The Department of Sustainable Biomaterials recently purchased a new hot-press to support teaching and research activities on the VT campus. Most of the funds were supplied by the College of Natural Resources and Environment; the rest was supplied by the Wood-Based Composites Center (WBC), a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center.
Source: sbio.vt.edu
Our researchers will share in $1.5M in interdisciplinary (IDR) grants to help tackle big social and scientific questions across our strategic research focus areas.
Renewed, Recharged and Reinforced: Urgent actions to harmonize and scale sustainable finance (Report of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance to the European Commission)
WEBINAR: The Sustainability Revolution : Where sustainability and profitability both thrive – ‘R’ evolution by John Fraser of Hexagon. Join John Fraser, President of UK, Ireland and Benelux from Hexagon, as he talks about the Fourth Industrial Revolution, fuelled by digitalisation and connectivity, both of which are essential to empower the sustainability revolution. Please book on-line and a Teams link will be sent prior to the webinar. All welcome.
The 4th edition of the UNWTO Euro-Asian Mountain Tourism Conference (2-5 March 2019, Berchtesgaden, Germany) highlighted the need for collective efforts in overcoming current challenges that mountain destinations are facing to adapt to new consumer trends and market changes, to address seasonality…
Will you sign the petition? If we speak up now, we can make sure this recovery package isn’t funnelled to giant corporations and major polluters – but instead goes towards building a better future for ourselves and our grandchildren.
The public believed that fast food was simply not compatible with France’s food culture. The brand faced negative perceptions regarding treatment of its workforce, overall environmental impact, and most damaging of all, the promotion of junk food. With public dissatisfaction at an all-time high, something had to change. A team of consultants from Deloitte France had a radical plan. To change the image, you’d have to start by changing the product. Listen to what the people want and then give it to them. We developed a 10-year progress plan to take the client from corporate interloper to a family-friendly sit-down restaurant.