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“Making the present green for a sustainable future”

LAC Conference June 8th 201015.00- 17.00

(GMT +01:00)

Presented by:

Maria Remstam

student in the EMP at the IIIEE, Lund

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The breakfast scene

• Consumption - what I eat, the packages I use,

the use of mobile phone

• Products - milk, cereals, bread, butter, cheese, grape

fruit, orange juice and tomatoes

• Relationships - sending a text message

• Environmental policy - mobile phone Sony Ericsson

• Ecological footprint – choosing eco-friendly and fair

trade products, consume less and with care

• Waste management - my organic waste and its journey

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Out to the lake of Färgen

• Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR - car

producer Volkswagen GOLF

• Energy systems - the internal combustion

engine of a car

• Nature - beautiful surroundings, the trees, the

lake and its supply of fresh water, the sun etc

• Relationships - my brother assisting me

• Is more always better? Happiness, income and

values – work more, work less, competition,

enjoyment, life quality

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The town of Alingsås and the lake of Mjörn

• Industrialization and technology - Jonas

Alströmer, textile

manufacturing, sugar refinery, potatoes, suitable

products for Sweden and locally, the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

• The tragedy of the commons - the beach at the

lake of Mjörn; free for all to use (swim, picnic

and barbeque) and miss-use (leave the fire

burning and rubbish)

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Bibliography Websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Alstr%C3%B6mer

www.alingsas.se/sites/default/files/Matavfall_folder.pdf

www.sonyericsson.com/cws/download/1/132/059/1192979518/P800_802_env_R1a_EN.pdf

www.volkswagenag.com/vwag/vwcorp/info_center/en/publications/2006/01/CSR_Brochure.-bin.acq/qual-BinaryStorageItem.Single.File/csr_broschuere_english.pdf

Painting:

Page 2: “Girl under summer tree”, oil on canvas, by Birja, 1999, owner Maria Remstam

Photographs:

The lake of Färgen, page 3: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A4rgen

Jonas Alströmer statute, page 4, upper right: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alings%C3%A5s

The lake of Mjörn, page 4, down left: taken by myself, Maria Remstam