Christmas traditions
The Advent calendar is around 40 years old. It has been reconstructed a couple of times but is still in use. Picture: Harry Lindell My late grandmother used to tell [...]
What do you mean, “consume less”?
Image by 3888952 from Pixabay Our high levels of consumption in Western, affluent countries is contributing to environmental problems, such as climate change and biodiversity loss. Efforts to make consumption [...]
Pandemics, environmental crises and consumption: Lessons to learn
In Finland, we consume on average almost four times the amount that is environmentally sustainable. Calls for changing our consumption patterns in response to the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and [...]
How will the COVID-19 impact consumer behavior in the long term?
Research institutions are proactively conducting research to inform us of fast-changing trends due to the pandemic. Research results confirm that people have already changed their shopping behavior in fundamental ways: [...]
Light in the darkness
It’s that time of the year I look out of the window and wonder what time of the day it is. When it’s dark when I wake up and dark [...]