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Demand would shift from luxuries to necessities.
You might be surprised to find yourself in the company of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the world’s richest 1%. This has big implications for planetary survival.
Humanity is destroying Earth’s ability to support complex life. But coming to grips with the magnitude of the problem is hard, even for experts.
Our species has far exceeded its fair share of the planetary bounty, and Brown is right to call for the global population to peak.
According to new research, the demand for products with cultural connotations can result from an appreciation of the culture in question, a desire for discovery… and its simple omnipresence.
‘Nostalgic consumption’ has been on the rise throughout lockdown bringing us the comfort and certainty of better times. But can we use it to build a more sustainable future?
It is easy for people in the industrialised world to blame population growth elsewhere for environmental damage. But increased consumption is just as important – if more confronting.
An acceleration of digital development, of the second-hand market and of concentration movements are notably to be expected in the sector.
We are addicted to consumption during these holidays, which leads to a massive amount of landfill waste. Giant retailers like Walmart could help the problem, but they haven’t.
Many businesses are capitalising on the rise in experience-seeking with new and expensive ways to make memories – and many of them are just as damaging for the planet as products.
Which candies count as candy in the eyes of the tax law? The answer often depends on one ingredient.
Putting all of our eggs in the net zero basket is merely kicking the can down the road.
July 29, 2019 is ‘Earth Overshoot Day,’ a date coined by the nonprofit Global Footprint Network to publicize overuse of Earth’s resources. But their estimates may actually understate the problem.
New research indicates that rising temperatures can push those who prefer sweets to drink more sugary beverages, not water. This has significant implications for public-health policy.
The food system urgently needs to be redesigned if we are to avoid crisis.
Research shows that moving from a larger dwelling to a tiny home can change behavior in surprising ways.
Australian cities are world-leading – in the worst sense – for resource use and greenhouse emissions. China-born residents have embraced these consumption patterns, which is bad news for the planet.
Sears and other department stores not only changed how Americans consumed but altered the very nature of society and culture as well.
Despite the myth of consumption as an ethereal, wasting disease, the more prosaic truth is that the Brontës likely infected one another with tuberculosis.
Top contributors
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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PhD student in nutrition and health economics, Paris School of Economics – École d'économie de Paris
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Michigan State University
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University
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Emeritus Professor in Sustainable Urbanism, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Fellow, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
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Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Honorary Professor, Australian National University
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ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Social Innovation, CQUniversity Australia
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Research Fellow, Institute for Social Participation, La Trobe University
