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Anita Szőllőssy
Anita is working with GDI as an external expert. Earlier, she was a project manager at GDI and has a background in environmental sciences (MA in Human Ecology and MA in Regional and Environmental Economy).
She managed the EnergyNeighbourhoods program that focuses on helping households reduce their carbon footprints through behaviour change, where she was also responsible for coordinating…
Sustainable lifestyles and structures were hosted by the Joint Research Center
On 3 June, Nadin Ozcelik from the UDC team, our case country partner from Spain, shared a few preliminary findings from the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project in a seminar which was hosted by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) in Seville. Focusing on Spain as a case study, she outlined a few of the most promising lifestyle options to reach the target of less than 1.5°C increase in…
1.5° Lifestyles inspiration: A household, where all the problems of the world get to be dealt with
In the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project, we are working and interacting with different stakeholders to learn more about 1.5° lifestyles as well as the factors that enable and obstruct efforts to these ways of living. As part of this learning process, we are interviewing citizens who are pioneers of 1.5° lifestyles in different European countries. We will share their inspiring stories in our blog. First, we share the story of a Hungarian family.
Changing the Goals of the System: A conversation with Dan O’Neill on moving away from economic growth and bringing about a 1.5° lifestyles transformation
The IPCC report underlines the need to stay within 1.5° of warming.
We sat down with Dan O’Neill to discuss the topic of transformative change, (limits to) economic growth, and how 1.5° lifestyles can be “a good life for all”. Below we have summarised the key takeaways from our discussion.
Changing union narratives of "the good life" - from overwork and overconsumption to sufficiency and more time?
In a recently published paper in the Journal of Industrial Relations, WWU team member Halliki Kreinin and co-author Katharina Keil find that German trade union narratives of "the good life" increasingly include broader sustainability concerns. The paper provides interesting inputs for reaching 1.5° lifestyles through mobilising different actors (in this case, unions) for the needed social…
Little streams make great rivers - fostering energy consumption reduction in Hungarian households
EU 1.5° Lifestyles Hungarian partner, GreenDependent Institute (GDI) has a solid experience in communicating and engaging citizens in different pro-environmental activities. Throughout the last couple of months, in order to mainstream the concept of 1.5° lifestyles, the Institute held a series of online workshops called “1.5° lifestyles at home".
Connect with EU 1.5° Lifestyles
Where can you learn about the project and the project team, and how can you communicate and connect with us in the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project?
Dietary change in high-income nations alone can lead to substantial double climate dividend
The global food system is responsible for around a quarter of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. In high-income countries, about 70 percent of those food-system emissions come from livestock, while only about 22 percent are from livestock in low- and middle-income nations.
Dr. Magnus Bengtsson
As Policy Lead at Hot or Cool, Magnus oversees the institute’s engagement, analysis, and advisory services related to public policy. He has over twenty years of experience as a policy researcher and consultant advising international organizations and governments on sustainable consumption and production and circular economy.
Magnus is also a lecturer at Toyo University in Tokyo, where he is based…
Kate Power
Kate is an expert in sustainable consumption and behaviour change, with a deep commitment to promoting ways of living and organizing societies that are truly sustainable. Her work catalyzes innovative and highly ambitious interventions, through identifying and connecting people, ideas, and opportunities. Kate holds a Master´s degree in Gender, Anthropology & Development, and 20 years’ work…
AI and Sustainability - a new project at WWU Münster
A new interdisciplinary project on machine learning and artificial intelligence at WWU Münster.
Only Radical is Realistic Now: from the New Hot or Cool Institute's Think Piece Series
This first installation in the Hot or Cool Think Piece series shows that climate disruption and biodiversity collapse are but two symptoms of the environmental crisis caused by ever-growing resource consumption and it urges on radical solutions for immediate reduction.