Torik Holmes and Christina Picken discuss the troubling role played by powerful ideas of the consumer and demand with regard to tackling plastic problems.
Category: Circular economy
Energy consumption behaviour change: is the UK strategy of ‘leaving it to the market’ a busted flush?
Noel Cass discusses the shortcomings of the UK Government’s approach to climate policy.
We all have to become better economists
Caroline Cornier reflects on the International Conference on Land Grabbing 2024 in Bogotá, Colombia.
Resilient or environmentally friendly? Both are possible when seafood businesses prepare for long-term risks
Maria Sharmina outlines key points from the research across the UK as part of a project called ‘Diverseafood’.
International Repair Day – the right to repair and the politics of practice
As International Repair Day celebrates its third anniversary, Ulrike Ehgartner, Steffen Hirth and Dan Welch discuss the “Right to Repair” and endangered practices.
Everyday thriftiness: Austerity and sustainability
With 12.4 million people living in absolute low income poverty in the UK in 2016/17, continued uncertainty from Brexit, and persistent issues with the new benefits system, Universal Credit, life remains bleak for many in the UK.
The SCI at the GRF: ‘Sustainable lifestyles, livelihoods, and the circular economy’
Wouter Spekkink reports on the third international conference of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption.
Small steps for creating community resilience – The Make Do and Mend Expo
In June, Dr Helen Holmes held The Make Do and Mend Expo – an interactive event that brought together third-sector organisations to debate the future of community resilience.
Flooding, consumption and the normality of everyday life
The latest blog by SCI PhD student Patrick Gould weaves together reflections on climate change, disruption, time, consumption, normality and the circular economy, with current research and business and policy responses.
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