Publications

We conduct research and development projects on topical issues in the form of reports, research articles, and publications. In addition to commissioned reports and research papers, we have also initiated studies and projects. We are keen on finding new research initiatives by request. Our topics include, e.g., one-planet lifestyles, sustainable resource-use, life cycle analysis, carbon footprinting, and circular economy.

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Flow Impacts: Material and carbon footprint assessment of Flow Festival 2022
Ursula Rinta-Jouppi, Annastina Saari, Hilma Leppioja, Michael Lettenmeier

Research Report / 2023

Envisioning 1.5 -Degree Lifestyles: Policies for Low-Carbon Cities in 2030
Luca Coscieme, Satoshi Kojima, Aditi Khodke, Bruno Yamanaka, Fernanda Iwasaka, Francisco Javier Contreras Pineda, Flora Lyn De Albuquerque Fujiwara, Victor Alexsander Silva, Vimlendu Kumar Jha, Ashim Bery, Kuldip Singh Sangwan, Kailash Choudhary, Ryu Koide, Kenji Asakawa, Chen Liu, Atsushi Watabe, Paul Currie, Solophina Nekasa, Jokudu Guya, Pasicha Chaikaew, Pongsun Bunditsakulchai, Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin, Michael Lettenmeier, Jennie Broman, Sumito Shirane, Savaka Yano, Keiichiro Tahara, Sayaka Shinoda, Burcu Tuncer, Simon Gilby, Francesca Oberti

Research Report / 2022

Facilitating Individuals’ Transitions Toward 1.5-Degree Lifestyle at a Global Scale with SUSLA
Sanna Tiilikainen, Michael Lettenmeier, Katrin Bienge, Torsten Masseck, Salla Lahtinen, Jari Kolehmainen, Mikko Jalas

Scientific Article / 2021

1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Towards A Fair Consumption Space for All
Lewis Akenji, Magnus Bengtsson, Viivi Toivio, Michael Lettenmeier, Tina Fawcett, Yael Parag, Yamina Saheb, Anna Coote, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Stuart Capstick, Tim Gore, Luca Coscieme, Mathis Wackernagel, Dario Kenner, Jari Kolehmainen

Technical Report / 2021

Lifestyle carbon footprints and changes in lifestyles to limit global warming to 1.5 °C, and ways forward for related research
Koide, R., Lettenmeier, M., Akenji, L., Toivio, V., Amellina, A., Khodke, A., Watabe, A., Kojima, S.

Scientific Article / 2021

Exploring carbon footprint reduction pathways through urban lifestyle changes: a practical approach applied to Japanese cities
Koide, R., Kojima, S., Nansai, K., Lettenmeier, M., Asakawa, K., Liu, C., & Murakami, S.

Scientific Article / 2021

Changing behavior towards sustainable consumption habits with eco-feedback technologies through user experience
Annastina Saari

Thesis / 2021

Kohtuullisuus kulutusvalinnoissa – havaintoja kestävien elämäntapojen kiihdyttämöstä (in Finnish)
Michael Lettenmeier, Jari Kolehmainen, Salla Lahtinen, Sonja Nielsen, Sanna-Liisa Sihto-Nissilä

Scientific Article / 2020

Calculating and tracking the environmental impact of everyday – An overview of Finnish footprinting tools
Salla Lahtinen

Thesis / 2020

How can people better understand their environmental impacts: An Introduction to lifestyle calculators
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Scientific Article / 2020

Initiating transitions towards 1.5-degree lifestyles: An action research study on a design game
Sonja Nielsen

Thesis / 2020

Giving legs to handprint thinking: foundations for evaluating the good we do
Joseph H.A. Guillaume, Suvi Sojamo, Miina Porkka, Dieter Gerten, Mika Jalava, Leena Lankoski, Elina Lehikoinen, Michael Lettenmeier, et al.

Scientific Article / 2020

1.5-degree lifestyles: Targets and options for reducing lifestyle carbon footprints
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Aalto University, D-mat oy

Technical Report / 2019

1.5-degree lifestyles: Targets and options for reducing lifestyle carbon footprints – A summary
Michael Lettenmeier, Lewis Akenji, Viivi Toivio, Ryu Koide, Aryanie Amellina

Summary / 2019

Carbon footprints and consumer lifestyles: an analysis of lifestyle factors and gap analysis by consumer segment in Japan
Ryu Koide, Michael Lettenmeier, Satoshi Kojima, Viivi Toivio, Aryanie Amellina, Lewis Akenji

Scientific Article / 2019

Do households have the key to solve the climate crisis? Assessing energy saving experiments in Finnis households from practice theoretical approach (FI, abstract in EN)
Jari Kolehmainen

Thesis / 2018

A sustainable level of material footprint — Benchmark for designing one-planet lifestyles
Michael Lettenmeier

Dissertation / 2018

A household’s burden: the embodied resource use of household equipment in Germany
Jens Teubler, Johannes Buhl, Michael Lettenmeier, Kathrin Greiff, Christa Liedtke

Scientific Article / 2018

Ten years of bioeconomy in the Finnish media
Juha Peltomaa, Jari Kolehmainen

Scientific Article / 2017

The nutritional footprint: integrated methodology using environmental and health indicators to indicate potential for absolute reduction of natural resource use in the field of food and nutrition
Melanie Lukas, Holger Rohn, Michael Lettenmeier, Christa Liedtke, Klaus Wiesen

Scientific Article / 2016