SAVING TIME
"Instead of a gradual process of change, many of the younger generation, and the survivors, tended to reject all that had led up to the war in favour of a brave new world"
A REVIEW OF THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT IN BRITAIN IN THE 20TH CENTURY by Michael Pearce
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In the UK, homes are responsible for nearly a third of the energy delivered and a quarter of carbon emissions.

20% in the Red
 
 The US National Academy of Sciences has confirmed what most people knew already - that humanity has been living beyond its means for a few decades. Resource consumption is now at about 120% of its replenishment rate. As recently as the 1960s we were 'in the black' at 70%. We're now the wrong side of the so-called point zero of sustainability.

Sustainable development: what it is and
 what you can do
 
 
 
 by the Green Ministers Committee
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'It is often said that sustainability rests on three equal pillars: environmental, economic and social. However, designers often ignore the social and cultural aspects. Ecodesign, especially when practiced by engineering designers, is taken as a technical problem.'
 
 Professor Matthew Simon and Andrew Dixon, Sheffield Hallam University, Opportunities for Sustainability Messages in Product Services Systems.