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Mining the Mind

We constantly generate new knowledge and insights about sustainable development. Here, we share all our publications and public research. All material is open source (CC-BY-SA).

These articles contain excursions into new ways of thinking about a sustainable society, as well as tools and guides.

Highlights

New insights into climate change

Unexpected predictions from the military and insurance industry on the effects of climate change

Jan 2022

New climate insight revealed

We continue to face unprecedented droughts, wildfires, and flooding. All the while, our leaders and media pundits continue to spout contradictions that reinforce confusion. It isn't easy to kn…

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Tuning in to the construction sector’s “music of tomorrow”

Feb 2019

Catalytic Buildings White Paper

Except Integrated Sustainability launches a new approach to sustainable urban development: Catalytic Buildings. Catalytic Buildings are next generation high performance buildings that boost the e…

Peer-driven benchmarking enhances sustainability in paper and print production

Oct 2016

How IKEA Created a Self-Learning Supply Chain

The IKEA catalog produces over 200-million-copies each run and is one of the world's most printed books. Despite recognizing how crucial it was, IKEA was facing difficulties improving the sust…

Sustainability innovation framework

May 2009

Symbiosis in Development (SiD)

Symbiosis in Development (SiD) is a practical framework for integrated sustainable development, based on systems- and design thinking, and agile development. SiD guides you and and your team in a …

How to accelerate natural value systems

Jan 2018

Natural Capital & new innovation strategies

The land we grow our food on, water that flows through it, animals and plants living in this environment, and the oceans - the birthplace of life. This, and more, is our natural capital; the value…

City of the future

Venice Biennale

Sep 2018

Designing The City of the Future

Except Integrated Sustainability is part of a multidisciplinary team INCITY working on a design study initiated by BNA titled ‘De stad van de toekomst’ (The city of the future). Except’s Antonia S…

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Built & Natural Environment Organizations & Industry Training & Knowledge

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New climate insight revealed

We continue to face unprecedented droughts, wildfires, and flooding. All the while, our leaders and media pundits continue to spout contrad…

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The COP26 Outcome: What it Means for Orchid City

On the evening of the 13th of November 2021, Alok Sharma, the acting president for COP26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, proudly de…

Crona Virus

Corona’s lesson to the world: the need for resilience

The climate crisis, resource shortages, social fracturing, economic disparities, natural disasters, and other events have given us plenty o…

2020 May Bananas Resilience

Lacking Resilience is Bananas

While society is struggling with the Corona pandemic, bananas are facing their own, a fungus called Foc-TR4. It is not the first time t…

Symbiosis in Development: ELSI

ELSI is a systems categorization tool that helps users get the deep insight needed for integrated analysis, solution finding, and genuinely…

SiD Book

Symbiosis in Development (SiD)

Symbiosis in Development (SiD) is Except's unique and internally-developed sustainability framework. It's a powerful, agile, and proven too…

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