History: Breakthrough in three letters Published: 31 October 2019 Plastic Atlas The first plastics imitated ivory and silk and attracted just a limited market. Things took off after World War II with the rise of PVC. Cheap plastics soon conquered the world. By Alexandra Caterbow and Olga Speranskaya
History: Breakthrough in three letters Published: 31 October 2019 Plastic Atlas The first plastics imitated ivory and silk and attracted just a limited market. Things took off after World War II with the rise of PVC. Cheap plastics soon conquered the world.
Plastic Atlas demonstrates scale of plastic pollution crisis and solutions for a zero waste future Published: 31 October 2019 Press Release 49 detailed infographics over 19 chapters cover many aspects of plastic production, consumption and disposal.
hbs concludes the 7th Regional Summer School Published: 10 September 2019 News hbs offices in the MENA region held the 7th Regional Summer School in Amman, Jordan under the title “Our Cities Our Future: Civic Engagement in Urban Sustainable Development”.
Call for Applications: Participation in COP25 Published: 8 August 2019 Announcement hbs welcomes applications to take part in the in the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 25).
Call for Ideas: "Takhayal [Imagine] Ramallah" Published: 23 July 2019 Announcement This Call for Ideas seeks contributions that combine text and visual components that focus on collective, communal, and critical approaches towards a radical reconfiguration of, and relationship to, time and space.
Call for Applications for the 7th Regional Summer School "Our Cities Our Future: Civic Engagement in Sustainable Urban Development" Published: 11 May 2019 Call for Applications The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, represented through its offices in Palestine, Lebanon, Tunisia and Morocco, welcomes applicants from Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa to apply for the 7th Regional Summer School, that will take place between July 29th – August 4th, 2019, in Amman, Jordan.
Climate change and human rights – Can the courts fix it? Published: 18 March 2019 Overview Climate litigation is on the rise - in Germany, in Europe and worldwide. What role can courts play in the fight against climate change? This article shows the link between human rights and climate change, its implications, and introduces some of the cases.
