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  • Get informed about recent developmtents around SCP in our news section
    Get informed about recent developmtents around SCP in our news section
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    Download our publications from our library
  • Get informed about our actions in our project section
    Get informed about our actions in our project section
  • Learn more about the think and do tank CSCP and our team
    Learn more about the think and do tank CSCP and our team

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.

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LATEST NEWS

August 24, 2010  CSCP News, Conference

11. ECR-Day. Turnaround: Conflict or Cooperation?

The CSCP will be present at the 11th ECR-Day on 22-23 September 2010 in Hamburg, Germany. The ECR-day will bring together leading personalities from business and industry to discuss new trends and strategies, that aim at responding to a changing consumer behavior as well as to new ecological and sociopolitical requirements. Michael Kuhndt, head of the CSCP, will act as a moderator for the plenary session on sustainability. Read more

August 23, 2010  CSCP News, Project News

Towards Sustainable Entrepreneurship: SMART Start Up Workshop in Wuppertal

Link to project: SMART Start-up: African Universities Edition The workshop was held on 13th - 16th of April in Wuppertal, Germany. The aim of the training was to initiate universities and colleges in the issues and concepts of sustainable lifestyles and sustainable entrepreneurship. The workshop itself was designed to be an educate-the-educator workshop, meaning that the focus was not only on the content; sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship, but also on creative ways of sharing this knowledge once the participants are back in their countries. The workshop was designed to provide the participants with an introduction to experimental le [...] Read more

August 19, 2010  CSCP News, Conference

International Conference "Inspiration for Living Change"

The CSCP will act as a supporter at the conference “Inspiration for Living Change” on the 16th of September in Bonn, Germany. Organized by IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) and Colabora, the conference offers participants the opportunity to meet face to face 10 Alternative Nobel Prize laureates, who have paved the way for many influential social movements and who truly are “creators of our future”. Read more

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Recent Publications

Advanced Sustainable Public Procurement in Urban China

Philipps/Espert/Eichhorst (2011)

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Unter der Lupe - 60 Projektideen zu nachhaltigem Konsum und zukünftigen Lebensstilen

Groezinger/Kuhndt (2011)

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Was denken, was zeigen, was sagen?  - Medienmacher und Nachhaltigkeit

Müller/Georgi/Schneider/Guillen (2011)

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Create Impact! Handbook for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Pascual/van Klink/Rozo Grisales (2011)

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Sustainable Public Procurement in Urban China

How the Government as Consumer Can Drive SCP (2011)

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Roadmap for better living

A chance to shape a different future (2011)

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International Review

International Review on Consumer Oriented Environmental Projects and Initiatives (2010)

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The story of smart

Advancing Sustainable Entrepreneurship through inspiring and designing Lifestyles (2010)

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Alliances for Sustainability in Value Chains

A Manual for Enterprises (2010)

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United Nations Environment Programme Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy