“I believe we are all part of the revolving cogwheel of climate change mitigation, and we all have to play our part. ISA provides me with an ideal platform to play my part.”   Eric G. Kariuki is an Industrial Biotechnologist and Bioinformatician, and the founder of Aquaethanol Technologies, a biotech enterprise that develops clean

Our Fellow Karima shares her feelings and experience with us, 1. How do you feel when you think about the fact that your ISA scholarship will soon be over?  It has been an exceptional period in my life, I am feeling so sentimental about the fact that the fellowship is coming to the end. I

This time we asked Chibunna, a fellow, a few questions about his time at the ISA: How do you feel when you think about the fact that your ISA scholarship will soon be over? I feel very emotional about the fact that my ISA scholarship will soon be over. More to that, I feel grateful

Time flies! And that’s why it’s nearly time to say goodbye to the ISA-fellows 2021/22: We asked Tamara about her ISA-time: How do you feel when you think about the fact that your ISA scholarship will soon be over? I feel that during the ISA period I have grown a lot. The opportunity to be

Karima El Azhary (PhD researcher) from Morocco and Waleed Salaheldin (architect, sustainability consultant) are two of ISA most talented fellows in the 3rd ISA fellowship round. They are both from North Africa and have some similarities. Not only do they have similarities in their region of origin, but both are passionate about sustainable building infrastructure.

“For years I have had one goal in mind: “Zero Hunger”. The 2nd Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations specifically state: “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture”. I chose to study genetics and plant breeding to address this challenge. It is important to produce sustainably by increasing crop

 I believe in the quote ‘Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is a progress and working together is a success as said by Henry Ford. This is what reflects the teamwork, which I am currently admiring in the ISA Fellowship Program 2021/22. I started my journey at ISA in June 2021 as a Research

Meet Martin Bilfinger an employee at the Waelderhaus sustainable shop. As an important step for my ISA project, I was thrilled to interview Martin for my Magazin and blog ‘Branding Hope’. Being self-motivated and resilient positions Martin as a great example to his community. He has made bold decisions that include migrating across continental borders

A round of sign applause to Sneha as the ISA team and fellows express their gratitude for her edifying Sign language workshop. Fascinated and inspired by her childhood story of growing up with Deaf parents, we became determined to learn sign language to promote social integration. During the workshop, we learnt how to sign the

In our continuous support to our fellow Chibuna Ogbona in achieving his ISA objectives, we facilitated his participation in the Smarter Europe 2021 (Intersolar Europe, Electrical Energy Storage, Power2Drive Europe and EMpower Europe) in October 2021. See what Chibuna had to say: “I had the privilege to attend The Smarter Europe 2021 Conferences and Exhibitions