Category Archives: Culture

Global problems, local solutions

Posted on 26/08/2012 by Kaj

The unprecedented success of the London 2012 Olympic Games has once again shown the global role that cities now hold.The opening ceremony focused on work and health as it celebrated the community spirit at the heart of the Olympic ideal. … Continue reading →

Categories: Climate Change, Climate Negotiations, Culture, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Sustainable Cities

The Global City: Melting Pot and Pressure Cooker

Posted on 24/08/2011 by Kaj

The city has long been a microcosm of the diverse and interconnected world we live in. Whether Stockholm, with its vibrant expat Iraqi population (one of the largest in the world) or Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood, with its Afro-samba heritage, … Continue reading →

Categories: Culture, News, Sustainable Cities

Hard Rain now on the Road to Rio

Posted on 27/07/2011 by Kaj

Dear friends, I am just back from Brazil and have follow up work on the world tour of Hard Rain Exhibition. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the project’s founding partner; it is supported by the Swedish International Development … Continue reading →

Categories: Almedalen, Climate Change, Culture, News, Political Governance, Sustainable Cities, Tools for change

Award for sustainable and humanitarian design – the world’s most valuable design prize

Posted on 25/07/2011 by Kaj

One of the finalist in Copenhagens INDEX award is the Italian designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, who work together as Studio FormaFantasma , to create Autarchy, a collection of vessels and lamps made from a specially developed bio-material based on the … Continue reading →

Categories: Culture, News

A Winter Samba in Rio – July 2011

Posted on 06/07/2011 by Kaj

Rio’s historic docklands at Largo de Sao Francisco da Prainha are founded on a notorious past. Brazil’s busiest port at the height of the international slave trade, it was here that tens of thousands of captured Africans were sold on … Continue reading →

Categories: Culture, News, Okategoriserade

Photos in the service of Sustainability awareness

Posted on 06/06/2011 by Kaj

Good photography, art and inspirational music often contribute to increased awareness and may become an increasingly important area of sustainability. When I am in the early 1990′s, helped develop the Natural Step Foundation we created a network called Artists for Environment as an important source of inspiration and provided a complementary culture perspective in sustainability efforts. Visitors to Stockholm until 26 June, definitely visit one of Stockholm’s new attractions – namely the … Continue reading →

Categories: Culture, Dependency on fossil fuel, News, Tools for change