{"id":8531,"date":"2020-09-18T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T13:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/?page_id=8531"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:52:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T10:52:50","slug":"sustainable-consumption","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/sustainable-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;stretch&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591276720189{padding-bottom: 220px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/header_ausstellung_nachhaltiger_konsum_MFB.jpg?id=8056) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;20&#8243; typography_style=&#8221;light&#8221; wpex_bg_overlay=&#8221;color&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;stretch&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1580755940292{margin-top: -100px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;border-top-color: #ffffff !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221; wpex_bg_overlay_color=&#8221;#46433f&#8221; wpex_bg_overlay_opacity=&#8221;0.5&#8243;][vc_column]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69e437ec2d7a6{color:#ffffff;font-size:30px;font-family:'Ubuntu Condensed';font-weight:300;}.vcex-heading.vcex_69e437ec2d7a6 .vcex-heading-icon{color:#ffffff;}<\/style><h1 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl vcex_69e437ec2d7a6\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-icon vcex-heading-icon-left vcex-icon-wrap wpex-mr-10\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-person-booth\"><\/span><\/span>Exhibition<\/span><\/h1>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1580765860390{padding-top: 80px !important;background-color: #eff3eb !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text responsive_text=&#8221;true&#8221; font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;400&#8243; color=&#8221;#2f7b2f&#8221;]Sustainable consumption[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]The world\u2019s population consume more resources in the space of a year than the Earth is able to replace. We would need one and a half Earth-quality planets to meet the demand for food and renewable raw materials. By 2030, this would be two Earths and by 2050 nearly three. If all the people in the world lived a similar lifestyle to people in Germany, we would already be at the stage of needing three whole planets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has this been calculated?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you were to take the yields from all the productive land available across the globe, such as fields, forests and grasslands plus all the commercially exploitable areas of ocean and share them out among everyone equally, each of us would have a hypothetical 1.8 global hectares (gha), or 18,000 m2, to ourselves. This figure is then compared to a country\u2019s \u2018Ecological Footprint\u2019, which is calculated based on its consumption of food, water and energy plus the volume of carbon dioxide released as a waste product in the process. For Ghana , this figure was 2.0 gha in 2012, slightly larger than the space to which each individual in the world would notionally be entitled. In other words, if everyone in the world had Ghana\u2019s \u2018Ecological Footprint\u2019, there would more or less be a balance between Earth\u2019s biocapacity on the one hand and consumption on the other. Whatever was consumed in the course of a year could grow back. One planet Earth would almost be enough.<\/p>\n<p>By way of comparison, Germany had an \u2018Ecological Footprint\u2019 of 5.03 gha in 2012. 5.03 gha divided by 1.78 gha is 2.82. This means that, every year, people in Germany consume 2.82 times more than the Earth system can provide in biocapacity. Put another way, we would need 2.82 planet Earths to meet consumption demand over the long term. More figures for comparison purposes (in gha per capita): EU-27 average 2.1; USA 8.2; Japan 5.0; Brazil 3.1; China 3.4. For more information on this topic, <a href=\"http:\/\/assets.worldwildlife.org\/publications\/723\/files\/original\/WWF-LPR2014-low_res.pdf?1413912230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read the Living Planet Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is no \u2018spare Earth\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nAs the Earth is a finite system in which the necessary biocapacity cannot easily be replaced, countries like Germany are called on to reduce their consumption of resources to a globally sustainable level. Every one of us can help to preserve resources through our behaviour as consumers. <a href=\"https:\/\/germanwatch.org\/9194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here you can find eight guidelines for more sustainable consumption<\/a> (German only).<br \/>\nHere are some <a href=\"https:\/\/germanwatch.org\/de\/it-recycling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consumer tips on handling waste electrical and electronic equipment<\/a> (German only).<\/p>\n<p>Calculate your own <strong>Ecological Footprint<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footprintcalculator.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do people think sustainable lifestyles will look like in 2050? As part of a project, the Wuppertal-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scp-centre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production<\/a> is considering this question in several countries all across the world. One such country is Ghana, where a workstudio entitled \u2018Collaboration and Sustainability: A Multi-Sectoral Path for Growth\u2019 was held in 2013. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scp-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/89_Workstudio_Ghana_Report_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the report.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;8139&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;h_sidebar&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Ubuntu Condensed&#8221; color=&#8221;#2f7b2f&#8221; font_size=&#8221;20&#8243;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6832 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pfeil.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/>Materials[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1710759153900{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/germanwatch.org\/sites\/germanwatch.org\/files\/publication\/948.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old mobiles and PCs \u2013 too valuable to go in the bin<\/a> (German only) (Germanwatch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.handycrash.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile crash online game<\/a> (German only) (Germanwatch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suedwind-institut.de\/informieren\/themen\/lieferketten\/mobiltelefone\/beitrag\/die-wertschoepfungskette-von-mobiltelefonen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The mobile phone value chain<\/a> (German only) (S\u00fcdwind)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forumue.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rundbrief-2_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The circular economy \u2013 Is recycling and illusion?<\/a> (German only) (German NGO Forum on Environment and Development)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umweltbundesamt.de\/sites\/default\/files\/medien\/378\/publikationen\/klimaneutral_leben_4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living a climate-neutral life \u2013 Consumers get started on mitigating climate change<\/a> (German only) (German Federal Environment Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.weed-online.org\/uploads\/dokumentation_it_konferenz_nrw_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proceedings of the industry conference for the socially responsible procurement of IT hardware, Gelsenkirchen 2015<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1580769111728{background-color: #eff3eb !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;h_sidebar&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Ubuntu Condensed&#8221; color=&#8221;#2f7b2f&#8221; font_size=&#8221;20&#8243;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6832 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pfeil.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/>Useful links[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1675783760192{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Footprint Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw\/wissen\/umwelt-haushalt\/nachhaltigkeit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NRW consumer advice centre<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siegelklarheit.de\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siegelklarheit \u2013 Shopping sustainably. Understanding the seals.<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/germanwatch.org\/de\/it-recycling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consumer tips on handling waste electrical and electronic equipment<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/utopia.de\/bestenlisten\/sharing-economy-plattformen-teilen-verleihen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The sharing economy: platforms for sharing and borrowing<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/utopia.de\/bestenlisten\/tauschboersen-online-tauschen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The main swap websites: swap things online<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repaircafe.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Repair Caf\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifixit.com\/Info\/what\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IFIXIT \u2013 online repair instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodsharing.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foodsharing<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vinted.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vinted \u2013 clothes swaps<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FRENTS \u2013 lending and borrowing with your friends and neighbours<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blablacar.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlaBlaCar<\/a> \u2013 car-sharing platform (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nachhaltiger-warenkorb.de\/#!\/topic\/start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nachhaltiger Warenkorb<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kompass-nachhaltigkeit.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainability Compass \u2013 public procurement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/degrowth.info\/de\/degrowth-de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Degrowth\/post-growth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umweltbundesamt.de\/umwelttipps-fuer-den-alltag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental tips for everyday life<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nabu.de\/umwelt-und-ressourcen\/klima-und-luft\/klimawandel\/06740.html#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate protection begins at home. The top 77 tips for mitigating climate change<\/a> (German only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can we do to conserve natural resources?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8096,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8531","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8531"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9413,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8531\/revisions\/9413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghana-nrw.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}