Consumption

Impact of developing a "circular economy"

Speakers at a recent RSA event explained how to start creating "cradle-to-cradle" organisations, who can dramatically lower their environmental impact and increase their "eco-effectiveness", as part of a wider drive towards developing a true "circular economy".

Halcyon Impacts

posted on 2 December 2011

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Impact of reducing food waste

According to research, the British think they bin almost 10% of their weekly shop. With 8% wasting as much as a quarter of the food regularly bought, the research identified six types of people, each of whom wastes food in a different way.

Halcyon Impacts

posted on 15 November 2011

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In Figures - African Growth

By 2020, 128m households in Africa (600m people) will have reached the consumer class, according to estimates. It won't be global middle class level with incomes of over $70,000, but still above subsistence living, buying health care, food, education, transportation, and entertainment.