He who controls the metaverse controls the world? A dive into the metaverse and its complications
Xiaohu Zhang reports on how the new buzz around town and the next big breakthrough technology seems to be rising yet again from social media giant Facebook.
Fast fashion: An industry in need of a makeover
The New York Times first introduced the term fast-fashion in the early 1990s to illustrate how fast Zara was in bringing runaway trends onto store racks at a relatively low price. Unfortunately, keeping up with these demands has seen companies adopt speedy, cheap, resource-intensive supply chains, says Krisna Chanti.
The booming cuisine: The irony behind innovations in the Peruvian food industry
By Gianna Pinasco. Peru has been named top culinary destination in the world for five consecutive years, with its booming cuisine receiving worldwide attention for its richness in flavours, diversity in spices, and notorious ingredients grown only within its territory.
Foresight for responsible transform-ability
Foresight has proved its value in designing for the future and contributing to evidence-based policy-making. The value of foresight is highlighted in contexts of high uncertainly, while the exploration of wild cards has increasingly been included in the foresight approaches, says Effie Amanatidou.
North West England: Developing a regional roadmap for industrial bio-revolution
Claire Holland explores how escalating societal and political concerns over climate change have bolstered significant global focus on cutting carbon dioxide emissions. However, in a world still reeling from the effects of a global pandemic, development and implementation of effective resolution strategies are lacking.
Alternative proteins: Understanding the promises and risks of your meatless Mondays
Jordan Stacks discusses how in order to feed almost 10 billion people by 2050, we must make sustainable improvements in our food systems and address the extraordinary growth in global demand for protein.
I, Doctor
Imagine a future where everyone has access to high quality healthcare and each prescribed drug or treatment is uniquely tailored to you. Zuzanna Nagadowska tells us more.
Using green product innovation to let your customers behave more sustainably
Jonatan Pinske and René Bohnsack discuss what might make customers use green products in a truly sustainable way.
E-commerce platform: Making poverty alleviation more feasible
Boya An looks at how in recent years, agricultural product sales in various countries have gradually shifted from the traditional mode to the e-commerce mode – from brick to click – and how the sudden onset of COVID-19 has accelerated the development of new sales modes.
A gigafactory makes Germany’s public bodies face unprecedented challenges
In November 2019, the CEO of Tesla announced plans to build a “Gigafactory” in Grunheide, Brandenburg – but are the Brandenburg region and Tesla even a perfect fit? And who pulls the strings in the ongoing approval processes? Katrin Müller investigates.