefan Pflügl is researching how fossil resources in the chemical industry can be replaced by sustainable alternatives. In his work, he uses bacterial metabolic processes from the early days of the Earth’s history, work which has now won him the 2022 START Prize. Continue reading “An ancient bacterium is making biotechnology more efficient”

Interview & Opinion

7 October 2021

Learning from each other

Interview: Ingrid Ladner

When practitioners and researchers form an alliance for change, the stakes are often high, but so are the chances of success. Transdisciplinary projects of that kind enable the partners to negotiate conflicts of interest and develop solutions to social problems. In this interview, Christian Pohl from the ETH Zurich explains why it is time for […] Continue reading “Learning from each other”

Projects

20 April 2020

No socio-ecological transformation in sight?

The coronavirus sorely drives home to the world the missed opportunities for a socio-ecological turnaround. A Vienna-based research group led by Ingolfur Blühdorn is investigating why environmental protection would have required at least as much determined action as the fight against the pandemic and why sustainability is so elusive. Continue reading “No socio-ecological transformation in sight?”

Projects

3 February 2020

Visualizing the environmental impact of consumerism

A new model is designed to visualize material flows of the world economy and global production chains. Using large amounts of data that trace the path from the origin of a product to its consumer will make it easier to develop efficient strategies for conserving resources and protecting the climate. Continue reading “Visualizing the environmental impact of consumerism”

Projects

13 January 2020

Regional is not banal

At higher education institutions (HEIs), regional commitment that is not profit-oriented often suffers from neglect. At the same time, sustainable regional development is becoming an increasingly important factor. As current studies show, there is still a lot of work to be done if HEIs are to be more of a driving force at regional level. Continue reading “Regional is not banal”

Projects

25 March 2019

Waste, goats and a research project

On the Greek island of Samothrace, a team of researchers from Vienna have been investigating the interaction between human society and nature in order to prevent the collapse of the system. In this context, many local processes have been initiated to ensure a sustainable future for the island community. Continue reading “Waste, goats and a research project”

Portrait

1 December 2015

Thinking across boundaries

Von Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

The architect Barbara Imhof explores fungi serving as architects and producers of construction materials, the design of habitats for other planets and how to build cities from sand and solar energy using 3D printers. Continue reading “Thinking across boundaries”

Projects

9 November 2015

Ecologists calculate resource stocks worldwide

Realistic forecasts of future global resource consumption are the focus of a project currently funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. The project is developing a model that enables the determination of global material flows, from extraction to disposal and recycling, in correlation with material stocks. Continue reading “Ecologists calculate resource stocks worldwide”

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