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An increasing number of people want to help bees and other pollinators by growing flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar. But which flowers are the most beneficial? If the point is to aid threatened bee species and biodiversity, then a variety of native plants is the way to go. If you are a farmer, with large areas of insect-pollinated crops, it might be easiest to aim for a few species of flo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/flowers-benefit-both-bees-and-biodiversity - 2026-05-07

Local currencies may arise when there is a clear need for certain products and services in a local area and where the competences to produce them exist but the lack of traditional money puts obstacles in the way. The lack of money might be the result of pandemics, war, natural disasters, financial crises or poverty. Ester Barinaga, professor of entrepreneurship at the School of Economics and Manag

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/local-currencies-solution-times-crisis - 2026-05-08

Global e-waste levels continue to rise, posing serious challenges to human health and the environment. Observed annually on January 24, Circular Electronics Day raises awareness about this escalating crisis and promotes sustainable practices such as more sustainable production, extending product lifespans, repairing, buying second-hand, and recycling responsibly. This initiative empowers both cons

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/five-ways-join-movement-circular-electronics-day-sparks-action-more-sustainable-tech-future - 2026-05-07

Fidelity Investments handles financial services all over the world and is on many finance students' wish list of future employers. Active members of Lund University Finance Society (LINC), have for several years in a row secured at place at the company’s popular summer internship in London. Sebastian Lindeborg is studying Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet (Bachelor's in Business and Economy) and is goin

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-internship-finance-goes-annually-cambridge-oxford-and-lund - 2026-05-07

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/can-social-awareness-campaigns-make-markets-more-responsible - 2026-05-08

24 January marks International Circular Electronics Day, #CircularElectronicsDay. This day is dedicated to raising awareness about sustainability issues associated with e-waste. It emphasizes the need for both consumers and businesses to use electronics more sustainably. The IIIEE is a participating organisation in the Circular Electronics Initiative. Millions of electronic devices face disposal e

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/top-five-tips-it-device-use - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New business models and commercial opportunities in lighting:What stops LEDs from hitting the market? Energy efficient lighting as in LED is an essential technique in a sustainable society. In Sweden, LED is becoming affordable and has a limitless performance. Yet it is still hardly used in schools, hospitals and publ

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-andrius-plepys - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By 2023 the University is to have reduced its CO2 emissions by half, according to the new sustainability plan. Things look promising right now due to Covid-19 – there will be a radical reduction this year as air travel is the biggest CO2 villain. The number of flights booked between April and October 2020 fell by 97 p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lus-new-plan-co2-emissions-be-halved-2023 - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 350-ÅRSJUBILEUM. Welcome to this symposium on Wednesday March 8th, where we look at poverty development in Sweden during the last 100 years & trends in men & women's incomes in Africa. Life expectancy in the Western world, like in Sweden, has expanded linearly by about 25 years during the 20th century, a bit more fo

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/symposium-rich-man-poor-woman-inequalities-health-and-wellbeing-re-examined - 2026-05-07

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/korean-national-assembly-delegation-visits-school-social-work - 2026-05-07

According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, approximately one in five Swedes are already choosing not to buy American brands. The majority would consider boycotting American products such as Coca-Cola in favour of European or Swedish alternatives. A study conducted by brand researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Norstat Sweden, shows that virtually all Swedish c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/majority-swedes-are-open-boycotting-american-products - 2026-05-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. DITTE EJLERSKOV AT SPECTA GALLERY, KBH, DKBase RealityJanuary 12 - February 16, 2019JOIN US FOR THE OPENING AND NEW YEAR BUBBLES ON SATURDAY JANUARY 12 AT 1 - 4 PM!Dear Guest,Welcome to the exhibition “Base Reality”, which is also, kind of secretly, called ”Bent’s Greenhouse” - In my mind, the two titles are connect

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumni-ditte-ejlerskov-1 - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Magdalena Bexell och Kristina Jönsson har publicerat artikeln ”Responsibility and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals” i Forum for Development Studies. Artikeln finns att läsa på tandfonline.comAbstract (på engelska):This article asks what key concerns emerge from the way responsibility is framed in Un

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/bexell-och-jonsson-om-fns-mal-hallbar-utveckling - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petra Östergren is a social anthropologist who has received SEK 3 million to participate in a major new EU project about how to tackle human trafficking by studying demand. Around 15 researchers from eight countries are taking part in the project, the goal of which is to reduce the suffering that results from the wors

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/human-trafficking-primarily-about-prostitution - 2026-05-07

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumni-anne-marte-overaa - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The students in the Bachelor programme Service Management, second semester, visited Ikea's origins in Älmhult to learn more about the company as well as make their own observations in the store. Within the scope of the course "The store", the visit aimed to give students an understanding of the mechanisms behind a lar

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/students-specializing-retail-visited-ikea-almhult - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Jan Teorell har kommit ut med en ny publikation i International Political Science Review, "Measuring high level democratic principles using the V-Dem data", samförfattad med Michael Coppedge, Staffan Lindberg och Svend-Erik Skaaning. Läs Measuring high level democratic principles using the V

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/teorell-om-matning-av-demokratiska-principer - 2026-05-07

For this year’s Kulturnatten, the theme at LUSEM was AI, and we dove into the subject from three different perspectives, represented by researchers from Marketing, Business Law and Informatics. Patrik Stoopendahl from Marketing took us on a consumer’s voyage from starting to look for a thing they wanted to buy and through a more an more mazelike jungle of back and forths of searches, suggested alt

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/kulturnatten-lusem - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sébastien Tutenges has studied overt and covert techniques used in bars and nightclubs to sell more alcohol, and noticed that they are most prevalent in low-priced venues with young patrons. Other than obvious methods to increase drinking – alcohol advertisements, special offers like Happy Hour, and large pitchers or

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/how-bars-and-nightclubs-make-you-drink-more - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Consumers are demanding cheaper clothing while more are becoming aware and reassessing their consumption: second hand rather than “fast fashion”. The sustainability challenges of clothing companies often have to do with long supply chains – and the consumers’ demands. But together, consumers, businesses and politician

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-trends-fashion-industry-fast-and-cheap-sustainable - 2026-05-07