Today is Earth Overshoot Day, the day after which humanity has exhausted its annual budget of ecological resources, according to data from the Global Footprint Network...
Leading developer of student accommodation, Unite Students has announced a £21 million energy efficiency partnership with technology company Philips. The deal will help reduce the carbon...
With new data showing population rates in Britain are higher than any other EU country, this increases concerns not only on the strain on infrastructure but...
A new study by Crowd Companies and Vision Critical has found that the collaborative economy is becoming an increasingly important sector for consumers and is set to...
More than 100 environmental and social organisations have unveiled the Global Paper Vision, which calls for the paper industry to adopt more sustainable practices that fully...
German photographer Michael Schmidt has won the 2014 Prix Pictet – the prestigious global competition around photography and sustainability that this year focused on consumption. Schmidt...
Is the problem too many people or too much consumption? David Beillo, associate editor at Scientific American, explores. This article originally appeared on Ensia. Two German shepherds...
Electricity prices have risen 37% in the last three years, and are set to increase well above the rate of inflation for the foreseeable future. Looking...
Anna Simpson answers 20 questions on life, sustainability and everything. The editor of Green Futures, the magazine published by Forum for the Future, she is author of The Brand...
In the spending context, overconsumption refers to the act of consuming resources, goods and services at a level exceeding that which is necessary. It also means...
As much as a third of all the food the world produces is never eaten, causing huge inefficiencies in economic, energy and natural resource use, according...
We need to rethink urban development and turn “urbanisations of consumption” into to “neighbourhoods of production”, argues architect and activist Teddy Cruz in this week’s featured TED...
Global carbon emissions will rise by 29% over the next two decades, according to BP’s Energy Outlook 2035. The increase is expected to be driven by...
Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne is a busy and vibrant place for people to live, work, socialise and explore. What come with such a thriving economy...
A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found that the energy mix of member countries has “barely changed” since the...