DE Founder, David Oswald, moderated a virtual symposium on the circular economy in Northern Ontario. Esteemed panelists from various industries and domains share their perspective on how the circular economy can become a reality in Northern Ontario. The symposium was sponsored by the Northern Policy Institute, Glencore, and delivered by Parlamericas, two leading research and policy think […]
DE and Caribbean partner, MGI, win the bid to design and implement Antigua and Barbuda’s National Environmental Data and Information system to support the MEA (Multilateral Environmental Agreement) reporting.
The project is funded by the GEF and supported by UNDP and will serve as a foundational step for Antigua and Barbuda to […]
DE Presents at King Faisal University
DE Founder and President, Dave Oswald, was invited to present DE’s work and research at King Faisal University in Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
The presentation was followed by meetings with different departments focused on various aspects of environmental sustainability and food security.
KFU seeks to exercise leadership and address the challenges of sustainability in the Kingdom […]
DE at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
DE President, David Oswald, will present at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week held from Jan 11 to 18, 2020 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) is a global platform for accelerating the world’s sustainable development. The week brings together a unique fusion of policy makers, industry specialists, […]
DE — MGI Team Complete Climate Data Sharing Protocol for the Caribbean
The DE — MGI team won the project to design a climate data sharing protocol for the Caribbean Region (Oct 2018). This project was conducted with the 5C’s (Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre) as the client with funding provided by USAID as part of CCAP (Caribbean Climate Adaptation Program). This project involved in-person consultation with climate data […]
DE presents at CEIM — Going Global with Business
DE President and Founder gave a presentation at Centre for Enterprise and Innovation of Montreal (CEIM). The title is talk is to present the DE Manifesto for Taking your Business Global. Insights will be shared from the last 14 years of development of the DE brand ranging from the […]
Saint Lucia launches MGI-DE designed Environmental Information System
The MGI-DE consortium conceptualized, designed, and implemented a NEIS (National Environmental Information System) for the government of Saint Lucia. The NEIS is intended to help Saint Lucia improve their capacity for reporting to environmental MEA’s (Multi-Lateral Environmental Agreements)
The project was funded by the GEF (Global Environmental Facility) and executed for Saint Lucia with UN Environment […]
DE in Huffington Post
DE President, David Oswald, is interviewed for an article in the Huffington Post Quebec. Pierre Moisan poses questions to recount David’s participation in the conference and experience with giving a Master Class in Design for Sustainability with Nadya Hutagalung.
See interview here: Huffington Post DE […]
DE at C2 Montréal
DE President, David Oswald, will be presenting a master class in Design for Sustainability at C2 Montréal. The class will be hosted by Ms. Nadya Hutagalung, an Indonesian and Australian sustainability icon who has hosted MTV Asia and Asia’s Next Top Model.
Nadya built one of […]
Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20
The United Nations Secretariat for the Conservation of Biological Diversity selected DE to design the Rio Conventions Pavilion at Rio+20 conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The goal of this monumental event was to map out the world’s next steps towards sustainable development. The Rio Conventions Pavilion was a venue where global progress on the […]