by jarbel | Jun 10, 2021 | Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption
80-90% of the 10 million tonnes of furniture discarded in the EU is landfilled or incinerated. Photo: Pexels/Pixabay The interior design sector is a bit forgotten when discussing sustainability and environmental effects. But despite many obstacles there are good...
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...
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,...
by jarbel | Aug 19, 2020 | Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption
ReTuna in Eskilstuna is the world’s first recycling mall. Welcome to a virtual field trip there arranged by the Swedish research program Mistra Sustainable Consumption! This was done during the sustainable consumption conferense SCORAI. Among other things we...
by jarbel | Aug 5, 2020 | News, Okategoriserade, Sustainable Consumption
Rob Hart, economist and researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has released a new article on what is required for emissions from production to decrease in a system based on economic growth. Rob is also active in Mistra Sustainable Consumption....
by jarbel | Jul 2, 2020 | Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption
A large pile of textiles that are to be buried in Utsunomiya, Japan. PHOTO: Kiwi Dokokano, CC BY. A new study shows that we very often throw away our home textiles, such as bedding, tablecloths and towels, when we do not want them anymore, even though they can be...