Welcome to CSCP
The Centre provides scientific support to activities undertaken by UNEP and other organisations in the field of SCP. This support includes the development, testing, implementation and monitoring of concrete projects, especially in developing countries, which enables these countries to leapfrog to sustainable consumption and production patterns using life cycle thinking and regional perspectives as guiding principles.
Read the CSCP Vision and Development 2009/2010 (pdf; 0,25 MB).
LATEST NEWS
2nd Sustainable Summer School - Registration now open
The positive feedback of the participants bears fruit: As a result of the successful 1st Sustainable Summer School 2009, the organisers are now looking forward to receiving applications from national and international design students for the upcoming. From August 30 to September 4, 2010 creative ideas for a sustainable design of our daily life will again be in the spotlight, this year by looking at "Societies, Systems and Swarms". Introduced to the subject by a public expert day, the students will work together for several days in inspiring workshops conducted by well known institutions.
The Summer School was initiated by Brigitte Wolf, from the University of Wuppertal, and [...] Read more
SusCon 2010 - International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption
The CSCP will act as a co-organiser at the SusCon 2010 - International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption on 15-16 June 2010 in Nürnberg, Germany.
In the biodiversity year of the United Nations (2010) the conference will focus on entrepreneurial solutions for biodiversity issues. Programme topics include:
- Corporate biodiversity management
- The economic benefits of biodiversity
- Lifestyles and business models for biodiversity
- Verification and certification
- Financing biodiversity
- Climate change mitigation and biodiversity
Representatives from key international organisations, multinational, medium and small [...] Read more
Experimenting with “Value through less“
The documentation of the 1st Sustainable Summer School for young design students from all over the world is now available. The 2nd Sustainable Summer School is in preparation.
The positive feedback of the participants bears fruit: As a result of the successful 1st Sustainable Summer School 2009, the organisers are now looking forward to receiving applications from national and international design students. At the end of August 2010, creative ideas for a sustainable design of our daily life will be in the spotlight in the by now 2nd Sustainable Summer School. This year’s topic is "Societies, Systems and Swarms". (For applications and [...] Read more
Recent Publications
Integrating Sustainability Themes into Media
Tools for the Public Sector (2010)
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Satisfying Basic Needs
Respecting the Earth's Limits (2009)
A Key Solution to Climate Change: SCP
Making the Link (2009)
Partnerships for Sustainable Consumption
DGCN Publication: Partnerships for Sustainable Consumption (2009)
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