Tobias Rees: Why Nature Becomes The New Tech "Our modern concept of reality is based on the difference between nature, humans and technology. This has always been on shaky ground, because nature is in us and technology is in nature," says Tobias... Sustainability Technology Mar 24, 2023
Christina Agapakis: The real world of biotechnology In industry, there is still an oil-based logic and logistics. Synthetic biology, on the other hand, is very open to synthesising not only bioproducts but also technology and nature. What exactly is sy... Sustainability Technology Mar 24, 2023
Ferdinand Ludwig: "Whoever plants a tree is a visionary" "Tages-Anzeiger": Mr Ludwig, do you live in a house made of trees? Ferdinand Ludwig: No, I live quite classically, in a city flat in Munich. Of course, I dream of living in a living house. But at the ... Sustainability Mar 20, 2023
Frans Schepers: "We have lost trust in nature" "The idea of rewilding is ten to twelve years old. It is about a paradigm shift thinking to restore nature on a large scale," says Frans Schepers in a video interview with GDI. By removing dams and di... Sustainability Mar 20, 2023
Christina Agapakis: "Biology is the most important part of our lives" "Migros-Magazin": What is the process [of your work]?"Migros-Magazin": What is the process [of your work]? Christina Agapakis: For this, we treat DNA like a code that can be programmed. Every living b... Sustainability Technology Mar 20, 2023
Vegane Ernährung: Von Subkultur zum Supertrend? Strikt vegan ernähren sich zwar immer noch weniger als 1%, doch ihr Anteil steige stark an, meint GDI-Researcherin Christine Schäfer in der Sendung «SRF Puls» . Der Trend sei noch lange nicht vorbei. ... Food Health Society Sustainability Mar 3, 2023
DNA data storage instead of server banks: a path to CO2 neutrality? In our connected world, we are constantly surrounded by data. We generate data, use it, and store it on an ever-increasing scale. This comes at a price: data storage could soon account for 20% of glob... Sustainability Technology Jan 31, 2023
«Veganuary»: Hype oder sinnvoller Verzicht? «Veganuary» ist ein Kofferwort aus «vegan» und «January» (Januar). Die gleichnamige Organisation in England rief die Kampagne 2014 ins Leben. Sie will Menschen dazu ermuntern, einen Monat lang vegane ... Food Health Sustainability Jan 19, 2023
Will this become the new agriculture? Conventional agriculture is increasingly criticised. Too much farming land, too much water consumption and too harmful pesticides. Three Israeli start-ups from the food tech scene want to take a compl... Food Sustainability Technology Jan 19, 2023
Letting nature just take its course? "Rewilding" is a term that only came into use a good ten years ago. But what does it actually mean? According to Frans Schepers, who was responsible for international nature conservation programmes at... Sustainability Jan 18, 2023
Timeline: We Are at The Beginning of The Age of Biology The future economic system will be increasingly based on biology. Scientific advances promise unprecedented opportunities to increase food production, cure diseases, generate energy, purify water and ... Sustainability Technology Jan 6, 2023
What if we could talk to animals? The goals are ambitious. The non-profit Earth Species Project (ESP) wants to develop software that helps understand languages throughout the animal kingdom, regardless of species, from worms to whales... Sustainability Technology Jan 6, 2023