New report: Decentering Durability
Decentering durability is a new LASTING report by Kate Fletcher and Anna Fitzpatrick that introduces 14 features of clothing durability from outside the Euro-American contexts.
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Contribute to our research by filling out this furniture survey!
Would you like to contribute to our understanding of how furniture is bought and used? The research project LASTING is looking for participants for a… Read More »Contribute to our research by filling out this furniture survey!
Lasting report shows that the most effective environmental measure is rarely ever used
Sustainable consumption should not be reduced to reuse and recycling, according to SIFO researchers. Imagine that your phone is getting progressively slower. Rather than you… Read More »Lasting report shows that the most effective environmental measure is rarely ever used
New article shows how much the best practice garment use and care can reduce the environmental impacts
Article published in the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment demonstrates that increasing the lifespan of a garment by wearing it longer had the largest… Read More »New article shows how much the best practice garment use and care can reduce the environmental impacts
LASTING at PLATE Product Lifetimes and the Environment conference
PLATE Product Lifetimes and the Environment is an international, multidisciplinary conference that addresses product lifetimes in the context of sustainable development. It will take place… Read More »LASTING at PLATE Product Lifetimes and the Environment conference
How to increase repair rates? A new article in the Journal of Cleaner Production
This article explores drivers and barriers for repair from consumers’ and commercial repair actors’ viewpoints. It aims to understand how the repair rates of household… Read More »How to increase repair rates? A new article in the Journal of Cleaner Production
What Affects Garment Lifespans?
This is the question we discuss in our most recent article in Sustainability entitled: What Affects Garment Lifespans? International Clothing Practices Based on a Wardrobe… Read More »What Affects Garment Lifespans?
New article about environmental impacts of laundering
Abstract: Clothing maintenance is necessary for keeping clothing and textiles functional and socially acceptable, but it has environmental consequences due to the use of energy,… Read More »New article about environmental impacts of laundering
Lasting Kick-Off
Lasting kick-off seminar marked the start of the three-year-long research project that studies how to increase the lifespans of consumer goods in order to reduce… Read More »Lasting Kick-Off
New article in Sustainability
Clothing Lifespans: What Should Be Measured and How Increasing the use of each product, most often called longer lifespans, is an effective environmental strategy. This… Read More »New article in Sustainability
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