Worldwatch Institute
The Worldwatch Institute (WI) was founded in 1974 by Lester R. Brown . The institute in the US capital Washington is an independent, interdisciplinary research institution that focuses on sustainability issues and environmentally and socially compatible technologies .
The annual publications of the WI, Zur Lage der Welt ... ( State of the world ... ) are well known. Some of the institute's publications can be downloaded as free PDF documents (after registration).
A current project is “Nourishing the Planet”, financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , among others , a comparative analysis of innovations that are supposed to help alleviate poverty and hunger.
See also
literature
- On the State of the World 2004, ISBN 3-89691-570-3
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Worldwatch Institute - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
