Consumption Corridors

Fuchs, Doris; Sahakian, Marlyne; Gumbert, Tobias; Giulio, Antonietta Di; Maniates, Michael; Lorek, Sylvia; Graf, Antonia

doi:10.4324/9780367748746

Cited by 107 publications

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“…Alongside ICT, there might also be a material, water and energy rebound due to the need for more space because of more home-based work (Jiang et al, 2021). Hence, digitalization and home-based work will not be a panacea, and to prevent rebound from happening additional policy measures will be needed that set limits on consumption and resource use (Princen, 2005;Fuchs et al, 2021).…”

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Take the Opportunity Afforded by the COVID-19 Experiences: Progressive Non-growth Policies for Sustainable Lifestyles

Boström

2021

Front. Sustain.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant restrictions on lifestyles and consumption everywhere. Many consumer practices have been disrupted due to the shutting down of economic and social activities, limiting of mobility in public places, closing of shopping centers and non-essential stores, and closing of borders. These restrictions have had a significant impact on climate emissions. Much public and scholarly attention has been given to the question of whether the pandemic also offers a window of opportunity for long-term sustainability transformation. The article elaborates on this issue by specifically discussing progressive non-growth policies for sustainable lifestyles and reduced consumption. What potential for long-term transformative change results from lifestyle changes like these? How can societies be restructured to take advantage of the experiences from the pandemic? Bottom-up drivers and possibilities for top-down enforcement are both important to consider. The article limits its focus to top-down policy measures with transformative potential related to sustainable lifestyles (reduced consumption) by summarizing and discussing some key policy lessons identified in recent COVID-19 literature. It considers the need to address likely rebound effects and the vested interests in bouncing practices back toward the previous unsustainable “normality.” The argument is generally inspired by post-growth and degrowth perspectives, as the dominant pro-growth, neo-liberal doctrines are seen as unable to transform societies and guide them onto sustainable paths.

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Take the Opportunity Afforded by the COVID-19 Experiences: Progressive Non-growth Policies for Sustainable Lifestyles

Boström

2021

Front. Sustain.

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“…Changing consumption thus entails changing the entire system (Lorek and Vergragt, 2015). Thus, in a sustainable consumption context, infrastructures, institutions, social organization, and social norms also need to be investigated (Toulouse et al, 2019), as well as the ways in which modes of "living with enough" could solidify between floor and ceiling of sustainable consumption corridors through democratic and participatory processes (Fuchs et al, 2021. This includes a closer investigation of power relations (Fuchs et al, 2016).…”

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Equity Within Ecological Limits: Grand Challenge for Sustainable Consumption

Lorek

2021

Front. Sustain.

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“…The movement toward circularity is, in this frame, seen both as a means to prevent the violation of planetary boundaries and a strategy to ensure basic human welfare. Concepts like consumption corridors (Fuchs et al, 2021) and doughnut economics (Raworth, 2017) acknowledge that our economic systems should ensure environmental sustainability and that all humans can fulfil their basic needs. In this conceptualization of the CE social life cycle assessments can help to make clear the social impacts of materials production and trade, aiding in decisions related to both sustainable supply chains and international development (Parent et al, 2013;Vasconcellos Oliveira, 2020).…”

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Why Bother? Environmental and social implications of using durable building products

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The circular economy (CE) has emerged with the promise of conserving resources through approaches such as durability and extended product lifetimes. At the same time, buildings negatively contribute to resource use and waste production, making buildings a key target for CE strategies. However, the question of how durability and lifetimes affect the social and environmental impacts of building products remains largely unexplored. In this study, we applied environmental and social life cycle assessments (E-LCA and S-LCA, respectively) to a common building component, roof covering, to investigate the effects of durability and different lifespans, and the tradeoffs between social and environmental impacts. We tested different lifespan scenarios for three materials with different durability: thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO), zinc-coated steel, and galvanized aluminum sheets. The results suggest that it is critical to consider the tradeoffs of social and environmental benefits: steel had the most promising social performance, followed closely by aluminum, while the least durable material (TPO) had the worst environmental and social performance. However, the environmental impacts resulting from the production of aluminum sheets were significantly lower than the impacts from steel, which made aluminum the preferred choice for this case study. Moreover, product lifespans impacted the results in both E-LCA and S-LCA due to the number of replacements needed over the life of a 100year building. We discuss key limitations of integrating E-LCA and S-LCA approaches, such as data aggregation and spatial issues, lack of standards on how to account for product durability, and concerns surrounding S-LCA results interpretation.

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Consumption Corridors

Cited by 107 publications

References 40 publications

Take the Opportunity Afforded by the COVID-19 Experiences: Progressive Non-growth Policies for Sustainable Lifestyles

Take the Opportunity Afforded by the COVID-19 Experiences: Progressive Non-growth Policies for Sustainable Lifestyles

Equity Within Ecological Limits: Grand Challenge for Sustainable Consumption

Why Bother? Environmental and social implications of using durable building products

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