Schlagwort: Ecology
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Co-operative grocery shops – a different way of shopping
Strengthening sustainable trade structures: JLU research project WERTSCHÄTZEN represented at the Darmstadt Transformation Days Giessen/Germany, March 10, 2025. Cooperative grocery shops focus on an alternative way of trading: As consumer cooperatives, they not only enable their members to participate and actively contribute, but also offer high-quality organic food at fair prices. By working with small…
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New perspectives for sustainability and the circular economy
Fraunhofer at the Hannover Messe Press Preview Stuttgart/Germany, February 20, 2025. Concrete solution for urgent challenges: In the CYCLOMETRIC project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO have developed a solution that enables companies to integrate sustainability assessments and circular economy concepts into early development phases – precisely where the greatest levers for…
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Future research and technology integration for urban ecosystems
Fraunhofer IAO is partner of the future festival FUTUROMUNDO FORESIGHT Stuttgart/Germany, February 20, 2025. Fraunhofer IAO and Futuromundo Multi-Conference & Festivals officially announce their cooperation and the speaker line-up for Futuromundo Foresight 2025. The Future Urban Economies Forum on the future of value creation opportunities and design potential of urban spaces is one of several…
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Ohne intakte Natur werden wir unseren Wohlstand nicht halten können…
Wirtschaftliche Aktivitäten sind hochgradig abhängig von einer vielfältigen Natur und intakten Ökosystemen. Hierin waren sich alle Expert:innen einig, die heute beim „Hauptstadt-Impuls“, einer von Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft gemeinsam durchgeführten Online-Veranstaltung, zu einer ambitionierten Biodiversitätspolitik in der kommenden Legislaturperiode aufriefen. Die Kernbotschaft: Ohne intakte Natur werden wir unseren Wohlstand nicht halten können, weil wir essenzielle Lebens-…
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Melting Glaciers Increase Loss of Freshwater Resources and Rise Global Sea Levels
The melting ice from glaciers worldwide is leading to an increased loss of regional freshwater resources. And it is causing global sea levels to rise at ever-greater rates. Since the year 2000, glaciers have been losing 273 billion tons of ice annually, according to estimates by an international research community led by researchers of the…
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First AR-based Fraunhofer app developed at Fraunhofer HHI
The augmented reality app DEVA (Dynamic Exposure Visualization App) from the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) is now available for free in the Google Play Store and Apple Store. The app enables users to visualize air pollution and other environmental data in their surroundings in real time. Using AR visualizations such as floating particles, it displays pollutants…