We use cosmetics and hygiene products each day; when brushing our teeth, lotioning ourselves, showering and in many more situations. "Modern" cosmetic products cause lots of environmental damages. Today many cosmetic products claim to be "organic" or "sustainable" in order to profit from the increasing interest of customers in these topics, but this is too often misleading. Luckily, there are some characteristics, labels and standards that help you to identify more sustainable cosmetic products.

The Good Life Goals (GLG) translate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) into individual actions. In short, they tell you how you can act more sustainable every day. This is an important step to make sustainability a real peoples movement. Goal 1 shows you how you can "HELP END POVERTY".

The food industry has been criticised plenty in recent years, both for their social and their environmental damaged caused. Just think of the outcry over the palm oil in KitKat caused by the Greenpeace campaign. Although it has become fashionable for food producers to be green, their performance on sustainability issues is not very convincing. To clarify the many misleading claims on advertising and products, there is an increasing number of labels, rankings and standards, companies have to comply with.

The Good Life Goals translate the Sustainable Development Goals into individual actions. In short, they tell you how you can act more sustainably every day. This is an important step to make sustainability a real peoples movement.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2018 was awarded to William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer for integrating climate change and technological innovation into long-run macroeconomic analysis.

Reducing consumption and waste is essential for protecting the environment. However, a stroll through the most common supermarkets reveals plastic packaging wrapped around almost every item - increasingly even around individual fresh fruits and vegetables.

FINALLY! Our new website is online and available via www.ecomap.global. We worked the last months to improve the handling for the user, give shops the possibility to manage their data directly online and include a lot of new functions. Be one of the first users or bring the EcoMap to your city!

Today EcoMap visited the Sustainable City in Dubai to get an idea of possible developments of future city projects. The idea of a sustainable city is not new, but it needs special requirements for the extreme climatic conditions.