Us & Our Planet: This is How We Live

Us & Our Planet: This is How We Live

“Once an afterthought, sustainability has become a soft hum that underpins the soundtrack of our daily lives. The term is imperfect, of course. It attempts, somewhat clumsily, to refer to a whole raft of ideas, from consciousness, coexistence and responsibility to honesty, respect and action. Sustainability implies an Arcadian state in which all of our systems are circular, our behaviours carefully considered and our planet unspoiled. And yet a future without a higher measure of it than we currently know is almost too catastrophic to comprehend: a world of drowned cities, burned forests and climate refugees. Sustainability is imperfect, but it is what we have. And so, we work with it.”

Achieving a more sustainable life at home is one of the most urgent social and environmental challenges we face today as a society. Together with IKEA, we visit homes, workplaces and shared spaces from Mexico to Moscow, from Bali to Beirut, to find ways we can improve our way of living.