Working as a biologist in a natural sciences institute that holds a unique historical entomological collection confronts me daily with the tremendous biodiversity loss we are experiencing (…)
Like in Denmark, let the nation invest in its future (not only elites) : lower taxes for financial investments in green energy (wind, solar), permaculture and new living models.
In our team at VITO we focus on the impacts of climate change, in particular in cities. One of the main outcomes of our work in recent years is that, under the business-as-usual (…)
I am worried about the way mankind interacts with its natural environment. I purposely refer to ‘its environment’ because environmental changes will often affect all biological (…)
We need to reconfigure our minds to free ourselves from consumption society and respect other human beings, as well as our common natural ressources
A novel can’t stop global warming. But some stories stick with us, possibly affecting the way we think about the world, and in turn affecting the way we live in the world.
Difficult but urgent need to change Growth paradigm, change our relation to nature and to other human beings, mainstream environment protection in all activites and policies!
My main concerns are about the biodiversity crisis. Experts have recognised three main causes. The first main cause depends on habitat destruction, fragmentation and degradation (…)
As an environmentalist, I try to reduce my consumption and my waste, to use public transport and to buy organic/local food. As a family, we could do more.
The North Sea, my field of work, is receiving a tremendous human pressure such as from shipping, fisheries, pollution from land or via atmospheric depositions, from offshore platforms (…)
Achieving 2030 goals is feasible & affordable using right technologies, adequately, reasonably. Let’s start now. It is not so dramatic. But 2050 is another story, of more changes.
As a professor of public law, I am particularly interested in the content of the Belgian Constitution, but also in its evolutionary prospects. In association with several colleagues (…)
David Lombard / PhD student-researcher
Although the Anthropocene and climate change are widely known as scientific issues, they are also significant cultural problems. In literary criticism and ecocriticism, the main (…)