To ensure ecological sustainability, it is necessary to fundamentally change current production processes and consumption patterns. This can be done by imposing new restrictions on producers and consumers, or by increasing the price gap between sustainable and unsustainable alternatives through taxes and levies. However, the question stands: How do we balance the long term effects with the short term actions?

Our guests this episode are:

• Tom Bouwman, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Private Law at Leiden University
• Martijn Snoep, Chair of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM)
• Ana Poças Ribeiro, Postdoctoral Researcher on Circular Economy at Utrecht University
• Michèlle Bal, Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Social Science at Utrecht University
• Joel Anderson, Professor of Moral Psychology & Social Philosophy at Universiteit Utrecht