News
30th of March 2016
Bo2W synthesis report is now available
The final Bo2W project report is now available in English and German on the project website.
This synthesis report combines the comprehensive project activities, project outcomes, identified implementation barriers and proposals for how to overcome the barriers.
All published documents within the Bo2W project can be found here: http://www.resourcefever.org/project/global_circular_economy_of_strategic_metals.html
19th of January 2016
STRADE Project begins
The Horizon 2020 project Strategic Dialogue on Sustainable Raw Materials for Europe (STRADE) held its kickoff meeting with project core partners and EC representatives in Darmstadt, Germany. Partners discussed project goals.
Second edition of “Metabolism of the Anthroposphere” released
17th of July 2012 by Stefanie Degreif
21 years after the publication of the milestone “Metabolism of the Anthroposphere” the authors Peter Baccini and Paul H. Brunner have launched a second edition which has been substantially revised and greatly expanded.
The book covers the characteristics of material stocks and flows of human settlements in space and time. The method of material flow analysis (MFA) for metabolic studies and the analysis of regional metabolism and the material systems
generated by basic activities are described. The authors offer four case studies of optimal metabolic system design: phosphorus management, urban mining, waste management, and mobility.
This second edition focuses also on design and resource utilization which reflects recent debates and scholarship on sustainable development and climate change.
See also: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12806