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Households 2050 8 tonnes lifestyles Michael Lettenmeier Research Group SCP Wuppertal Institute Sustainable Innovation Conference Bonn, 29th October 2012
Households 2050
8 tonnes lifestyles
Michael Lettenmeier
Research Group SCP
Wuppertal Institute
Sustainable Innovation Conference
Bonn, 29th October 2012
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
How to get household
consumption to a
sustainable level?
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
One of the biggest
lifestyle changes we know
Ci#zendigital.org
Wuppertal Institute
Material
Footprint:
The invisible
burden our
products are
carrying
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
11 000
5 900
6 500
3 000
2 000
11 600
500
Keskivertosuomalaisen luonnonvarojen kulutus (yhteensä 40 500 kg/hlö/vuosi)
Asuminen
Ruoka
Arkiliikenne
Kodin tavarat
Harrastukset ja vapaa‐aika
Matkailu
Mökkeily
Material footprint today: 40 tonnes
per person in a year
Housing
Foodstuffs
Daily mobility
Household goods
Leisure #me
Tourism
CoOage
18 tonnes
mobility
11 tonnes
housing
6 tonnes
food
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
The challenge:
from 40 to 8 tonnes
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
Food: from 6 to 3 tonnes
Photos: Kaskinen et al. 2011 and Ko#vinkki
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
Food: from 6 to 3 tonnes
Photos: Kaskinen et al. 2011 and Ko#vinkki
mostly vegeta
rian
500 kg/year
:
less food tha
n today
no food was
te
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
Housing: from 11 to 1.6 tonnes
A+++++++++++
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
Housing: from 11 to 1.6 tonnes
A+++++++++++
wind and so
lar power
20 m2 per p
erson
resource‐effi
cient
zero energy
houses
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
Mobility: from 18 to 2 tonnes
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
Mobility: from 18 to 2 tonnes
10 000 km per p
erson
resource‐effi
cient
public trans
port
no private c
ars
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
Sustainable innovation?
Anything that helps
meeting the 8 tonnes.
Wuppertal Institute HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012
Inhabitat.com
You name it!
Treehugger.com Treehugger.com Treehugger.com
Thank you!
Michael Lettenmeier
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Research Group „Sustainable Production and Consumption“
Phone: +358 (0)40 54 12 876 E-Mail: [email protected]
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