Luthe, T. 2018. Designing More Resilient Arctic Communities: Change Means Chance. In: The Circle 2/2018. WWF Arctic Program. “Melting glaciers, thinning sea ice, traditional subsistence hunters looking for new ways to survive: changes in nature and ways of life seem to be … Read More
9th International Sustainability Transitions Conference Conference dates: 12 – 14 June 2018 Venue: The University of Manchester Reconfiguring Consumption and Production Systems I will be speaking at two sessions at the IST2018 in Manchester: 1- Dialogue session (panelist) titled “Beyond the … Read More
Speaking in the track on knowledge Management and Capacity Building: Keys to Success. “The MonViso Institute as a Hub for Research, Education and Entrepreneurship in Sustainability Transitions and Systemic Design”. View the speech here on YouTube (23min): https://youtu.be/fzW-zqdGTEE
Der 19. Österreichische Klimatag findet von Montag, 23. bis Mittwoch, 25. April 2018 an der Universität Salzburg statt Opening Keynotes am 24.April Tobias Luthe – Professor, Nachhaltiges Engineering und systemisches Design, ETH Zürich Micha Croci-Maspoli – Leiter der Abteilung Klima, MeteoSwiss Astrid … Read More
MISSION:SUSTAINABLE Mehrwert durch Nachhaltigkeit. Am 17. Mai 2018 geht in der Panzerhalle in Salzburg der erste ECO DESIGN TALK über die Bühne. Pioniere wie Mag. Reinhard Kepplinger (Grüne Erde), Dr. Tobias Luthe (CEO Grown Skis, ISPO Eco Achievement Award 2018), Dr. Bernhard Rothbucher (synowaytion), Dr. Michael … Read More
As part of a teaching course for engineering students in systemic design at ETH Zurich, the newly developed Grown hemp ski “MonViso edition” won two ISPO Munich awards both for eco achievement and in the category tourism/freeride skis. The first ski … Read More
Abstract Snow sports are a fascination that succumbs to those who have already experienced the unique, multi-dimensional pleasure of gliding in snow. Several thousand years of ski tradition have led to a mass winter tourism industry that peaked with the … Read More
At the International Transdisciplinarity conference, held in September ’17 at Leuphana University, Germany, co-organized by the Swiss td-net, I contributed with one talk entitled “Success in transdisciplinary sustainability research“, and with one poster on the transdisciplinary design and development of … Read More
The theme of the conference is “Globalizing Polar Issues – High altitudes meet high latitudes”. I contributed with a talk entitled “Cooperation, circular economy and tourism: Building resilience of Arctic and Alpine communities. Implications for development through tourism.”
As part of the EDAC group of ETH Zurich, I am lead author of a paper on an experiential didactic approach to teach systemic design for sustainability by building eco-friendly skis. Our paper is published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of … Read More