International Scientific Advisory Board
Mistra Sustainable Consumption is a concluded research programme that ran from 2018 through 2025.The website will not be updated after March 2026.The primary role of the international scientific advisory board (ISAB) was to give advice regarding scientific approaches,...
This can make us start renting our home interior
Out of the ten million tons of furniture that is thrown away in the EU every year, 80-90% is burned or put on landfills. A new study examines the role of marketing in preventing this. The need to extend the lifetime of home furnishings and reduce the number of new...
If we eat more climate friendly foods we can gain 1 200 000 life years
If the Swedish population switched 50% of all red meat and charcuterie to vegetables and legumes we could we could gain 540 000 life years over a period of 20 years. That is equal to half a million people living one year longer than they otherwise would have. After...
How to make sustainable consumption mainstream
A new report presents 62 enablers, that might stimulate a more sustainable consumption. It contains everything from demanding repairable products, introducing flight rights to taxing unsustainable food. Even though it takes more than individuals who do well informed...
New report lays the foundation for Stockholm +50
The new report "Unlocking a Better Future" lays the scientific foundation for the conference Stockholm+50. And researchers at Mistra ustainable Consumption have written a bakground paper for it. In 1972 UN arranged an environmental conference in Stockholm called "The...
Webinar: A Radically New Consumption – What Could Climate Commitments Imply?
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...
Libraries of Things – and other Models for Sustainable Home Furnishing
“Libraries of Things – and other Models for Sustainable Home Furnishing” Read more about the seminar here. Sweden's largest research program on sustainable consumption presented its results during a three-day train tour around the country. From April 25-27, 2022,...
New report: five policy instruments that can lead away from the throwaway society
Sweden has taken the lead in many environmental policy areas, but when it comes to the consumption of "gadgets", we are lagging behind. So what could politicians do to speed up the transition to sustainable consumption? A new study reveals five promising ideas. The...
Libraries of Things – and other Models for Sustainable Home Furnishing
Inspirational presentation and panel with researchers and practitioners on new sustainable models for buying, sharing, owning, renting, and fixing the things in our homes. Presenting four years of research from Mistra Sustainable consumption on how more sustainable...
Long-term approaches get sharing platforms through the covid-19 crisis
When the covid-19 pandemic paralysed society, companies and organizations found themselves in a very difficult situation. While the overall collaborative economy has been hit hard, many sharing platforms, such as Uber, Airbnb and Karma, found new ways to not only...
“Reducing consumption is a necessity”
Åsa Callmer has done research on sufficiency. Photo: Pexels/Johanna Kvarnsell An increasing number of researchers are agreeing that a just transition requires richer societies not only to change the way they consume, but also how much they consume. In a new article,...
New report – How to reduce your personal emissions by 40%
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
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...
Watch webinar: ”People, planet and profit – can they be combined?”
Approaches to sustainable business often assume that companies can profit from protecting the environment and supporting the wider community. However, there is a discussion today that businesses’ pursuit of profit...
New business models can reduce waste piles from furniture sector
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...
This is how non-profit environmental organizations can help us eat sustainably
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
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,...
A virtual field trip at Retuna – world’s first recycling mall
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...
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