How do Canadians and Americans and specifically city sustainability directors view sustainable consumption and production? How do they frame and communicate SCP and what opportunities and barriers exist to talking with each other about this topic? This report attempts to summarize the state of Canadian and U.S. public opinion around sustainable production and consumption issues, as well as the opportunities...
This report argues that modern advertising’s impact on British culture is likely to be detrimental to our wellbeing, and may well exacerbate the social and environmental problems that we collectively confront. The balance of evidence points clearly in this direction. The standard defences of the advertising industry can be summarised in three assertions, which, taken together, reflect the main industry...
As our understanding of the scale of environmental challenges deepens, so we are also forced to contemplate the inadequacy of the current responses to these challenges. By and large, these responses retreat from engaging the values that underpin our decisions as citizens, voters and consumers: mainstream approaches to tackling environmental threats do not question the dominance of today’s individualistic and...
