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14th Eine-Welt-Netz Regional Conference – Solingen, Germany, 5th-6th March 2010
Apocalypse Now or Sustainable Gross National Happiness? - Good ideas in turbulent times
Today, humanity stands at a crossroad: are the apocalyptic prognosis right or do we manage to limit the global warming still in time by utilising global resources and living in a more sustainable way? Can we still hope for a peaceful, fair, ecologically and economically stable future? If so, how should this challenge be handled?
This year’s regional conference of the German association Eine-Welt-Netz will deal explicitly with the capabilities of our civilization to guarantee its future. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and look upon this central question from different angel [...] Read more
Save the Date: SusCon 2010 - International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption
The CSCP will act as a co-organiser at the SusCon 2010 - International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption on 15-16 June 2010 in Nürnberg, Germany.
In the biodiversity year of the United Nations (2010) the conference will focus on entrepreneurial solutions for biodiversity issues. Programme topics include:
• Business and biodiversity
• Certification and verification
• New business models and social entrepreneurship
• Lifestyle and consumption
• Offset programs and biodiversity protection
• Public Private Partnerships
Representatives from key international organisations, multinational, medium and small sized enterprises, NGOs, politicians, certifiers, media a [...] Read more
Reducing Poverty through SCP – International Conference to address the links
In today’s world there are over 1,2 billion people living from less then 1 US$ per day. The poor people are highly dependent on their environment and eco-system to generate their income. Reducing poverty in most cases means to expand consumption and production, which is linked to exploiting the natural resources and therefore harms the ecosystem. Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) can break this cycle by taking these issues into account and therefore contribute to overcoming poverty. However, companies have to understand the markets and find ways on how to create value and meet the needs of the costumers in a sustainable way.
The "Impact of Base-of-the-Pyramid Ventures" [...] Read more
Conference announcement: "Making an Impact – Collective Actions Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production"
7th - 8th December 2009 / Brussels, Belgium 'Making an Impact - Collective Actions Towards SCP' conference will bring together a range of high quality speakers to discuss and develop recommendations about the role of civil society in SCP at a regional, national and international level. The conference is targeting CSOs, researchers and policy makers working in the field of SCP. The conference is kindly hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (December 7th) and the Brussels representative of the German state NRW (December 8th).Why attend?The Conference programme is lively, interactive and participatory. It includes the following topics and workshops:
SCP and policy developm [...] Read more
CSCP present at the World Economic Forum
The Head of the CSCP Michael Kuhndt was present at the World Economic Forum "Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009" in Dalian, China from 10-12 September 2009. The CSCP participated/managed 5 sessions on various topics relating to Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). The session "Building a Sustainable Value Chain" can be viewed in the video at the end of this news article.
The Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009 in Dalian, China was held in close partnership with the People’s Republic of China. Participants included 400 Global Growth Companies, 300 CEOs, CTOs, Chief Economists and corporate strategists from the Forum’s Members and Partners, 100 Public [...] Read more
