On Saturday 11 February 2012, the CSCP is co-organising the 1st Wuppertal Tauschmob (Exchangemob) - a sustainable swapping event - at the Kirchplatz in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, in cooperation with the online exchange platform Netcycler and the sustainability portal Faktor N. Read more
The CSCP is a partner at the CleanTech Media Award and is proud to announce that the call for applicants is currently open. The German Environmental Clean Tech Media Award 2012 is celebrating its fifth Anniversary of recognizing projects that reflect the solutions with which responsible, environmental technologies meet the demands for leading sustainable lifestyles. Organizations and individuals are honored for their sustainable and visionary projects in the categories of: energy, mobility, communication, lifestyles and start-ups. Read more
The CSCP is going to host an expert round and a workshop on “(How) can social media support sustainable ways of living?” on 17 February 2012 at the upcoming Social Media Week in Hamburg, Germany. Reflecting on the global impact of social media and its role as a catalyst in driving cultural, political, economic and social change, the Social Media Week’s in February 2012 will focus on Empowering Change through Collaboration. Read more
Sustainable Innovation 2011 Resource Productivity, Innovation & Lifestyles. Part of the ‘Towards Sustainable Product Design’ series of conferences 17th International Conference, October 2012 Germany. Rio +20 in June 2012 will focus on the ‘green economy’ with resource consumption, innovation and behavioural change being central to discussions. Resource productivity and efficiency in production and consumption are moving up the global agenda as increasing raw material costs and emerging concern associated with security of supply of critical metals essential for the production of eco-innovative technologies has increased. Read more
After several SMART Start-up trainings, which have taken place in various African and European countries since 2009, the SMART Start-up Program has recently arrived in China. On the 18th of October, 2011 the CSCP together with Deutsche Telekom, T-Systems China and China Guanghua Foundation kicked off the SMART Start-up ICT Training taking place between 18 – 21 October, 2011 at T-Systems in Shanghai. Read more