Swiss School

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Sustainability Management School (SUMAS)

It is the only school in Europe that offers programs that include sustainability and management.

It is based totally on sustainability.

It combines business management education and the scientific approach to sustainability.

Students there are tough to combine sustainability with business management.

Sustainable consumption & production: a greener world

Human impact on the environment is around 80 percent.

The ecological footprint measures the amount of surface area is needed to produce the resources for a daily life.

If we don't change our behavior, b y 2050 we will need twice the earth's surface to absorb our impact.

The European union created a label to show which products were Eco-friendly.

This is the begging of sustainable consumption and production around the world.

An Inconvenient Truth | Film Trailer | Participant Media

The ten hottest years in history have all taken place through the 14 years previous to this film.

Global warming is cause glaciers to melt.

Global warming is causing larger storms worldwide.

Temperatures are rising world wide.

It is our job to take care of the planet.

FLYING MOFFET

A solar powered aircraft.

This type of sustainable aircraft can reduce energy consumption by half in the aviation world.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATION CEREMONY

Second sustainable aircraft that will fly around the world in the year 2015

It is hard to achieve such good results from sustainable projects.

Millions were invested in this oportunity and they did a flight across america.

Every difficulty is a potential opportunity.

Exploration and inovation brings success.

Assignment

How to apply sustainable consumption to Bogota

   Bogota is the largest city in Colombia and the fourth largest city in Latin america. This fact makes it hard to apply sustainable consumption and production to the city. However this does not mean it is impossible. There are several ways people in Bogota can apply sustainable alternatives to reduce the city's impact on the global environment. These options include the formulation of laws that  limit the amount of resources a company can use when making their products if they are going to sell it in Bogota. Another alternative would be to inform the buyers what products were made with sustainable resources and which products were not.

  If the local government passed a law that limited the amount of resources a person could use , then these companies would start producing sustainable products, and the increase of said products would lead to a dramatic increase in sustainable consumption. Another possibility would be to inform the public of sustainable products. The amount of said products that would be sold would be a lot larger because people would feel guiltily if they bought products which were made by damaging the environment in Bogota. These two are the best alternatives to increase sustainable consumption in Bogota.