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...
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...
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...
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