Night of the Science in Helsinki, Finland: Roadmapping workshop to decrease personal carbon footprint

How to decrease the personal carbon footprint? That’s exactly what was discussed at the Night of the Science in Helsinki, Finland: A Roadmapping workshop to decrease personal carbon footprint to 2.5 tons by 2030 was organized with approx. 60 citizens of Helsinki as a part of Night of the Science in Central Library Oodi. After […]

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1st SLA round completed successfully in Finland!

Our eight Finnish households have completed their first SLA-round. With their daily sustainable choices they managed to achieve a 27 percent smaller carbon footprint and 20 percent smaller material footprint. Congratulations, you are fantastic! The following figures show the Footprint reduction of the eight Finnish households in detail:   Read more (Finnish and Swedish) * […]

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India’s special Role

India is one of the few countries with an average per capita ecological footprint that is still suitable for “one-planet living” which means it is supporting a sustainable lifestyle. But India is on the move. In future – coal induced – the energy-related CO2-emissions will nearly triple, electricity use has increased the last decades. Though […]

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The Wuppertal Institute is looking for ten households to explore sustainable lifestyles.

The project „Sustainable Lifestyles Accelerator“ worldwide engages households to help exploring sustainable lifestyles. With the support of experts, households can try out what this would mean in practice. Households that have already participated in the project in other cities say that their lives have not only become lighter on resources, but also a bit happier. […]

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