by jarbel | Oct 24, 2023 | Food, News, Sustainable Consumption
New research indicates that with consumption-based climate targets and new policy instruments, the emissions associated with goods and services consumed in Sweden can be reduced, even if they occur abroad. There is currently a discussion about Sweden’s territorially...
by jarbel | Sep 30, 2023 | Film English, Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption
Jessika Richter postdoc at Lund University, talks about the obstacles and possibilities of creating a bigger impact for reparing our stuff. Recorded September 2023 at KTH, Stockholm.
by jarbel | Sep 24, 2023 | Film English, News, Sustainable Consumption
Watch Andrew Simms from the British think tank New Weather Institute in a seminar on banning advertisement for fossil fuel products and services. Last fall, the municipality of Stockholm announced it would introduce a fossil ad ban, prohibiting “all advertising,...
by eskilengstrom | May 31, 2023 | News, Sustainable Consumption
Unsustainable consumption dynamics that lead to companies destroying their unsold clothes on purpose need to be broken. EU’s suggestion on banning product destruction seeks to do just this, and is in line with newly published recommendations to G20 countries. In a...
by eskilengstrom | Apr 21, 2023 | News, Sustainable Consumption
Simplified booking systems, more comfortable trains, shorter travel times and more direct route can make 20-30% of Swedish air travelers switch to night trains when they are going to the continent. To reduce the climate impact of our travel we need technical...
by eskilengstrom | Mar 29, 2023 | News, Sustainable Consumption
The number of platforms for buying and selling clothes second-hand has exploded in recent years. The second-hand market for clothing can support the transition to a more circular economy; the garments are reused, and their lifetime is extended. But who are the winners...