A country lacks access to electricity to 90%
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
What could be the solution to energy access?
OLBIOS NETWORK FOR ACTION
ENVIRONMENT
How can we solve the growing water crisis?
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
Philip Wilson and the EcoFiltro solution
Only 1% of textiles are effectively recycled
DO TANK
But a Belgian start up has the technology to change this
How to develop clothing that will live for ever
ECONOMY
Two brothers from the Isle of Man trying to change the fashion industry
The way to give each tree an identity
ECONOMY
The ambitious mission of the Austrian start-up Beetle for Tech
Can a young leader in Rwanda stop devastating deforestation?
ECONOMY
Meet Jean Bosco Nzeyimana and the idea of Habona
Food excess is the neglected issue in the hospitality industry
ECONOMY
Benjamin Lephilibert, Founder of LightBlue Environmental Consulting, writes on why food waste is the elephant in the room, especially in the hotel sector
Creating a ‘national story’ of solutions
ECONOMY
David Laurent, Head of Climate & Resources department at EpE, tells OLBIOS from France about business issues that weren’t even on the table a year ago.
The bees and Leigh-Kathryn
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
How to dave the dwindling honeybee population while providing corporations with a novel approach to sustainability
Mexican management
HUMAN STORIES
Alex Eaton and the model of Sistema Biobolsa, or how to empower farmers to take an active role to escape the cycle of rural poverty.
Giving the missing light
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
One in four Filipinos (20 million people) lacks access to electricity. Jim Ayala did something about it that works.
Nine million meals
DO TANK
Watch the wonderful documentary directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, and the story of three exceptional children preparing for a music competition.
Climate action : make it visible. Accelerate.
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
Our main goal at the « Step Up Climate Action » is to connect different actors of the environmental...
A Time to Look Closer at Nature
ENVIRONMENT
Athens: OLBIOS asked wildlife expert Philip Dragoumis of his thoughts on how the pandemic is affecting nature The message is clear: humans need to do less, he claims.
The future looks good for the Philippines
DO TANK
Oliver Gardiner writes about Regeneration International and the efforts of the country to forge a national consensus around regenerative agriculture.
It’s time for Climate Change to enter the classroom
ENVIRONMENT
We are very close to irreversible climate change and catastrophic warming; Schools, teachers and syllabuses need to adapt to this and make climate change a subject in its own right, argues Peder Hill.
Time for more grounded travel
ENVIRONMENT
Aviation is a major polluter but it is mostly the majority who does not use them that suffers the consequences, writes OLBIOS Correspondent in Luxembourg, Diego Pedraza Lahoz. Time for a paradigm shift in travel but also habits, he claims.
A climate success story needs to inspire
ENVIRONMENT
In his article to OLBIOS, Ben Bartle writes about the important environmental insight that emerged from a...
The languages of climate crisis
ENVIRONMENT
In an article for OLBIOS, Manuel Maqueda writes from San Francisco on the intersection between climate migration, linguistic diversity and panlingual technology.
Bottom-Up Development in Armenia
CULTURE & SOCIETY
In her article to OLBIOS, Megan Garland writes about her experience with the Dilijan Community Center, a project by the people and for the people
The top environmental problems few people know
ENVIRONMENT
Apathy and selfishness are among the top environmental problems In his article for OLBIOS, Adrian Wagner explains the importance of Global Social Witnessing.
Doing the math for diesel
ENVIRONMENT
In his contribution to OLBIOS, Christopher Hoffman shows how some simple calculations can pave the way for change in how the UN and NGOs operate.
Providing decent work for unskilled labour can save lives
ECONOMY
Nigeria : Oladimeji Johnson Ojo presents A Sobanjo and shows the power of recycling
We are faced with a climate emergency. Can art help?
ARTS
The artist Kito Mbiango contributed to OLBIOS this interview by Jill Van den Brule, In it, Mbiango points to the crucial role of art in communicating risks, but also motivating people to act.
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