Sustainability week in Malmö

Malmö is a city in southern Sweden which has been leading environmental work for many years. This year, it places specific focus on sustainable city development with 5 conferences on different aspects of climate friendly construction and sustainable procurement, all taking place between 17th-21th September and hosted at the exhibition centre MalmöMässan during the same week.

Environmental villains feel pretty good about themselves

A new National Geographic survey “Greendex 2012: Consumer Choice and the Environment—A Worldwide Tracking Survey” measures consumer behavior in areas relating to housing, transportation, food, and consumer goods. It revealed that the least green nation, the USA, suffers least from green guilt feelings despite having the heaviest footprint. Meanwhile, consumers in developing countries with the lowest environmental impacts are the most likely to agree that they “feel guilty about the impact [they] have on the environment”.

SPREAD 2050. What is it?

SPREAD 2050 Vision - a European social platform project about sustainable lifestyles - is explained in a short video on Vimeo. You can also hear interviews with project partners, participants of the social platform and project advisors.