Collaborative consumption

Jul 18 2011 in Idea Incubator by Elise, GEF Team

“We are at the start of the ‘Big Shift’ away from the 20th century defined by hyper-consumption towards the 21st century, an age of Collaborative Consumption. But just how LARGE and FAR-REACHING is this groundswell? ” A different way of looking at it.

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The Opulence Bubble

Jun 6 2011 in Books and Articles, GreEn Library by GEF

By Umair Haque, Harvard Business Review (Blog), 20 May 2011 Here’s what I mean by opulence bubble: our conception of the good life, as I’ve discussed with you, has been centered on what I call hedonic opulence — having more, bigger, faster, cheaper, now. But we might be finding out, the hard way, that the [...]

How big brands can save biodiversity!

Aug 17 2010 in Case Studies by Bieke, GEF Team

Really like this ted talk! Very inspiring and love the quote: We can’t just identify the best, we have to move the rest! It gives me a lot of energy for the roadmap, where will identify the best and aim to move the rest!