Posts by: Larissa Milo-Dale
DE President, David Oswald, was featured as a presenter at the United Nations CBD COP12 parallel event on Business and Biodiversity. The title of his talk was: “Design as a tool for creating a culture of biodiversity conservation in the business context”. The presentation was delivered as part of the main afternoon plenary to an audience […]
While urban rooftop farming is a growing trend around the world, Montreal’s own Lufa Farms are pushing the bar higher. Their flagship hydroponic farm, built on top of an old industrial building in the north of Montreal, shows that urban farming is possible on a large scale, that it is both sustainable and commercial, that it can use pre-existing urban structures and that healthy fresh food may soon be coming to a rooftop near you.
The BDA Foundation and DE are working to conserve the Congolese rain forests and enhance the livelihoods of people there through BDA’s ‘ecopreneur’ project.
All hands on deck! This is a call to all engaged young people wanting to make a difference for the environment — we need your help in our funding campaign for ecological entrepreneurs […]
DE’s work with the CCCCC (Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre) and the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) is now available online. The goal of the project was to determine the needs of stakeholders for environmental monitoring and climate change adaptation in the wider Caribbean region and then create a conceptual design, operational plan, and sustainability plan, […]
DE President, David Oswald, delivered a presentation entitled: “Sustainable Development and its implications for Constitutional and Cultural Affairs — Lessons from North America and the Caribbean” to an audience of international scholars at Turgut Ozal University in Ankara, Turkey on Monday May 12, 2014. The presentation was part of a week-long cultural and economic mission […]
DE President, David Oswald, attended the Urban Biodiversity Conference — Cities: Partnerships in Biodiversity, at Concordia University.
Leaders in city planning and management congregated at Concordia University on March 7, 2014 to share their experiences with biodiversity issues in urban environments. DE’s skill base in environmental analysis and design relates to many […]
DE is proud to sponsor and participate in the United Nations Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 20/20 talks on Biodiversity. This unique event will bring the brightest minds in the world together to share their expertise and insights on how their work connects to the UN SCBD Aichi Targets. The […]
DE brought design and environmental science to the new publication: Soil Organic Carbon for Global Benefits, produced by the United Nations Scientific and Advisory Panel of the Global Environmental Facility. This publication brings the importance of soil carbon management to the forefront of policy discussions related to global environmental change.
DE launched a workshop for the Database Management System project that is being done with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (client) and the Inter-American Development Bank (funder). MGI (Mona Geomatics Institute), DE’s regional partner, hosted the event in Kingston, Jamaica. The workshop was attended by 25 persons from 20 organizations ranging from government agencies, to […]
DE president, David Oswald attends the Conference of Montreal to participate in discussions related to the energy, environment, and the economy. Keynote presentations by Dr. Naoki Ishii, CEO of the GEF, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President, highlighted the importance of sustainable development in energy and economic planning.
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