LIVING SUSTAINABLY TODAY IS POSSIBLE

The Budding Ideas Glocally for 2050 project, also known as BIG2050 aims to demonstrate that, not only is sustainable living possible today, it will be also be considerably more so in the year 2050. By analysing consumption patterns and how these patterns influence lifestyles in five different countries, BIG 2050 aims to identify a range of possibilities, based on observed lifestyle practices, for future sustainable solutions. Using research as a basis, the project will develop a roadmap to bring together trends in sustainable consumption and production and different visions of the “good life” in the five target countries.

 

Workstudios to bring stakeholders together

The ultimate aim of the BIG2050 project is to build new partnerships to facilitate a shift away from current unsustainable production and consumption practices toward mechanisms that support behavioural change, information flows, engagement, and other actions to support sustainable lifestyles. Multi-stakeholder workstudios will be held in 2012 and 2013 in China, Colombia, Ghana, Germany and the Philippines.  

• The first workstudio From low-carbon 2050 to today was held in Wuxi, China, on October 24, 2012. A key finding during this event was that Chinese consumer behaviour can be shifted if proper mechanisms are in place. Information on this and other findings are available in the workstudio report.
• The second workstudio, Collaborating towards sustainable lifestyles through innovation was held in Bogota, Colombia, on December 3, 2012. Issues from peace-making processes and the integration of finance, education, social responsibility and value chains were discussed. A workstudio report for this event is also avaliable here.
• The third workstudio Innovation for Competitiveness towards Sustainable Lifestyles will take place in Manila, the Philippines on March 21, 2013. Stay tuned!

 

Further dialogue and actions will be available online through the Global Network on Sustainable Lifestyles! 

 

Background

The CSCP is implementing the Budding Ideas Glocally for 2050 project with generous funding support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

 

Local project partners are

Low Carbon Future Cities  (China)

Fundación AVINA (Colombia)