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UNEP Sustainable Lifestyles task force. Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles The Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles was set up in 2005 by the Swedish Ministry of the Environment, as part of the Marrakech Process, with valuable support from UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics. Downloads The objective of the Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles was to explore ways to engage, exemplify, enable and encourage people, civil society organizations and governments to further sustainability in people's everyday lives.
Nine Task Force projects cover activities in 43 countries across every region of the world. The projects covered fields as diverse as social innovation, communication, education, marketing, advertising and research. What are sustainable lifestyles? Contacts Ms. Ms. Banner image: Robert Wallis. [pdf] L'avenir qui s'invente. [pdf] De la sensibilisation aux changements de comportement. [pdf] Vers un mode de vie post-carbone ? [pdf] Héros ordinaires. Do environmentalists hold back sustainable lifestyles? | Environment. Who wants a sustainable lifestyle? Well actually quite a lot of people, apparently. Far from being a niche concept, a major new study on sustainability from the UNEP says the idea is 'misunderstood as a rich nation choice'.
While the desire to enjoy western living standards is strong, the study picks out a range of sustainable living ideas being developed across the world. It says one of the biggest barriers to more people achieving them may be how we celebrate and communicate these ideas. Most definitions of sustainable lifestyles talk about three key areas; minimal environmental impact, not undermining the carrying capacity of resources (i.e. using only those that are renewable or replaceable over time) and helping people interact with the communities and places in which they live.
But, as the UNEP study points out, 'people will only change their lifestyles in exchange for a better one', so perhaps a fourth point could be just as important: making them desirable.