It is scientifically proven that a plant-based diet is good for your health, for the environment and obviously for animal wellbeing. Of course it is not possible everywhere in the world, but in many places it is. There are many usual arguments against it, which can usually easily be refuted. If you know any, which …
The Global Climate Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow is approaching fast! It will start in November. The campaign marks the end of a big climate protection campaign - so please join us for the final sprint of "the climate bet" because actions are more important than words!It might be a small action, but if everyone …
Towards the end of Plastic Free July, I want to provide some additional resources on the plastic issue, then give a hint on business schools discovering sustainability and shortly mention issues in (German) politics. Resources for Plastic Free July There are hopeful news on gastronomy taking up multi-use containers for to-go-food and other solutions being …
Continue reading Good news & resources – and some issues in politics
Instead of explaining the campaign myself, I will leave you with a short explanatory and motivational video by the campaign itself: https://youtu.be/ByayHG5CscE Source: https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/ In my posts from past July's, you can find several sources of inspiration for what you could do this month. In line with single use plastics and other packaging being banned …
Continue reading It’s the time of the year again – It’s Plastic Free July
There are many ways in which individuals can contribute to making the world more sustainable and nice(r) to live in. Of course, everyone can (to some extent) change their own (consumption) behaviour as we have discussed extensively in past blog posts. If you want to recap and regain some inspiration, you can use this blog's …
Continue reading Perceived Citizen Effectiveness – Engagement for Sustainability
"The world has enough for everyone's needs, but not everyone's greed"by Mahatma Gandhi (see the Guardian) There are people who might discuss if we actually have enough for everyone's needs as the human population has exploded during the past century and is still expected to grow for some years to come. But there is definitely …
Many people around me seem to be a little depressed these days (not necessarily in terms of the medical condition), due to Covid, isolation, and the grey, dark and cold of Northern hemisphere winter. I too sometimes feel like hibernating would be a good option (if I was physically able to do so). Source: Bild …
Communicate First, I want to apologize for my two days of delay in writing the next blog post. As it's about the first time in the past 2.5 years, I hope that you all accept it 🙂 Lately, I listened to a talk on how to communicate about sustainability. I don't want to go into …
Recently, I started my first 'real' work after finishing my master's. Hence, I realised that I should update the old description about me for this blog: https://cathagoessustainable.wordpress.com/about-me/ (in case anyone is interested). Anyways, it is quite some change to studying although I am still mostly working at home (covid-times) and I didn't have to move. …
Continue reading Habit discontinuity – using change to your advantage
It is known that what we eat is strongly linked to our health (in psychological and physical terms). Our food is related to our circumstances in life, to our habits and values/morale. In German we thus have the saying: "Du bist was du isst" (you are what you eat). Most (if not all) people have …
Catha goes sustainable 