Michael Lettenmeier describes what sustainable lifestyles in 2050 means: 8 tonnes of material resources per person in a year. How is this possible?

1. Households 2050
8 tonnes lifestyles
Michael Lettenmeier
Research Group SCP
Wuppertal Institute
Sustainable Innovation Conference
Bonn, 29th October 2012

2. How to get household
consumption to a
sustainable level?
HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012 Wuppertal Institute

3. One of the biggest
lifestyle changes we know
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4. Material
Footprint:
The invisible
burden our
products are
carrying
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Wuppertal Institute

5. Material footprint today: 40 tonnes
per person in a year
Keskivertosuomalaisen luonnonvarojen kulutus
(yhteensä 40 500 kg/hlö/vuosi)
500
11 tonnes
18 tonnes 11 000
housing Housing
mobility
11 600 Asuminen
Foodstuffs
Ruoka
Daily mobility
Arkiliikenne
Household goods
Kodin tavarat
Leisure #me
Harrastukset ja vapaa‐aika
Tourism
Matkailu
2 000
CoOage
6 tonnes
5 900 Mökkeily
3 000
6 500
food
HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012 Wuppertal Institute

6. The challenge:
from 40 to 8 tonnes
HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012 Wuppertal Institute

7. Food: from 6 to 3 tonnes
Photos: Kaskinen et al. 2011 and Ko#vinkki
HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012 Wuppertal Institute

8. Food: from 6 to 3 tonnes
year: oday
5 00 kg/ than t
less food
tarian
m ostl y vege
food waste
no
Photos: Kaskinen et al. 2011 and Ko#vinkki
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9. Housing: from 11 to 1.6 tonnes
A+++++++++++
HOUSEHOLDS 2050 LETTENMEIER 29TH OCTOBER 2012 Wuppertal Institute

10. Housing: from 11 to 1.6 tonnes
cient
rce‐effi ouses
resou rgy h
ze ro ene
2 p er pe rson
20 m
ower
nd solar p
wind a
A+++++++++++
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11. Mobility: from 18 to 2 tonnes
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12. Mobility: from 18 to 2 tonnes
per p erson
k m
1 0 000
ffi cient
reso urce‐e ort
transp
public
rivat e cars
no p
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13. Sustainable innovation?
Anything that helps
meeting the 8 tonnes.
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14.
Inhabitat.com
You name it!
Treehugger.com Treehugger.com Treehugger.com
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15. Thank you!
Michael Lettenmeier
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and
Energy
Research Group „Sustainable Production and
Consumption“
Phone: +358 (0)40 54 12 876
E-Mail: michael.lettenmeier@wupperinst.org
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