SPARK4B+

SPARK4B+ Project Kicks Off: Sparking Alternative Pathways to a Biodiversity-Positive, Just Future

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Coventry, UK — What would it take to build economies that work for people and nature alike, instead of at their expense? The paradigm driving today’s decisions (growth at any cost) continues to fuel biodiversity loss, climate change and inequality, even as credible alternatives already exist in pockets around the world. The challenge is turning those scattered alternatives into pathways that policymakers, businesses and communities can actually follow. To take on that challenge, the SPARK4B+ Horizon Europe project officially launched on 1 September 2026, with the consortium convening a week later for its kick-off meeting in Coventry, UK, on 8 September.

From growth to care: ecological economics and the care economy in Budapest

Project

Ecological economists from across Hungary gathered at Corvinus University of Budapest on 27 April for an inspiring afternoon workshop and Tim Jackson’s public lecture on his latest book, The Care Economy. The event was organised by the Research Center for Ecological Economics at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS), Corvinus University of Budapest, which hosted both the…

DAISY in Budapest: walking the Degrowth Doughnut

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DAISY’s second consortium meeting brought 18 partners from Hungary, Germany, Greece, the UK and the Netherlands to Budapest from 24–26 March 2026, combining intensive work sessions with an urban field trip through one of the inner district of Budapest. Based at Impact Hub Budapest, researchers from different fields took stock of DAISY’s progress so far,…