Lifestyle, sustainability and identity

Category: consumer

  • 5th IPCC report

    Slideshow of the main findings of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report – Synthesis Report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

  • Attachment theory and the modern consumer

    During the five years of research, laying the base of my report1, the consumer as a ‘concept’ emerged. The evolution from consumer, an invention dating from the Great Depression2, to the ‘modern consumer’ brought a process of infantilisation3. A toddler-like attitude4 and behavior can be seen in nowadays consumers: focused on the here and now,…

  • The overlooked side of the ecological crisis

    Action groups protest against the government or business for many reasons. The government is challenged on its responsibility to protect citizens and regulate social and economic life. Businesses are reminded of their duty not to pollute the environment or endanger health.Farmers take action at supermarket distribution centres to force a higher price for their products.…

  • Want to save the world?

    People who want to save the world actually mean something else. The world cannot be saved. If you look at the earth as a sphere with a core of liquid iron, you have nothing to worry about, because it will keep spinning for the next hundred thousand years and we don’t need to look that…

  • Problem number 1

    In my recent publication ‘The modern Consumer, cause and remedy for the ecological crisis‘, I describe a method of categorising problems. There are masses of problems in the world and many are urgent. A list of major problems counts tens of thousands of issues. Not all problems can get the attention they might deserve and…