Citizen or Consumer? How Our Values Drive Sustainability
PHOTO: Tetiana Lazunova & Dzmitry Baranau, Mostphotos Values are our fundamental beliefs about what is important and right. To tackle the ecological crisis, a shift in values is needed, according to several researchers from KTH and others. Hanna Eggestrand...
New Report: These Policies Could Reduce Nordic Emissions
In a new report personally delivered to the Swedish Climate Minister Romina Pourmokthari (L) today, researchers examine which policy measures are most effective in reducing consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions in the Nordic countries. The researchers focused on...
Transition with Empowerment
The sustainability transition involves more than just new technologies and fossil-free solutions. In a recent scientific article, researchers examine how adaptability, empowerment, and locally available resources can promote sustainable practices. When studying...
Food Activists Show the Way to Sustainable Economies
Foodwaste in Denmark. PHOTO: Thor Nielsen/CC BY-NC-SA Food waste activists are creating a climate-friendly and socially just economic model without the need for large financial capital. They achieve this by treating their activities as a commons for food, according to...
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
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 hierarchies in struggles over influence and control....
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...
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