VOICES April 2020

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Lagom

– not too little, not too much. Just right. Have you ever thought about how much is enough for you? “Lagom”, the word, which is commonly used by Swedish people, means just right. It can be related to all human areas of living to make people’s life more harmonic and balanced.

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ometimes, the word “lagom” is compared to the idiom “less is more”, which brings us to one of the key characteristics of Swedish culture and life’s approach which is sustainability. “Less is more” got to become a kind of global quote. The world starts to be tired of boundless consumerism. People are finally trying to find some better solutions to save our planet. One of them is to go “less waste” – but what is that? “Less waste” is a lifestyle of people who try to avoid producing trashes and they want to be more aware consumers. It has 3 principles, which you can find right here

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