Reducing consumption 2013
How can we reduce consumption of greenhouse-emitting goods and services?
Reducing consumption can limit the greenhouse gases emitted as part of the production of goods and services. There are three primary ways consumption can be reduced: shifting the basket of goods and services consumed toward items with a lower emissions footprint; slowing the overall rate of economic growth; and slowing the rate of population growth. This contest seeks innovative and effective ways to reduce consumption. See more…
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Proposals
FREE personalized HEAT Scores, HEAT Maps, Hot Spots, GHG estimates and waste-heat comparisons/competitions for homes, communities & cities
Shape & activate a more attractive aspirational lifestyle that is innately sustainable for the emergent middle class in China.
A “Cool Food” food rating system indicating climate and other impacts would empower consumers to choose climate-friendly foods.
Minimizing 40 to 60% of a company’s footprint through better monitoring and control of its upstream supply chain
To reinvent our cities from the bottom up to create deep carbon reduction, disaster resilient neighborhoods, and green economic development.