scholarly journals Household consumption and environmental change: Rethinking the policy problem through narratives of food practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Paddock
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Household Consumption ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
Ways Of Life

Central to debates concerned with societal transition towards low-carbon living is the imperative to encourage individual subjects to shift their behaviours to support less consumptive ways of life: eating less meat, consuming less energy and water, and wasting less of what we do consume. Exploring narratives derived from 30 interviews with householders living in and around a UK city, this article considers the dynamics surrounding consumption, unpacking the notion that consumers act as agents of choice. Drawing on accounts of daily routines, the article pays close attention to the complexity of social, cultural and material factors that shape narratives of daily life, where food emerges as a core organising principle. This suggests that food practice provides a nexus point around which change can be more effectively conceptualised for public policies aimed at inculcating more sustainable ways of life. That is, through an understanding of food practice, we can explore means of locking and unlocking wider practices deemed unsustainable.

Discussion on Development Trend in the Construction Industry - Green Low Carbon Buildings

2014 ◽  
Vol 641-642 ◽  
pp. 1021-1024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Fang Liu ◽  
Hai Yang Ren ◽  
Ye Niu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Building Energy Conservation

With the development of society, the concept of building energy conservation and reuse become more and more popular. As the result, it is important to develop energy-saving buildings and advocate low carbon life, so that it will push ahead the efficient use of building energy, and moreover, the energy saving in the daily life of the society. Nowadays, the public society has pay close attention to the green low carbon buildings as it is consistent with this trend. Starting from the concept and features of green low carbon building, this article discussed the approach of achieving the low carbon buildings according to the engineering design. In the end, this article also addressed the significance of implementing green low carbon buildings.

Values Underlying Preferences for Adaptive Governance in a Chilean Small-Scale Fishing Community

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Ebel ◽  
Christine M. Beitl ◽  
Michael P. Torre
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Adaptive Governance ◽  
Fishing Community ◽  
A Value ◽  
Ways Of Life ◽  
Value Frames

Environmental change requires individuals and institutions to facilitate adaptive governance. However, facilitating adaptive governance may be difficult because resource users’ perceptions of desirable ways of life vary. These perceptions influence preferences related to environmental governance and may stem from the ways individuals subjectively value their work and their connections to their environment. This paper uses a value-based approach to examine individual and institutional preferences for adaptive governance in Carelmapu, Chile. We show that two groups had different value frames rooted in divergent ontologies which influenced their actions related to adaptive governance, creating conflict.

scholarly journals Optimal Pricing Decisions for a Low-Carbon Supply Chain Considering Fairness Concern under Carbon Quota Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 556
Author(s):  
Hao Zou ◽  
Jin Qin ◽  
Bo Dai
Keyword(s):  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Retail Price ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Carbon Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Supply ◽  
Total Profit ◽  
Fairness Concern

This research investigates the effect of fairness concerns on a sustainable low-carbon supply chain (LCSC) with a carbon quota policy, in which a manufacturer is in charge of manufacturing low-carbon products and sells them to a retailer. The demand is affected by price and the carbon emission reduction rate. The optimal decisions of pricing and carbon emission reduction rate are analyzed under four decision models: (i) centralized decision, (ii) decentralized decision without fairness concern, (iii) decentralized decision with manufacturer’s fairness concern, (iv) decentralized decision with retailer’s fairness concern. The results indicate that the profits in the centralized LCSC are higher than those in the decentralized LCSC with fairness concern. If a manufacturer pays close attention to fairness, the fairness concern coefficient will reduce the carbon emission reduction rate and the profit of the LCSC and increase the wholesale price and the retail price of the product. If a retailer pays close attention to fairness, and the preference of consumers for a low-carbon product is low, the fairness concern coefficient of the retailer increases the total profit of the LCSC and decreases the carbon emission reduction rate and retail price of the product. Otherwise, if the preference of consumers for a low-carbon product is great, the fairness concern coefficient of the retailer would lead to a lower retail price compared with the retail price in the centralized decision and decrease the total profit of the LCSC.

scholarly journals It starts at home? Climate policies targeting household consumption and behavioral decisions are key to low-carbon futures

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 144-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghislain Dubois ◽  
Benjamin Sovacool ◽  
Carlo Aall ◽  
Maria Nilsson ◽  
Carine Barbier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Household Consumption ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Climate Policies ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals ‘Gifts for the gods’: lake-dwellers' macabre remedies against floods in the Central European Bronze Age

Antiquity ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (340) ◽  
pp. 456-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Menotti ◽  
Benjamin Jennings ◽  
Hartmut Gollnisch-Moos
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Lake Level ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Alpine Region ◽  
Rich Source ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Central European

The lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region have long been a rich source of detailed information about daily life in Bronze Age Europe, but their location made them vulnerable to changes in climate and lake level. At several Late Bronze Age examples, skulls of children were found at the edge of the lake settlement, close to the encircling palisade. Several of the children had suffered violent deaths, through blows to the head from axes or blunt instruments. They do not appear to have been human sacrifices, but the skulls may nonetheless have been offerings to the gods by communities faced with the threat of environmental change.

Acquisition System Construction of Travel Information Based on Wireless Sensor Network

2014 ◽  
Vol 608-609 ◽  
pp. 170-174
Author(s):  
Yan Ling Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spot ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
System Construction ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Travel Information

At present, while pursuit the spiritual enjoyment, attention has gradually paid to the tourism and tourism industry has developed very rapidly. But at the same time, the rapid development of the tourism industry also brings the problem of ecological environment protection, which is become increasingly outstanding contradiction. All sectors of the community is generally pay close attention to the tourism environment problems, and regard it as a hot spot for research. However, low-carbon tourism concept, the interaction principle of development of tourism activities and tourism environment protection, need from a holistic perspective to do the evaluation research. This paper based on DPSIR model, introduced low-carbon concept into the development of tourism industry, combined with the basic theory of low-carbon tourism, and constructed the development model of low-carbon tourism industry, combined with the actual tourist attractions for empirical research, to make more favorable exploration on direction and way of tourism to achieve low-carbon sustainable development.

scholarly journals Políticas públicas para a inclusão de mulheres brasileiras: O Programa Mulheres Mil como interface entre a educação e trabalho

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Andréa Simoni Manarin Tunin ◽  
Fernando César Ferreira Gouvêa
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Critical Ethnography ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
The Public ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender

This paper presents the Women Thousand Program as a policy of inclusion through education and jobs. It traces the history of public policies designed for women through the Thousand Women Program in the Brazil, and the women’s’ experiences at the Volta Redonda campus. The authors evaluate the public policies that include vulnerable women and efficiently assist them through school. Ethnographical methods were used, based on data obtained from participative observation and detailed monitoring of the daily life of the research participants. Through the lens of critical ethnography, which considers cultural, political, and economic factors, the results show a dissonance between the Thousand Women Program and the daily reality of its participants. In addition, the “salvationist” orientation of the school helps to perpetuate the exclusion of women and gender inequalities within Brazilian society.  

scholarly journals No Horizonte há uma Cosmopolítica Indígena diante do Antropoceno ou do Capitaloceno?

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (53) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Grazielle Viana dos Reis
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Unique Mode ◽  
The Face ◽  
Ways Of Life

Resumo: No horizonte vislumbra-se algo da cosmopolítica feita pelos índios diante do primeiro e do atual Antropoceno, a partir de um momento etnográfico, especialmente, com os filmes e fotos antigos e atuais feitos entre os índios Apyãwa (Tapirapé) e Iny (Javaé, Karajá e Ixybiòwa) situados na Amazônia.Destes encontros, algumas perguntas sobre minha posição multissituada (Hannerz, 2003) ao estudar sobremaneira com materiais audiovisuais feitos por indígenas e não-indígenas.Neste ínterim, as questões tangenciam com os dilemas postos pelo Antropoceno e vivenciados pelos povos indígenas em terra brasilis quando enfrentam cotidianamente situações de genocídio e etnocídio, de não reconhecimento de seus modos de vida devido à falta de efetivação de políticas públicas relacionadas com a preservação de seus territórios tradicionais (PNGATI), consequentemente da biodiversidade e de um meio ambiente equilibrado. Disto, algumas notas etnológicas de uma possível tradução das visualidades indígenas, sobretudo, entre os índios Apyãwa, como um modo singular de cosmopolítica.Palavras-chave: Apyãwa. Antropoceno. Cosmopolítica. Imagem. Iny IS THERE ON THE HORIZON AN INDIGENOUS COSMOPOLITICS IN THE FACE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE OR THE CAPITALOCENE?  Abstract: On the horizon, some of the cosmopolitics made by the Indians before the first and the current Anthropocene can be seen from an ethnographic research, especially with the ancient and current films and photos made among the Apyãwa (Tapirapé) Indians, located in the Amazonia. Of these meetings, some questions about my position multi-site (Hannerz, 2003) when studying extensively with audiovisual materials made by indigenous peoples and non-indigenous. In the meantime, the issues touch on the dilemmas posed by the Anthropocene and experienced by indigenous peoples on Brazilian soil when they face daily situations of genocide and ethnocide, non-recognition of their ways of life due to the lack of effective public policies related to preservation of their traditional territories (PNGATI), as a consequence of biodiversity and a balanced environment. From this, some ethnological notes of a possible translation of the indigenous visuals, especially among the Apyãwa Indians, as a unique mode of cosmopolitic.Keywords: Apyãwa. Anthropocene. Image. Cosmopolitic. Iny

scholarly journals From Megawatts to Kilowatts: A Review of Small Wind Turbine Applications, Lessons From The US to Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caio Cesar Moreira Chagas ◽  
Marcio Giannini Pereira ◽  
Luiz Pinguelli Rosa ◽  
Neilton Fidelis da Silva ◽  
Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos Freitas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy

Increased use of fossil fuels has contributed to global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions, which has led countries to implement policies that favor the gradual replacement of their use with renewable energy sources. Wind expansion in Brazil is a success story, but its adherence to distributed generation is still a big challenge. In this context, the authors of this paper argue that the development of robust and viable distributed power grids will also depend in the future on improving small wind generation as an important alternative to the diversity of decentralized power grids. In this study, the authors present an overview of the small-sized Aeolic (or wind) energy market in Brazil, with the objective to support the debate regarding its expansion. Promoting the small wind market in Brazil is still a big challenge, but lessons can be learned from the United States. In this context, the article uses the United States learning curve, analyzing barriers that were found, as well as public policies implemented to overcome them. The lessons learned in the American market may guide public policies aimed at fostering this technology in Brazil. If technological improvements, certification and introduction of financial incentives were implemented in Brazil, the small wind industry chain could grow substantially, building a trajectory to promote the low carbon economy.

A multitude of natural, social and individual time

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 971-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
TP van Tienoven
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Social Time ◽  
Experience Of Time ◽  
Natural Time ◽  
Temporal Structures ◽  
Individual Choices ◽  
The Way

Elias’ essay on time is often interpreted both as a critique on the juxtaposition of natural time and social time as well as a plea for a triadic conception of time in which natural time and social time both provide the ‘materials’ for individual choices of time. Such an interpretation implies that there exists a multitude of natural, social and individual times. First, this contribution searches literature on the sociology of time for practical approaches to natural and social temporal structures and argues how they have been at interplay in the changing collective and individual experience of time. Second, given that time is neither solely a self-evident natural phenomenon nor solely a coercive individual transcending characteristic of society, this contribution argues that the multitude of individual times is to be found in the way individuals draw on these natural and social temporal structures for the practices that make up daily life. Third, since large part of these practices is motivated by individuals’ necessity for a sense of order in the continuity of daily life, this contribution furthermore argues that individual times present themselves as daily routines. These daily routines, then, can be formulated in terms of (a combination of) the rigidity of duration, timing, tempo and sequence of these practices constrained and enabled by natural and social temporal structures.

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