Save the date: On Friday, August 17, in the late afternoon we will be discussing how to proceed. It will be the day of the Ispo Innovation Forum, where we will be working on future aspects of business opportunities for … Continue reading
Vancouver is a different world. This holds true for the city: clean, well arranged, but also sort of cold, in many ways. This holds true for conference “culture”: I will need a while to forget about the cardboard lunchbox in … Continue reading
today I am reporting from my stopover in Frankfurt, flying from Rio to the Velo City in Vancouver. Supposedly I am in Vancouver already, even though with all these changes in times and places I feel a little out of … Continue reading
How different the perceptions can be: From the ´Heimat´ I hear what a disaster Rio plus 20 is, here most people I talk to think it is a great success. My thoughts you do know. already, more below: Yesterday I … Continue reading
Yesterday I checked out the ´people summit´, already in itself a revealing name, as to my mind the summits should always be for the people… for who else? To understand what that is you must know that the overall summit … Continue reading
The closer the beginning of the very official part of the summit today gets, the more busy the traffic, the more intensive the police presence, and the more formalized, and hence most likely effectless, the talks. This morning I woke … Continue reading
Here is a picture of Fozzy at the B4E Summit in Rio !
Yesterday practical as well as philosophical work continued here in Rio. The most interesting practical work occured around a penal discussion, with Klaus Toepfer and representatives from industry and the German sustainability council on stage. The motto of Rio plus … Continue reading
Today I mail you the second newsflash, to a few more people who please read the latest developments from the mails below… The B4E @ Rioplus20 Conference yesterday was full of highs and lows… For some reasons I could not … Continue reading