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The reason we live alone – and what it means for the environment and community

A person in a kitchen, alone, preparing food.
Photo: Jason Briscoe, Unsplash.

Sustainability researcher Tullia Jack has interviewed people living alone about why they do so. A common thread among many of them was that living alone had not been an active choice.

"Many of the people I interviewed would have liked to live with someone else. Ideally a romantic partner, but also friends or in a shared house. Living alone was simply something that had happened,” says Tullia Jack.

Tullia Jack believes the social aspect is another driving force behind more climate-friendly shared living; she thinks some – though not all – would have been better off living with others.

This is an excerpt from a news story posted on lunduniversity.lu.se. Read the full story here.