SPARK4B+

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

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.

Walking Budapest’s Degrowth Doughnut with health professionals

Today international group of health professionals in Budapest explore how climate, public health and urban policy can be thought together through the lens of the Budapest Degrowth Doughnut. Building on our collaboration with Corvinus University of Budapest, the session offers a participatory introduction to the doughnut framework and its health related implications for a just…

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

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…

Budapest Degrowth Doughnut in action: city actors co‑design transformative pathways

Mid April, a DAISY workshop was held in Budapest to discuss how to move the Budapest Degrowth Doughnut (BDD) from an inspiring concept toward a more operational pathway for urban governance. The core group of the BDD DAISY seed innovation includes representatives of the Budapest Municipality, Corvinus University of Budapest, and the Budapest Public Transport…