Former UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa-Garcés on the Future we Must Choose
An Interview by Laura McDermott
UN special representative, Damilola Ogunbiyi, about her lifelong fight for sustainable energy for all
An Interview by Laura McDermott
Leyla Acaroglu
Designer
Designer, sociologist, sustainability provocateur, and 2016 United Nations Champion of the Earth, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works. As a pioneer of creative change, she weaves together sustainability, design, and systems thinking to activate the transition to a circular and sustainable future by design. Leyla is the founder of Disrupt Design, The UnSchool, and CO Project Farm.
Interview with Leyla Acaroglu
An Interview by Hannah MacInnes
How to make sustainable fashion choices without compromising style
Meet Sandra Capponi, Co-Founder of the GoodOnYou App which rates fashion brands on their impact on people, planet and animals.
Tackling climate change one city — and carbon budget — at a time
A governance tool for reaching the municipalities emission targets, Oslo’s ‘Climate Budget’ budgets the city’s CO2 emissions in a similar manner to the city’s finances.
Dr Priyadarshini Karve
Founding Director, Samuchit Enviro Tech
Dr Karve is the Director of Samuchit Enviro Tech, a social enterprise promoting sustainable products and services. She is a member of the Executive Board of Clean Energy Access Network, an India-wide society for decentralised renewable energy technologies, and the National Facilitator of the Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change.
Dr. Shota Furuya
Researcher, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, Tokyo
Dr Shota Furuya is a researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP) based in Tokyo, Japan. He focuses on the process in which different local stakeholders share a sustainable and creative future vision. His main research field is social acceptance of renewable energy and he facilitates stakeholders’ understanding and collaboration for sustainability.
Twitter: @fshota
Climate KIC Demo Day 2019 proves Europe still has what it takes to lead the Green Revolution
Europe still has what it takes to lead the Green Revolution
Does a sustainable First World exist?
Sustainable citizens face a quandary. We can’t ‘buy’ ourselves into sustainability. Replacing plastic with bamboo, diesel with electric, it all sounds fabulous, but the carbon footprint calculator results are blunt and we’d still need multiple Earths to suit our eco-lifestyles.
Fernando Laposse
Designer
Fernando Laposse is a London based Mexican designer, specialising in transforming natural materials that are often considered waste into refined design pieces, allowing their historical and cultural connotations to take center stage. His works address topics such as sustainability, the loss of biodiversity, community disenfranchisement and the politics of food.
Instagram: @FernandoLaposse