Towards Ensuring Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns

Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns

In 2006, in order to meet the requirements of the Swiss economy and households, around 360 million tonnes of materials were extracted, consumed or displaced in Switzerland or abroad. This represents an increase of 17 % compared with 1990. On the other hand, the increasing sales of organic products in 2007 and 2008 give an indication in changes in household habits towards more sustainable behavior.

Towards Sustainable Food Consumption?

Unsustainable patterns of production and consumption are one of the major environmental concerns in the industrialised world today. Regarding production, organic agriculture is a more sustainable way of producing food than conventional farming. To facilitate for an expansion of the organic food production, there must be a corresponding increase in demand for organic products. The retailers, pos...

Sustainable Consumption & Production , Economic , regeneration

UNEP/UNESCO Expert Workshop on Youth, Sustainable Consumption Patterns and Life Styles; Youth, sustainable consumption patterns and life styles; 2001

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNEP United Nations Environment Programme This report reflects the results of the UNESCO/UNEP project on “Youth, sustainable consumption and life styles”, which was launched in March 2000. The project was framed around a survey on the consumption patterns of young people in 24 countries and six country case studies. The results of...

Towards healthy and sustainable food consumption: an Australian case study.

OBJECTIVE To articulate a healthy and sustainable (H&S) diet; outline key health and environmental sustainability principles that can be applied in the selection of foods for inclusion in such a diet; and describe a methodology with which to assess the availability and affordability of a H&S food basket. DESIGN We synthesized publically available evidence on the environmental impact of differ...