by Mark Swilling | May 31, 2016 | Blog
The International Resource Panel (which I have been a member of since 2007) has just released a new report called Food Systems and Natural Resources. Launched last week in Nairobi, one of the co-lead authors, Maarten Hajer, suggested that a tax on meat might be worth...
by Mark Swilling | May 11, 2016 | Blog
Summarizing the first day…. Yesterday was the first of a three day exploration of the dynamics of urban change from the perspective of an amazing group of change agents from several countries. They were from South Africa, Indonesia, Brazil, China, Uganda...
by Mark Swilling | May 8, 2016 | Blog
Yesterday I spoke at the launch of the 1 Climate Club at a rally in a stadium in Halle, Germany, organised by the Evangelical Church of Westphalia (see link below). This public event followed a three-day meeting between researchers from the Wupperthal Institute...
by Mark Swilling | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog
Contrasting Sao Paulo’s ‘connecting the dots’ initiative and the ghost city of Orso in China: two exhibits at the #IABR. One of the most disturbing documentaries I have ever seen is looping its way around at the #IABR exhibition in Rotterdam. It...
by Mark Swilling | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Publication
This is a three minute version of a longer documentary that captures the transdisciplinary research that I coordinated over a five year period 2011-2015 (and ongoing) in Enkanini that resulted in various innovations, including the formation of the iShack social...
by Mark Swilling | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Publication
This is a documentary that demonstrates the application of a transdisciplinary research programme in the informal settlement of Enkanini in Stellenbosch that I coordinated during the period 2011-2015. Funded by the National Research Foundation, this programme and...
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