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MOOC Compendium Textbook
We are pleased to share the EU 1.5° Lifestyles MOOC Compendium Textbook—a comprehensive educational resource developed as part of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project.
This 22-chapter volume brings together contributions from leading experts across our Consortium, translating four years of cutting-edge research into an accessible, engaging and flexible learning tool. It complements our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), “1.5° Lifestyles: Mainstreaming Everyday Sustainability”, hosted on Coursera, but can also be used as a standalone textbook in classrooms, workshops, or self-study.
EU 1.5° Lifestyles final newsletter is out
In our final newsletter, we summarize the project's results, findings, and most popular tools. In addition, we report on the project's final conference (co-organized with SCORAI Europe and Mistra Sustainable Consumption), the policy and multi-stakeholder workshops held over the past few months, and provide an overview of the policy briefs published by the project, and we present the conferences…
Our Citizen Guide to 1.5° Lifestyles helps set priorities for lifestyle change
A remarkable outcome of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project is the publication of the Citizen Guide to 1.5° Lifestyles in 6 + 2 languages: a guidebook for citizens as well as experts and decision makers on how to reduce our carbon footprint so we can lead a 1.5°C-compatible lifestyles and set relevant and appropriate priorities in various strategies at the organisational, municipal and national level…
Climate Puzzle: one of the „stars” of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project with more than 30 “on-demand” puzzle events
In a four-years-long project, it is not easy to decide what worked best and what created the most impact, discussion, or debate. However, in the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project we have a potential contender: the climate puzzle, a series board game that project team adapted specifically for the project based on an already existing version created by project partner D-mat.
Final project conference: Mainstreaming sustainable consumption – summary of our contributions
Between 8-10 April 2025, several hundred delegates gathered to present and discuss issues around sustainable consumption and lifestyles in Lund, Sweden. As this conference was the final academic event of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project, the team organised many different types of programmes and prepared several presentations.
Multi-stakeholder workshops to discuss and disseminate the outcomes of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project
In the last year of the project, the EU 1.5° Lifestyles team organised multi-stakeholder workshops in all the project countries (Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden) as well as at the European and international level first in Brussels, then in Lund.
European Stakeholders Convene in Lund to Advance Strategies for 1.5° Lifestyles
On April 7, 2025, the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project brought together 32 stakeholders at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics in Lund, Sweden, to collaboratively develop strategies that support lifestyle transformations aligned with the European Green Deal and the 1.5°C climate target.
Achieving 1.5°C lifestyles: why systemic change must accompany individual action
In the race to limit global warming to 1.5°C, one crucial element has been largely under-addressed: our lifestyles. While renewable energy, electric vehicles and green technologies dominate the climate policy headlines, the fundamental way we live – what we eat, how we travel, the size of our homes, the frequency of our air travel – plays a key role in determining our collective carbon footprint.
This was the starting point for the EU 1.5°…
Continuing the conversation! EU 1.5° Lifestyles presentations this year
Although the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project officially wraps up at the end of April 2025, the conversation is far from over. Consortium members will continue sharing our insights, findings and tools with researchers, policymakers, practitioners and changemakers across Europe this year.
AI's Hidden Costs: The Environmental Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) and its environmental impacts have been increasingly under discussion since ChatGPT, and other similar AI models have become accessible to everyone. Today’s job markets are more and more focused on efficiency, which AI provides, but what is the real cost of this efficiency?
Explore the EU 1.5° Lifestyles blog: Real stories and insights on 1.5° lifestyles
Looking for inspiration, practical tips or a bit of climate motivation? The EU 1.5° Lifestyles blog is full of accessible, engaging resources that bring sustainable living to life. From personal stories to practical advice, our blog aims to turn project findings and reflections from our team into short, easy reads for anyone curious about low-carbon lifestyles. Whether you're wondering how to stop…
Doris Fuchs presents key findings from EU 1.5° Lifestyles at IEA workshop and CEM in Brussels
The EU 1.5° Lifestyles project was recently in the spotlight at two high-level events in Brussels, where Professor Doris Fuchs, Scientific Director at the Research Institute for Sustainability - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS), shared her expertise on sustainable lifestyles and social justice in energy transitions.