Collaboration and Trust for Sustainable Transformation
A video of my presentation at the DEBEST event 2023 (Digital Ecosystems, Blockchain Evolution, and Sustainable Transformation) is online available: Link to Youtube more…
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Dialogue with Vandana Shiva at the Pioneers of Change Summit
On 16 March, I had a one-hour dialogue with Prof. Vandana Shiva from India – organised by Dr. Alfred Strigl (Vienna) and Alexandra Wandel (Director of the World Future Council). The conversation took place at the 7th Pioneers of Change Online Summit, and was themed “Future Visions & System Change – WHERE TO?”. A recording […] more…
The ProfsCast – Lectures For Future Edition
Joe Fensterle, Professor at the HSRW in Kleve, talks to Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker about climate change and sustainability, the Wuppertal Institute, science communication, tradable CO2 budgets, and how important initiatives like FridaysForFuture are. 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…
“Factor Five” nun auch in französischer und japanischer Fassung
Knapp drei Jahre nach Erstveröffentlichung wird “Factor Five” nun ab Ende März auch auf Japanisch und Französisch erhältlich sein. 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…
2nd International Convention of Environmental Laureates in Freiburg
As a member of the Board of Trustees of the European Environment Foundation I will take part in the second convention of international environmental laureates from March 14–17, 2013 in Freiburg. more…
Elected as Co-President of the Club of Rome
During the 2012 Annual Conference of the Club of Rome from October 1-2 in Bucharest the assembly elected me as well as Anders Wijkman (Sweden), former member of the European Parliament, as new Co-Presidents of the Club. more…
Circular Economy, Cascade Use and Efficiency as Pillars of a Factor Five World
Here are the slides of my talk on “Circular Economy, Cascade Use and Efficiency as Pillars of a Factor Five World“ at the LCM 2011 – Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management, on August 28–31 at the dahlem cube in Berlin. more…