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The footprints of our mobile lives
Photo: Sigfrid Lundberg (CC BY-SA) A while ago I got a question about the energy use of smartphones compared to “ordinary” mobil phones. Do they consume more electricity? And what does it all add up to...
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Recycle your garbage like a Swede
The noble art of sorting your garbage right for the recycling station. Photo: Sara Jeswani. Like many other nationalities Swedes recycle their garbage. But I’d go as far as saying that sorting out your...
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Jenny Harlen took the Bokashi kitchen compost to Sweden
Jenny Harlen with her Bokashi buckets. Photo: Leif Djärv. Lately readers of this blog might have followed the compost hardships of one of my blog readers, Pol from Croatia. Composting kitchen waste...
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Rapper teaches Swedes there’s nothing wrong with a doggybag
Soon accepted in Sweden? Image from the film “Dogge diggar doggy bag” (Dogge digs doggy bag) by Stockholms Konsumentförening. Swedes normally think of themselves as quite a environmentally conscious...
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“Doctor Biogas” has made a real difference
Danderyd University Hospital, now also a biogas provider for Stockholm's buses. Photo: Staffan Larsson. It’s Friday, so here’s a happy story for the weekend that inspires me a lot: Jan Rapp is a...
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Once in a while it’s good to take a look back in time and realize that some things have actually changed – for the better Just watch this information film clip from the Swedish authorities in the...
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Beware of the evil trays…
They may look harmless… but trays like these have caused 12 tons of food waste every year in Kiruna! Photo: John Lobel (CC: BY-NC-SA) Could an ordinary food tray be a new environmental villain that...
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5 tips for a wasteless Christmas
Just too good to waste. Photo: Helena Wahlman/imagebank.sweden.se. As I wrote last week, awareness about the climate and environmental impact of Christmas food has grown quite a lot. But there’s one...
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Swedes, world champions of electronic waste
The electronic waste of the day at the recycling station in my neighbourhood. Photo: Sara Jeswani. As you probably already know, sorting our waste and recycling is something of a popular sport in...
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Jane raises the status of Sweden’s forgotten garden fruit
Jane Arrowsmith turns people’s forgotten fruit into gold – or at least delicious food. Photo: Johannes Frandsen. July isn’t only the most classical holiday month in Sweden, it is also the time of the...
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