Topics Archives - ETH Ambassadors

Climate change, Global

2021: Time to Move from Climate Ambition to Climate Action

Amidst global disruption, there are signs that climate ambition has reached a tipping point, and that the action needed to make it a reality is accelerating. ...

1 week ago

Events, Global, Sustainable Development Goals

Plastics – hated, complex, and subject of a fascinating project in Beirut

How things in life come back to you, and a Swiss – Middle Eastern collaboration on plastic recycling. ...

2 weeks ago

Two men standing at the border of a lake, wearing t-shirts saying Creating a Circular Future

Food, Global

Building connections for resilient systems

Creating resilient food systems is linked to personal bonds; an understanding that applies to humans that occupy this planet and others we may visit in the future. ...

3 weeks ago

Africa, Food

Using a virtual platform to navigate a complex food system

I applied for this online short course hoping to find solutions, instead I gained skills for navigating a complex system. ...

4 weeks ago

Africa, Engineering, ETH4Development, Europe, Exchange Programme

Discovering a new version of myself and a ladder to a better future

Words cannot express how it feels to grow up in a tiny rural area and to have the chance to study at a world-class university! ...

1 month ago

Climate change, Engineering, ETH4Development, South Asia

Knowledge is Power: the Power to Choose Wisely

Fuel-inefficient vehicles can affect the environment negatively, but information and knowledge can help consumers make more educated choices. ...

2 months ago

Climate change, Global, Sustainable Development Goals

Harnessing the power of diversity to answer the hardest questions

Only by working together can we answer critical questions about biodiversity loss and climate change. ...

2 months ago

Diversity & Inclusion, How we learn and work, togETHer

Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World

Never waste a “Good Crisis”…...

2 months ago

Events, Global, Robotics

Connecting the nervous system to bionic limbs

Blurring the boundaries between human and machine: the use of neurotechnology for connecting bionic limbs to the human brain. ...

3 months ago

Foresight

How to better prepare for tomorrow

What does our connected future hold? Shalini Trefzer reflects on last week's ETH Global Lecture. ...

3 months ago

ETH Meets Davos 2020 - Ice skating field

Europe, Events, Sustainable Development Goals

Best of ETH Meets You in Davos

For the past 4 years, the Office of the President has brought a little bit of ETH Zurich to Davos during the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Annual Meeting. ...

4 months ago

Stella Harper at UN Youth Conference 2017

Global, Sustainable Development Goals

Validation from a virtual global experience at the 26th Youth Assembly

Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic, the assembly took place online for the first time. This was a new experience for all involved and included more than one surprise for me!...

4 months ago

Office of the President

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