Frontiers-a joint project of SCORAI and Hot or Cool

This blog is a part of the Frontier Series, a collaboration between SCORAI and the Hot or Cool Institute that brings you lessons learned, personal experiences and insights from the cutting edge of climate and sustainability research and practice. Interview with Lewis Akenji, Managing Director of the Hot or Cool Institute and a member of the Transformational Economics Commission.  May 19, … Read more

Can we take Fun seriously in sustainable consumption?

The pursuit of entertainment, the experiences of pleasure and fun, is a major “driver” of climate change, yet it is relatively unexplored. Despite the salience of pleasure and fun in daily life, in almost every aspect of consumption, the subject is widely ignored in the many sciences focused on the relationship between the environment, the … Read more