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Look before you leap: A Systems Assessment Tool to Identify and Plan Sustainable Interventions

By: Dr Eleni Iacovidou, Division of Environmental Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Kingston Ln, Uxbridge, London UB8 3PH, UK, eleni.iacovidou@brunel.ac.uk For Citation: SITE4Society Brief No.22-2021 Related to the Sustainable Developme
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December 03, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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My remote thesis-internship experience – on Education for Sustainable Development in Ghana

Hello, my name is Sophia! I recently graduated from Maastricht University with a degree in Economics and Strategies in Emerging Markets. During the last semester of my Master’s program, I had the opportunity to do a Thesis Internship Program (TIP) with SITE4Society. My thesis wa
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September 02, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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A SITE Talk with Nathalie Ummels – Mondiaal Maastricht (#5)

In this SITE Talk, we had the chance to speak to Nathalie Ummels, the coordinator of Mondiaal Maastricht. A few words about Nathalie Nathalie is leading Mondiaal Maastricht, a local NGO based in Maastricht, which counts almost 40 years of life. She is in charge of the day-to-day manag
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August 05, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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A SITE Talk with Panos Kouris – Vertoro (#4)

We are grateful for the opportunity we had to meet Panos Kouris, the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Vertoro and the winner of the Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award 2021! A few words about Panos Panos holds a BSc. and a MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of P
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May 13, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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Economists of the world unite! How to apply solution designs for societal problems?

By Prof. Dr. Shyama V. Ramani “The Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point is however to change it” reads the tombstone of Karl Marx in London quoting one of his works. Of course, this applies not only to the worldly philosophers but to economists as we
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May 13, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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A SITE Talk with Heidi Solba – Let’s Do it World (#3)

In this SITE Talk episode, we meet Mrs Heidi Solba, President and Head of Global Network at Let’s Do it World. Heidi is leading one of the biggest civic movements of our time, the World Cleanup Day, uniting millions of people across the world to transform our planet into a green
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April 20, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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A SITE Talk with Maayke Damen – Excess Materials Exchange (#2)

  In this SITE Talk, we had the pleasure to talk with Maayke Damen, the Founder of Excess Materials Exchange. A few words about Maayke Maayke is a circular economy expert who has advocated the reduction of waste through numerous companies and initiatives and has become very influ
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March 30, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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SITE4Society event – March 22nd, 2021 – World Water Day

Water Source Security: Is desalination the way to go? A Multi-stakeholder Experience-Sharing Forum on desalination featuring academics, firms, public agencies and regulators   Registration form: https://cutt.ly/Yl60z9A Please find here  the event brochure, with speakers’ in
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February 13, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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SITE4Society Event – March 8th 2021 – Digitalisation and Violence Against Women and Girls

 Digitalisation and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)                    Digitalisation for SDG 5.2 (End Violence): Exploring Implications, Opportunities and Threats   ~ On this International Women’s Day, March 8, 2021, SITE4Society at UNU-MERIT, will team up with Fri
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February 02, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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A deep dive in the silos of sanitation – to break them down worldwide! (10th SITE4Society event – Part II)

The Sustainable Development Goals Report (2020) notes that we are far from being an open-defecation free world. Since 2015, around 500 million low-cost toilets have been diffused, but still about 2 billion people do not have access to a functioning toilet and about 4.2 billion people 
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January 13, 2021
by Maria TomaI
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