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.

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.

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.

Climate Change and the Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-46
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.

Consideration of Future Consequences and Self-Control: A Mediation Analysis

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Balliet ◽  
Lindsey Niuman ◽  
Heather Ireton ◽  
Jeff Joireman
Keyword(s):  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Consideration Of Future Consequences ◽  
Future Consequences

Effect of transport measures and curfew against COVID-19 spread on air pollution (TSP) in Ecuador’s three most populous cities

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
State Level ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Traffic Emission ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Total Suspended Particulates ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Pm2.5 And Pm10 ◽  
Future Consequences

Although current circumstances pose challenges to foretelling the future consequences of coronavirus spread, we consider environmental load-related researches became more and more important nowadays perhaps as never before. Many experts believe that the increasingly dire public health emergency situation, policy makers and word leaders should make it possible that the COVID-19 outbreak contributes to a transition of sustainable consumption. With the purpose of contributing to rethink the importance of sustainability efforts, here we present total suspended particulates (TSP) results which represent traffic emission caused air pollution in the three most populous cities of Ecuador obtained before, during, and after the: (i) the traffic measures entered into force on state level; (ii) curfew entered into force on state level; (iii) and quarantine entered into force (in Guayaquil, and whole Guayas province). We documented significant decrease in TSP emissions (PM2.5 and PM10) compared to normal traffic operation obtained from some four lanes roads in Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca. The most remarkable fall in suspended particulate values (96.47% decrease in PM2.5) compared to emission observed before traffic measures occurred in Cuenca.

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