Monthly Archives: april 2012

The answer is – to see greenhouse emissions as resources instead of problems.

Press here and read how Michael Braungart & Douglas Mulhall think that we should: Treat emissions as resources.

Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness — when you don’t spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people. Through clever studies, Michael Norton studies how we feel about what we buy and spend.

Watch TED talk here

Watch Ellen MacArthur being interviewed by BBC News Business explaining about circular economy and how re-use of materials set up in a circular economy is getting attention from ceo’s, because it is a necessary way of acting in a future, where humans still have wants and needs in a world of limited resources.

Og for os der forstår dansk, så er CradlePeople igang med at undersøge cirkulær økonomi og har denne beskrivelse.

Katinka Sol has designed this NIGHTdress made out of a network of stars circulating around the body .*.

GoodGuide er et spændende skridt som kan hjælpe os forbrugere til få større gennemsigtighed omkring de varer, vi køber. Guiden er udarbejdet for at hjælpe os til at gennemskue, hvor sundt, hvor grønt og hvor socialt ansvarligt et produkt er. Så det bliver muligt at handle efter ens egne værdier på disse svært tilgængelige områder. Målet er fuld omlysning af miljø- og menneskelige konsekvenser af et produkt har – så forbrugeren selv kan bestemme, hvad der er rigtigt at betale for.

Endnu virker guiden kun ved internethandel, og for udvalgte produkter. Men tanken er at vi i fremtiden, skal kunne bruge en smartphone til at scanne varer, når vi står ude i butikken,  – inden vi beslutter om en pose havregryn ryger ned i indkøbskurven eller ej.

Press here  and watch – how an intelligente idea can make more people choose the stairs rather than the escalator. Is this an exampel of nudging?

And for Danes, check out this articel on the subject of nudging. And read some more about it her, and hear a radio program: ‘Eksistens,’ about Nudging.