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Delivering a keynote speech on tourism, sustainability and the chance to design the mountains we live in a regenerative way: “Bringing Tourism and environmental protection under one hat? A high-class discussion round in Innsbruck tried to shed light on this question, yesterday … Read More

After the main RSD7 conference “Research on Systemic Design” organized by and taking place at Politecnico Torino, the following first RSD De-Conference was organized by the MonViso Insitute in Ostana, Valle Po – about 2h from Torino. The De-Conference should … Read More

Inspired by Philippe Vandenbroek of ShiftN, we just co-offered a new course format “View from Above”: flying drones to learn about the complexity of sustainability transitions in a mountainous environment. Location: http://www.monviso-institute.org Course photo summary: View from Above 2018

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

I am excited to contribute with two speed talks and following intense discussions to the Resilience 2017 conference in Stockholm. My talks will be about resilience and systemic design in mountain environments based on collaborative work at and with the … Read More

Poster presentation at the International Sustainability Transition Conference in Gothenborg, Sweden, IST 2017.   Topic: The Revival of Resilient Mountain Communities. What constitutes a new model of Alpine Urbanism? The successful transition of Ostana, Piedmont, Italy. This is based on … Read More

Coming up at the OutDoor Show in Friedrichshafen, June 2017, on the GreenroomVoice booth: presenting students’ work from my ETH Zürich BSc/MSc Engineering/Architecture elective course on Systemic Desing for Sustainability. What are students’ learnings in attempting to design more sustainably, merging … Read More

The recent edition of Greenpeace Magazin is a special issue on the Alps – named “Die Zauberberge“. This magazine provides a facet of alternative views on the diversity of nature and culture in the European Alps beyond mass tourism and … Read More

The complexity of sustainable development and societal transitions require both analytical understandings of how coupled human-environment systems function and transdisciplinary science-to-practice approaches. The academic discourse has advanced in developing a framework for defining success in transdisciplinary research (TDR). Further empirical … Read More

October 21, 2016 Building Common Ground in Mental Models of Sustainability Tobias Luthe and Michael von Kutzschenbach Sustainability: The Journal of Record.October 2016, Vol. 9, No. 5: 247-254 Abstract Sustainability has become a leading societal concept of our time, though … Read More

Tobias Luthe and Ivan Nikitin (in German) Spätestens mit der Verabschiedung der 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) durch die Vereinten Nationen (UN) im Herbst 2015 ist es amtlich, welche konkreten Ziele mit nachhaltiger Entwicklung erreicht werden sollen. Eine Bildung für … Read More