Category Archives: General

“How Can Asian Culture, Science and Technology Create a Life-Centered World in the Post COVID-19 Era?”

The 80th Anniversary Symposium of Chubu University in collaboration with the Japanese Association of the Club of Rome took place on October 14, 2020. World class professors were invited, including a passionate Chancellor IIyoshi and 6 full- and 2 honorary- members of the Club of Rome, including Ernst Ulrich v. Weizsäcker as keynote speaker, Tomoyo […] more…

Publication: “Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker: A Pioneer on Environmental, Climate and Energy Policies”

On the occasion of the 75th birthday of Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker on June 25, 2014, the following book has been published in English: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (Ed.): Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker: A Pioneer on Environmental, Climate and Energy Policies – Presented by Uwe Schneidewind, Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol. 28 […] more…

Ernst von Weizsäcker among the Top 100 Global Thought Leaders

The Swiss Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute came up with a new ranking of global thought leaders using infosphere parameters. An initial selection of over 200 thinkers from all disciplines and from throughout the world were measured in terms of their influence, centrality and networking in two different environments: the blogosphere and the Wikisphere. The influence was […] more…

Speech at dinner with Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

At the end of January I had the honour of being invited by the United Nations Association of Germany to give a short speech at a dinner with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon in Berlin. more…