IOeW – The Institute for Ecological Economy Research

I decided to write about this Institute because of the last case study. During the research we came across Adidas AG, which was evaluated by this institute.

Since its establishment in May 1985, the IOeW has been able to extend its range of topics continuously. There are different interdisciplinary research teams, and each of them [...]

USA reduces budgets drastically

Last weekend I read a really shocking article at the Herald Tribune about drastic savings in the US research, and that is why I wanted to post here although this class is already completed.
In addition to the fact that America is responsible for a considerable part of the environmental damage and is very uncooperative in [...]

Renewable resources and other sites

Hi everyone! I just wanted to refer to a few sites incase you (hopefully stay interested even after class.
1.EUROPA / European Union Stratedy for Sustainable Development
2. EcoEarth
3. The Renewable Resource Data Center
4. Agriculture News
5. School of Renewable Resources
6. Lenntech – Zero discharge of water
You have to be critical of these sites yourself, some [...]

Determinants of an Environmentally Responsive Firm – an empirical approach

Henriques, I. & Sadorsky, P. (1996) “Determinants of an Environmentally Responsive Firm – An empirical appraoch” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 30, 381-395 (1996) Article No. 0026
This article I think has a lot of relevance with this course as it was an extensive empirical study done on how and what will help to change [...]