** COVID-19 regulations will be followed. Please bring a mask & proof of a negative Covid-19 test no older than 24hrs. There will be various hygiene stations. Make sure to register on Eventbrite to reserve your ticket - only registered attendees will be allowed in at the venue. ** About this Event As consumers, we make choices every day about the type of food we eat and as such, about the type of food system we support. Our current food…

‘Social distancing’ doesn’t mean being anti-social. We invite you to join our small and cozy Greenbuzz community networking event. Why? Because we want to help grow long-lasting connections and won’t let our isolation stop us. BYO beer, juice, tea, snacks.  This will be a bit of an experimental event, where we will first come together then divide into smaller groups to share our thoughts and stories on a pre-selected range of topics: Here are our conversation starters: What habits and…

BIPoC Perspectives on Sustainability and the Climate Crisis The climate crisis is more urgent than ever and at the top of political agendas all over the world. The discourse we hear predominantly in Western media is that of protecting the planet for future generations, though many Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities are already facing consequences of the climate crisis and have been for decades. Decolonization reminds us of the historical injustices that have led our planet to…

  Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries? The answer is yes, but it will be impossible without transforming eating habits, improving food production and reducing food waste. When it comes to protein consumption, it will require a complete shift to more sustainable and low carbon alternatives. Among the options, meat substitutes that aim to reduce animal protein consumption are getting a lot of attention.  In our next event, in collaboration…

Perspectives on Sustainable Architecture – from concept and process to practice At our next event in collaboration with Urban Ideation Lab, we’ll be looking at the different perspectives of sustainable architecture. Starting with concept and theory we look at ways that we can redefine our mindset to have a more hands-on, holistic approach from the outset. Moving on to processes, we explore the notion of co-production by making communities part of the ideation process. And finally, when the time comes…

Almost everyone loves traveling. New technologies and freedom of movement have made traveling easier, faster and cheaper. International tourist arrivals have increased from 25 million globally in 1950 to 1.32 billion in 2017 and nowadays, travel and tourism represents one of the biggest industries worldwide. Such a rapid industry growth always comes with consequences for our planet. Impacts caused by uncontrollable tourism on natural resources, consumption patterns, pollution and social systems are more apparent than ever. How can we achieve…

The food industry has brought us an abundance of food, from cheap strawberries and tomatoes on shelf all year round to innovative highly processed food that have become a major part of our diets. To the point that we have sometime lost the sense of season, of the origin of our food, of its connection to a field and a farmer. Local, seasonal, non-processed food is shown as more sustainable than the current industrial alternative. But is this the only…