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Mobility – how members of the GreenDependent team move around every day
In early 2023, we at GreenDependent decided to launch a 1.5° blog. This is because we think it's important to show how we in the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project team try to live a small (carbon) footprint life. That it can be possible – even if it is not always easy and we cannot (yet!) do all things 1.5° at the same time. And that there are many different ways to do it. As we often say in Hungary: everyone does it differently.
The climate puzzle at the Potsdam Environment Festival 2024
The Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) took part in the Potsdam Environment Festival 2024 on 22 September to talk to citizens about climate protection and sustainability - and to play our climate puzzle.
EU 1.5° Lifestyles Challenges
We're launching a series of challenges! The 1.5° Challenges are designed to help you get closer to the 1.5° lifestyle in four areas of your life. Our aim is to inform you, make you think and give you practical tips on how to make a change. Join us, make a difference and be part of the solution!
Engaging citizens across Europe for 1.5°C Lifestyles: Recent activities by EU 1.5° Lifestyles project partners
The EU 1.5° Lifestyles project has been working to engage citizens, students, policymakers, and local communities across Europe in a range of activities with the aim of inspiring sustainable, 1.5° C living.
Six exciting new publications in the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project
Are you looking for new autumn reading?
We are thrilled to announce a series of new academic publications as part of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project and by project partners. These papers explore various dimensions of 1.5°C ways of life and the needed collective shift towards sustainable lifestyles.
New paper out on rebound effects to 1.5°C lifestyles
Happier, healthier, richer through 1.5° lifestyles? Or? Our paper on the potential rebound effects of 1.5° lifestyles is out, and it is open access!
In our newly published paper, lead by Jessika Richter from the University of Lund, we summarise the outcomes of the Co-creation Workshops on Rebound Effects of 1.5° Lifestyles with citizens already practicing at least some elements of such lifestyles…
New paper out on preferences for 1.5°C lifestyle options
It took a while, but our paper on the Citizen Thinking Labs where we discussed #onepointfivelifestyle options with citizens in 5 European countries is OUT! And it's open access.
New research on eco-social labor market transitions published by partners
A new research paper titled "Navigating Labour-Market Transitions: An Eco-Social Policy Toolbox for Public Employment Services", co-authored by Halliki Kreinin from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, has been officially published. This study, published as part of a 2022 project SELMA (Social-Ecological Labor Market Activities), offers critical insights into…
New paper explores barriers to Germany's social-ecological transformation
We are pleased to announce the publication of our new paper "The 'glass ceiling' of Germany's socio-ecological transformation: Citizen, expert and local stakeholder perspectives on responsibility for change", published in the Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ZPol).
NEW PAPER! Well-being Instead of growth: Climate-friendly lifestyles require a new paradigm
We are excited to share our new paper, "Transforming provisioning systems to enable 1.5° lifestyles in Europe? Expert and stakeholder views on overcoming structural barriers", now published in Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy. In this study, we explored how current production and consumption patterns in key areas—food, mobility, housing, and leisure—must shift to meet the Paris Climate…
Opinion: 1.5° Lifestyles demand a rethink of work ideology
Much of the debate on sustainability and environmental crises has focused on consumption, especially individual consumption. Many citizens in Europe do have the ability and agency (and thus the responsibility) to make sustainable choices in their lives. Avoiding flying or reducing our intake of meat are activities over which adults do (mostly) have agency over, which can play an important role in reducing our emissions. However, focusing too much…
EU 1.5° Lifestyles Challenges
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