An Investigation on Voluntary Simplicity Movement in the Context of Sustainable Consumption Behavior Against the Overconsumption Tendency

2021 ◽  
pp. 321-331
Author(s):  
Emel Celep ◽  
Meltem Diktaş
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Voluntary Simplicity ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Voluntary Simplicity Movement

Fighting climate change: What’s being mindful, outside and at school got to do with it?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Pham
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Terror Management Theory ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Connection To Nature ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Existential Crisis ◽  
Undergraduate Programs

Although climate change education strategies have succeeded in spreading awareness, they also create a sense of fear and urgency that not only fails to change environmentally unsustainable behavior but may increase this behavior. The failure of current strategies and the paradoxical increase of environmentally unsustainable behavior may be explained by a theory known as terror management theory. This theory posits that if people are faced with an existential crisis, like climate change, they may cling even tighter onto their current ways. A novel solution to alleviate terror management theory is inspiring and empowering people. Inspiration and empowerment will teach people to see environmentally sustainable behavior as a healthier alternative to their current ways rather than an existential crisis. Therefore, they are more likely to welcome change rather than fear it. My study aims to see if mindfulness, connection to nature, and differing undergraduate programs affects sustainable consumption behavior. These factors are thought to inspire and empower people. If these factors can affect sustainable consumption behavior, then they may inspire and empower people to fight climate change. I predict that individuals who are more mindful and connected to nature will also have more sustainable consumption behavior. Furthermore, programs that highlight environmental issues will allow students to have a better connection to nature and more sustainable consumption behavior. If there is evidence to support, my hypotheses then factors that influence sustainable consumption behavior should be taught in schools. These factors would not only increase environmental behavior but increase the student’s overall wellbeing.

The Consumer Role for Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 325-341
Author(s):  
Seda Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Relationship

The term sustainable consumption is not only a behavior type in marketing and a just consumption behavior, it is more than this. Sustainable or responsible consumption behavior can change the world. Sustainable consumption concept has been investigated widely in the literature and factors that effecting sustainable consumption or being a green consumer has been investigated recently, too. But the relationship between sustainable development and consumer behavior isn't investigated sufficiently. After 2030 Sustainable Development Goals set up, responsibilities and roles have been an important issue to achieve sustainable development in the long term. In this point, this study aims to investigate the consumer role for sustainable development goals through sustainable consumption patterns and trends.

The Consumer Role for Sustainable Development

2022 ◽  
pp. 872-888
Author(s):  
Seda Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Relationship

The term sustainable consumption is not only a behavior type in marketing and a just consumption behavior, it is more than this. Sustainable or responsible consumption behavior can change the world. Sustainable consumption concept has been investigated widely in the literature and factors that effecting sustainable consumption or being a green consumer has been investigated recently, too. But the relationship between sustainable development and consumer behavior isn't investigated sufficiently. After 2030 Sustainable Development Goals set up, responsibilities and roles have been an important issue to achieve sustainable development in the long term. In this point, this study aims to investigate the consumer role for sustainable development goals through sustainable consumption patterns and trends.

Climate Change and the Circular Economy

2022 ◽  
pp. 1965-1983
Author(s):  
Aakriti Mathur ◽  
Kanwal Deepinder Pal Singh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Annual Rate ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
The World ◽  
Ability To Regenerate ◽  
Climate Crisis

The world is presently facing a climate catastrophe of its own making through the unabated increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Global consumption patterns are to blame, as presently, the global annual demand for resources outpaces the annual rate of the earth's ability to regenerate those resources. Thus, there is an urgent need to reduce the global demand for resources to a sustainable level, through the adoption of a circular economy. Individual consumption behavior habits form the basis of global consumption patterns, and therefore, adoption of sustainable consumption habits and lifestyles are necessary for addressing the climate crisis. In this chapter, the authors assess the potential for addressing the climate crisis through the adoption of a circular economy and sustainable consumption behavior. The authors also evaluate the extent of adoption of sustainable consumption behavior in India and make recommendations for adopting a circular economy in India.

Meditating for the Planet: Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Sustainable Consumption Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 1012-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja M. Geiger ◽  
Daniel Fischer ◽  
Ulf Schrader ◽  
Paul Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Attitude Behavior ◽  
Material Values

Recent research suggests that mindfulness may foster sustainable consumption behavior through the reduction of the so-called attitude–behavior gap, or by weakening material values while increasing subjective well-being. The current controlled longitudinal study tested these propositions by employing a sustainability-adapted mindfulness-based intervention (sMBI) to two different samples ( n = 60 university students; n = 71 employees). Although the intervention successfully enhanced mindful experiences in both samples, we found no evidence for neither direct effects on sustainable consumption behavior or related attitudes, nor for the reduction of the attitude–behavior gap. However, the intervention led to greater well-being in the student sample and suggested a decline of materialistic value orientations in both samples. The results blunt previous claims about potential causal effects of mindfulness practice on sustainable consumption behavior. Nevertheless, they indicate that the sMBI affects behavior-distal variables, such as material values and well-being, which in turn could influence consumption behavior in the long run.

scholarly journals Determinants of Frugal Behavior: The Influences of Consciousness for Sustainable Consumption, Materialism, and the Consideration of Future Consequences

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Suárez ◽  
Bernardo Hernández ◽  
Domingo Gil-Giménez ◽  
Víctor Corral-Verdugo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Consideration Of Future Consequences ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Future Consequences

The transition toward sustainability and the adjustment to climate change should involve the reduction of consumption behavior and the need to maintain social practices of frugality. This paper investigates the influences of consciousness for sustainable consumption (CSC), materialism, and the consideration of future consequences (CFC) on frugal behaviors. Four-hundred-and-forty-four individuals responded to an instrument investigating these variables. Results of a structural model revealed that materialism significantly and negatively influenced the three dimensions of CSC: economic, environmental, and social. The consideration of distant future consequences positively and significantly affected the economic dimension of CSC. Frugal behavior received significant and positive influences from the three CSC dimensions and from consideration of distant future consequences. The model explained 46% of variance in frugal behavior, revealing the importance of awareness of the consequences of resource consumption and the CFC has on promoting a moderate consumption of resources.

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