2021: Time to Move from Climate Ambition to Climate Action
Plastics – hated, complex, and subject of a fascinating project in Beirut
Building connections for resilient systems
Using a virtual platform to navigate a complex food system
Discovering a new version of myself and a ladder to a better future

Regions

Earth

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. ...

2 weeks ago

Water polluted by plastic waste

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. ...

3 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. ...

4 weeks ago

Tomatoes

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. ...

1 month 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

Global

Happy Easter!

Dear readers, we wish you happy Easter and hope you will enjoy the holidays! Our next blog will be published next week, stay tuned!...

2 months ago

Kathmandu

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

Sunrise over Marina Bay

Asia-Pacific, How we connect, togETHer

5 Days of the Condo

Moving to Singapore during the COVID Pandemic. ...

2 months ago

Diversity at Crowther Lab

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

The main building of Hanyang University.

Asia-Pacific, Exchange Programme

Lab in the Time of Corona: My Research Adventure in Korea

Going on a research exchange in the middle of a pandemic requires concessions that will take you out of your comfort zone. Is it really worth it? ...

2 months ago

Central in Zurich

Europe, Exchange Programme

A memorable time in Zurich

Sophia Taylor was in Switzerland in 2020 to carry out research work for her master’s thesis on greywater treatment. ...

3 months ago

Masks being packed

Europe, How we respond creatively, togETHer

Founding a Face Mask Start-up during a Pandemic

How two ETH students set up a mask manufacturing company in a couple of months. ...

3 months ago

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