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New Report on Food in Germany Highlights Plant-based Diets as a Path Towards 1.5-Degree Lifestyles
Our current food and agriculture system accounts for approximately one-third of the earth’s greenhouse gas emissions. It is a significant contributor to climate change and in many cases it causes environmental degradation, harming the natural systems that make life on earth possible.
Keeping warm while aiming for 1.5° lifestyles – how does it work in practice? Practices and tips from the GreenDependent team
More than 60% of home energy consumption is used for heating in an average European household, thus paying attention to our heating methods and practices not only help us in pursuing 1.5° or green lifestyles, but it is also important because small changes – without major investments – can lead to big impact.[1] You may know that lowering the indoor temperature by 1-2°C can result in 6-10% energy use (and thus carbon footprint) reduction, and if…
Citizen Thinking Lab in Hungary – Vision for 2030
What would 1.5° lifestyles look like? And the road towards them?
GreenDependent Institute organised a second Citizen Thinking Lab on 28 October 2023 in Hungary.
Edina Mihály
Edina has a BA degree in tourism economics and an MA degree in marketing. Before joining the GreenDependent staff, she worked as a cultural marketing expert and farmers' market organizer.
Pathways for 1.5° Lifestyles for households: Citizen Thinking Labs in Spain
On October 7th, the University of A Coruña hosted the 2nd round of Citizen Thinking Labs (CTL 2), one of the five planned thinking labs within the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project. The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEE), at Elviña Campus, hosted the CTL 2.
University of Münster provides insights on eco-social transformation in Witten and Halle
The University of Münster team has been contributing to the field of environmental and societal transformation with recent presentations of early research paper drafts as part of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project at two events in Germany: one in Witten and another in Halle. Here are some glimpses of the early insights they shared at the events.
Sustainable vs. Fast Fashion: The role of social media
In this month's EU 1.5° Lifestyles blog post, we're thrilled to have Katia Dayan Vladimirova, Senior Researcher at the University of Geneva, as our guide to the impacts of social media on our choices, behaviors, and attitudes, particularly concerning (un)sustainable ways of consuming fashion. Katia highlights the overconsumption fostered by these platforms as well as the potential, if any, that they hold as catalysts for meaningful conversations…
Avoiding and reducing food waste: this is how we do it in our GreenDependent households
Reducing the carbon footprint of our individual and household food consumption is essential to minimise food waste in our homes. Of course, this is not only important in terms of reducing our carbon footprint, but also in terms of reducing the waste of resources used to consume other discarded, unused food and drink and the associated negative environmental and social impacts. Moreover, we can do all this basically without spending extra money…
Citizen Thinking Lab 2 – Hungary
A second round of citizen thinking labs is carried out in five case countries (Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain and Sweden) focusing on the assessment of pathways and strategies towards 1.5° lifestyles at the household level.
Citizen Thinking Lab 2 – Latvia
A second round of citizen thinking labs is carried out in five case countries (Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain and Sweden) focusing on the assessment of pathways and strategies towards 1.5° lifestyles at the household level.
Citizen Thinking Lab 2 – Spain
A second round of citizen thinking labs is carried out in five case countries (Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain and Sweden) focusing on the assessment of pathways and strategies towards 1.5° lifestyles at the household level.
Citizen Thinking Lab 2 – Sweden
A second round of citizen thinking labs is carried out in five case countries (Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain and Sweden) focusing on the assessment of pathways and strategies towards 1.5° lifestyles at the household level.