Webinar: A Radically New Consumption – What Could Climate Commitments Imply?

by jarbel | May 11, 2022 | Food, Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption, Travel

Sweden may become the first country in the world to have a consumption-based climate target. This would include emissions both in Sweden and abroad that are caused by Swedish consumption. But what kind of consumption is compatible with climate commitments? What will...

New report – How to reduce your personal emissions by 40%

by jarbel | Jul 28, 2021 | Food, News, Sustainable Consumption

We need to travel more by train and eat more plant-based food to reduce our emissions. Photo: David Bartus, Pexels. You can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from your private consumption by almost 40% relatively easy. How? Well, by changing what food, furniture and...

Marlene and Sustainability

by jarbel | Jun 30, 2021 | Food, Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption, Travel

In three short films the pop musician Marlene tries how to live sustainably according to the latest research. She is trying everything from renting new furniture for her studio, to going on a virtual reality vacation.    Marlene and Sustainability Part 1: Furnish...

This is how non-profit environmental organizations can help us eat sustainably

by jarbel | Jun 2, 2021 | Food, News, Sustainable Consumption

Non-profit environmental organizations today influence our food consumption with everything from lobbying for more organic food in stores, to developing vegetarian recipes for elite athletes and pushing for new eco-labels. In a new article, researchers at KTH and Lund...

Climate apps must become more transparent and social

by jarbel | Dec 9, 2020 | Food, Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption

David Andersson from Chalmers University is one of the researchers behind the Svalna app. PHOTO: Svalna/Ragnhild Larsson Interest in climate calculators has increased as the levels of carbon dioxide have risen around the world. In a new article David Andersson,...

One of the world’s largest conferences on sustainable consumption starts now

by jarbel | Jun 10, 2020 | Food, Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption, Travel

Three of the keynote speakers: Emily Kawano, Esteban Kelly and Peter Victor. Photo: SCORAI Today SCORAI 2020 starts, an international conference on sustainable consumption which is being held completely online. During three days everything from social justice to...