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Allowing companies to damage ecosystems and pay for restoration is unsuitable as a governance mechanism in the current biodiversity crisis, and is highly unlikely to restore genetic and functional biosphere integrity, At the same time, restoring previously ...

2024

Our world is highly unsustainable, and urgent action is needed. Is the Circular Economy a possible major improvement, or a dangerous distraction? Does it depend on how we think about the world? In which way? ...

Business School Lausanne (BSL)2024

Results of the Academic Citizens’ Assembly - MYBLUEPLANET 2024

Sascha Nick

How can democracy empower employees to implement real climate action? The 2024 MyBluePlanet deliberative assembly, following the Academic Citizens’ Assembly approach, looks into workplace democracy, reaching consensus on seven recommendations. ...

Academic Citizens’ Assembly2024

What is the minimum final energy needed to ensure wellbeing for all in Switzerland? What level, type, organization, and approach of mobility could be a basis for such wellbeing? In this paper, we make a methodology contribution to DLS by developing an acti ...

SWEET SWICE2024

Lundi 3 juin 2024, dans le cadre de la semaine de durabilité du Gymnase de Renens, un échange a été organisé par l’équipe durabilité du gymnase, en collaboration avec le service de promotion de l'éducation de l’EPFL (Education outreach department), avec la ...

2024

SWICE (Sustainable Wellbeing for the Individual and the Collectivity in the Energy transition) aims to answer: how to improve wellbeing for all with a much lower energy use? Wellbeing is a state of thriving, which involves full participation in society, a ...

2023

Quel est le rôle de la sobriété dans la société, dans la transition énergétique, dans la politique climatique ? Quel lien avec le bien-être ? Comment la définir, analyser, mesurer ? Exemple, ateliers, et un nouveau cadre d'analyse seront présentés. ...

2023

Climate-Neutral Aviation: how will it affect communities, companies, citizens?

Sascha Nick

Science tells us that a climate-responsible aviation is much smaller, given the urgency and limited contribution of future efficiency gains and biofuels. If flying becomes more exceptional and expensive, how can we collectively prepare, and what will this ...

2023

2023 BSL Circular Economy Conference

Sascha Nick

How to bridge science and practice on the example of the Circular Economy (CE)? The 2023 BSL CE Conference analyzes the recently published first editions of country circularity reports, and tries to answer five key questions: 1. How do key country metrics ...

Business School Lausanne (BSL)2023

How to think of sustainability when planning and building new ventures?

Sascha Nick

How to think of sustainability when planning and building new ventures? How to use systems thinking tools to understand the world, and the place of your new venture in it? Why most corporate sustainability initiatives are of marginal impact, and sometimes ...

2023