New TV series about the history of climate change
Photos from 'Händelserna som förändrade klimatet' PHOTO: UR/Faktabruket The TV series 'The Events that Changed the Climate' ("Händelserna som förändrade klimatet") recently premiered on SVT. This historical documentary series features, among others, our researchers...
What Covid-19 taught us about sustainable travel
COVID-19 led to global travel restrictions that impacted the way we spent our holidays. Researchers have now explored what these travel behaviors can teach us to support the transition to more climate-smart holiday options in a new scientific paper. Between March and...
Call for abstracts for big conference about sustainable consumption
SCORAI Europe Conference 2025 will bring together 400-500 researchers and practitioners concerned with sustainable consumption to make progress on mainstreaming sustainable consumption. This conference focuses on the challenges, strategies, and successes of...
Webinar: Relational approaches to power in sustainability transitions
https://youtu.be/HoFqSLw56WI?si=khBcY8o7xKyW8Moh Watch a webinar by Helene Ahlborg, Associate Professor at Chalmers in a series of webinars about consumption and power. Encompassing systemic change of societies involve the destablisation and reproduction of power...
French fashion companies resist fast fashion – embracing “sufficiency”
Long-term sustainability, quality, and fairness are the guiding principles for French "slow fashion" companies developing their business models on the concept of "sufficiency." – These companies focus on consumers' actual needs, in contrast to fast fashion companies...
“They Didn’t Want to Stop Playing”
BILD: Andrea Linerstad, kulturarvspedagog och Maria Nelenius, lärare. Del av spelet till höger. "The Game of Consumption" was developed by researchers at KTH and Linköping University for Mistra Sustainable Consumption. But now, a museum educator and a middle school...
New perspectives on the sustainable consumption society
What do retirees in rural areas, newly arrived women, high-income earners in cities, and experts think about sustainable consumption? This is explored by Åsa Svenfelt, an associate professor in sustainable development and futures studies, in a new scientific article....
Climate Smart Vacation Made Easier with updated travelandclimate.org
Thinking about going on a road trip and camping this summer? Or taking the train to Berlin and staying in a hotel? Now it’s easier to compare vacation options based on their climate impact. On travelandclimate.org, travelers can compare and assess the climate impact...
Webinar: Power and the State in Degrowth Transformation
https://youtu.be/xAO7ycjCL00?si=cbS3qplfUjfxu0M6 Against the background of a planetary emergency and the lack of empirical evidence for absolute decoupling of GDP growth from resource consumption the lecture makes a case for degrowth. It addresses the complexity of...
“Sufficiency” can be measured with life cycle analysis
IMAGE: Hampus André, researcher at KTH Despite research clearly indicating that sufficiency measures are required to address the environmental challenges we face, today's life cycle analyses are not designed to measure them. However, a new article now demonstrates how...
Art about sustainable consumption in the future
IMAGE: Part of Hillevi Cecilia Högströms piece. Mistra Sustainable Consumption, together with Virserums Art Gallery and the artists Hillevi Cecilia Högström, Finn Ahlgren, and Lars Noväng, have created an exhibition on sustainable consumption and the role of...
Webinar: Power and Sustainable Consumption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFkTEBImrKg A webinar about sustainable consumption and power with professor Doris Fuchs at the University of Münster. Prevailing narratives of sustainable consumption tend to turn a blind eye on power dynamics and how they shape our...
Change the consumption through a roleplaying-game
PHOTO: Magnus Persson on the left playing the game in Västerås. Can a role-playing game change the world? Changing the game of consumption makes an attempt. It's a communication project where large-scale social simulations, called megagames, are used to navigate...
Small changes in the diet can reduce food emissions by 53%
Eating habits in Sweden don't need to change much to be better for both the climate and health. With more plant-based foods, your diet-related greenhouse gas emissions can decrease by up to 53%, according to new research. – Based on the latest representative food...
Climate friendly school meals without protests
Climate friendly school meals doesn't necessarily make the students less happy. FOTO: iStock What we eat has a major impact on the climate. In a new study, researchers have tested a strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of school meals without reducing student...
Mapping climate and air pollution policies in the Nordic countries
The transformation of the Nordic countries' economies in a sustainable direction is beginning to gain momentum. In all the Nordic countries, new companies are emerging and established industries are reorganizing their production in order to limit the impact on the...
International Workshop and Art Project to Broaden the Perspective on Sustainable Consumption
PHOTO: Mycelium Media Colab in Cape Town, South Africa, during their workshop. Beyond second-hand shopping, train vacations, and vegan ham on the Christmas table, what can be considered sustainable consumption? Currently, envisioning workshops are being held worldwide...
Webinar: Citizens’ Assemblies for Transition
https://youtu.be/zy1kFpN3i9o?si=G30skNjKyHFTORwJ For transitions to more sustainable societies, new ways of thinking about the organization and planning of society are required. One approach is to work with so-called citizens' assemblies, or councils, tasked with...
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