Growth. Even before the concept is defined, we know what’s on the agenda. It’s not about plant growth, hair growth or growth in quality of life, it’s about economic growth. And the kind that is measured in GDP. However, Rio+20 might mark a paradigm shift in the way we measure growth and wealth.
Showing posts with label Consumption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Consumption. Show all posts
Friday, 8 June 2012
Rio+20: Giving momentum to resource economics
by Peter Bjerregaard
Growth. Even before the concept is defined, we know what’s on the agenda. It’s not about plant growth, hair growth or growth in quality of life, it’s about economic growth. And the kind that is measured in GDP. However, Rio+20 might mark a paradigm shift in the way we measure growth and wealth.
Growth. Even before the concept is defined, we know what’s on the agenda. It’s not about plant growth, hair growth or growth in quality of life, it’s about economic growth. And the kind that is measured in GDP. However, Rio+20 might mark a paradigm shift in the way we measure growth and wealth.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Cotton bag is the new shopping bag
Statics have shown that governments can put pressure on customers’ environmental responsibility by charging for nonreusable plastic bags
by Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua
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| Majority of plastic bags become litter. Photo by Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua. |
Sustainable consumption: Less is more
When we swipe our credit cards, it is often good for the economy but bad for the environment. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. If we become more aware of the effects of the products we buy, our consumption can become more sustainable.
by Peter Bjerregaard
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Would you Wear Clothes Made out of Dust?
by Lara Smallman
Can the French bad boy of the design world that is Philippe Starck really save us from ourselves?
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| Philippe Starck. Photo by www.treehugger.com |
Can the French bad boy of the design world that is Philippe Starck really save us from ourselves?
A new life for disposed New York umbrellas
A Haitian designer has found a way to clean New York streets from unused umbrellas.
by Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua
by Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua
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| An umbrella dress. Photo courtesy of Himane. |
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Materials of the future may be biodegradable
A reportage about research of new materials, which are easy degradable in the nature (for example polyurethane)and about bacterials decomposing them. Could this be the future of eco-materials?
by Martin Maska
Green is the new black
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition leads the clothing industry towards improved sustainability strategies.
by Peter Bjerregaard
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| Photo courtesy of H&M. |
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Air-cleaning paint
It sounds like something futuristic in the realm of flying cars, but its not. Air-cleaning paint is available and among other things – It’s an ecologically friendly product.
by Peter Bjerregaard
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| A local paint shop does not only sell eco-friendly products. It also aims at becoming the most sustainable paint shop in Copenhagen. Photo by Peter Bjerregaard. |
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Lights, Camera, Green!
It is possible for filmmakers to reduce film’s carbon footprint, save and still get their “money shot”.
by Lidija Grozdanić
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| Photo by Vedran Karuza. |
Living sustainably, in harmony with people and nature. This is what the “Solar Ecovillage” is all about.
Jacopo Fo, an Italian artist and writer who founded the Free University of Alcatraz in Central Italy and whom has made of sustainability his modus-vivendi, has now began the construction of an ecovillage in Umbria, just off Alcatraz.
by Cecilia Anesi
by Cecilia Anesi
Monday, 2 April 2012
The devil wears green
Addressing the 'shopping momentum effect' in the fashion world.
by Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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