Happy to announce that I will give a keynote at the Ecology across Borders Conference organised by the European Ecological Federation in July 2019. If you are interested in eco-innovation and bio-economy, here is a short intro to my presentation: Mother nature is the undisputed master of continuous experimentation, iteration, organization and ultimately regeneration. She survived […]
Wow! Great to see our book on the bestsellers self with all these other remarkable books at the Antwerp Book Fair. Big thank you to all of you that helped making this happen! There is but one way forward: Together we can Change the World City by City! And if you have not yet acquired […]
This week is bootcamp time! When asked what it takes to survive the Age of Great Accelerations, Thomas L Friedman, journalist for The New York Times and three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author, looked to nature as a mentor because “She has survived the worst of times and thrived in the best of them for nearly 4 billion […]
It is with great pleasure that we announce that our book ‘Change the World City by City’ which is based on the EU-funded co-creative and interdisciplinary ARTS project, will be presented at one of San Francisco’s coolest book stores by the Bay! If you are interested to learn how cities can fast forward sustainability and […]
From 2014 to 2016 a multidisciplinary team of top research experts located in 10 European countries investigated how cities can accelerate the transition to sustainability. They collaborated with local citizens, community workers, entrepreneurs, artists and policy makers and translated some of the most important findings into a change maker’s guide to fast forward urban sustainability. On a city trip to […]
On June the 19th, our book called Change the World City by City – A Change Maker’s Guide to Fast Forward Sustainability will be launched by an official press release. The book is the result of a co-creative and collaborative research process involving urban change makers, policy makers, community builders, entrepreneurs, artists & researchers and all revenue […]
Come and join me and many other leaders in innovation to learn about Blockchain, AI, Customer centricity, Design thinking, Biomimicry and many other topics that can fast forward your organisation to the future. The next mind-blowing Nexxworks Innovation Bootcamp will be in Gent in September. You can find more info here.
Are you a starting, talented graphic designer with a passion for nature? Are you an inquisitive soul that likes to explore and understand the smart ways that nature innovates? Can you make beautiful images by computer (see example) about plants, animals, natural systems and technical products? Are you a collaborator with a mission to make the […]
