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
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 degrowth transformations and suggests ways to...
“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...
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