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Living Outside The Box - Sustainable Lifestyles (YouTube Video)

 on May 14, 2010 14:12 PM

We all have different lifestyles. But does GDP really correspond to happiness? Is our happiness tied up with ''stuff''? Here are some ideas and concepts about sustainable living.

The Division for Sustainable Development is holding a Seminar Series addressing the thematic issues pertaining to the Commission for Sustainable Development 18th session (CSD-18) thematic topics. This video was of interest to the Seminar held on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (SCP). It is used at the seminar to illustrate specific concepts. Read more


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SCP and Climate Change (Blog Action Day)

 on October 15, 2009 14:12 PM

As part of the Blog Action Day on Climate Change, we at the CSCP want to show how our line of work - namely sustainable consumption and production (or in short: SCP) - has an effect on the climate. Moving consumption and production towards a sustainable path is a complex issue and it involves a lot of people and organisations from different backgrounds. From CEOs of big companies to consumers at a supermarket, from large industrial producers to local civil society organisations (CSOs). Because we realise that we all need to share the responsibility.

 

Let's take for example the cotton T-Shirt. Even though the production of a T-Shirt [...] Read more


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