Environmental citizens: climate pledger attitudes and micro-generation installation

Upham, Paul

doi:10.1080/13549839.2011.631991

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“…At the core of sustainable consumption and the focus of this study is understanding how and why consumers engage in behaviours that are deemed environmentally sound and sustainable. Previous studies have noted the effects of laws and government regulations (Stern, 2000;Wong et al, 1996), industry standards and practices (Wong et al, 1996), marketing campaigns (Chan, 1998), knowledge of environmental issues (Liberty and Hongjuna, 2010;Fraj-Andres andMartinez-Salinas, 2007a, 2007b), financial capability (Hedlund, 2011), consumer values and attitudes (Upham, 2012;Hartmann and Apaolaza-Ibanez, 2012), among others, on the adoption of various forms of proenvironment consumer behaviour. Underpinning these studies is the assumption that an environmentally sustainable behaviour is driven by a range of intrinsic and extrinsic factors.…”

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Explaining the environmentally-sustainable consumer behavior: a social capital perspective

Castaneda¹,

Martinez

Marte

et al. 2015

Social Responsibility Journal

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Purpose-The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social capital within a community on the adoption of consumer eco-behaviour or environmentally sustainable behaviour of consumers. The authors draw on the behavioural perspective model (BPM) of consumer behaviour and social capital theory in arguing that social capital shapes a consumer's knowledge of environmental issues and pro-environmental attitudes, which in turn influence a consumer's perceived capability to engage in eco-behaviour. Design/methodology/approach-This study uses partial least squares approach to structural equation modelling of survey data involving 1,044 consumers in the Philippines. It involves testing of a measurement model to examine the validity and reliability of the constructs used in the study. This is followed by testing of the structural models to test the hypothesised relationships of the constructs. Findings-The results suggest the substantive influence of social capital on environmental knowledge, pro-environmental attitudes and eco-capability. Both knowledge and attitudes have positive effects on eco-capability, which in turn positively shapes eco-behaviour. Research limitations/implications-Future studies can examine how social capital as a multi-dimensional construct impacts context-specific consumer behaviour. Practical implications-Social and environmental marketing may focus on social network activation to encourage eco-behaviours of consumers. Social implications-Findings highlight the role of social capital within one's community as a resource channel to encourage environmentally responsible consumer behaviour. Originality/value-The study extends the BPM by offering a social capital view as a more nuanced explanation of consumer eco-behaviour.

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Explaining the environmentally-sustainable consumer behavior: a social capital perspective

Castaneda¹,

Martinez

Marte

et al. 2015

Social Responsibility Journal

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“…If we assume that microgeneration technologies are analogous to domestic storage options, then without a strong incentive to install, uptake will likely be low to modest. Experience with domestic-focussed feed in tariffs shows the importance of financial subsidies as an enabler for microgeneration installation; even where consumers have strong pro-environmental attitudes, without subsidies only a minority can or will install (Upham, 2011). Moreover, the consumer will need to be convinced that, of the various energy-related options available, storage makes sense as an investment relative to other options.…”

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Developing pathways for energy storage in the UK using a coevolutionary framework

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A number of recent techno-economic studies have shown that energy storage could offer significant benefits to a low-carbon UK energy system as it faces increased challenges in matching supply and demand. However, the majority of this work has not investigated the real-world issues affecting the widespread deployment of storage. This paper is designed to address this gap by drawing on the systems innovation and socio-technical transitions literature to identify some of the most important contextual factors which are likely to influence storage deployment. Specifically it uses a coevolutionary framework to examine how changes in ecosystems, user practices, business strategies, institutions and technologies are creating a new selection environment and potentially opening up the energy system to new variations of storage for both electricity and heat. The analysis shows how these different dimensions of the energy regime can coevolve in mutually reinforcing ways to create alternative pathways for the energy system which in turn have different flexibility requirements and imply different roles for storage technologies. Using this framework three pathways are developed -user led, decentralised and centralised -which illustrate potential longterm trajectories for energy storage technologies in a low-carbon energy system.

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Climate change, carbon dependency and narratives of transition and stasis in four English rural communities

Phillips

Dickie

2015

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This paper explores the carbon dependency of life in four villages in England, the degree to which residents in these villages are aware of and concerned about this dependency and its relationship to climate change, and the extent to which they undertake actions that might mitigate or adapt to this dependency. The paper identifies high degrees of carbon dependency and awareness and concern about climate change and carbon dependency, although relatively low levels of mitigative or adaptive actions. The paper explores how this disjuncture between awareness and actions persists, arguing that attention needs to be paid to how people narrate stories to themselves and others that account for inaction. Five narratives of non-transition or stasis are identified, along with three, less widely adopted, narratives of transition. The significance of rurality and emotions within these narratives is highlighted

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Environmental citizens: climate pledger attitudes and micro-generation installation

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Explaining the environmentally-sustainable consumer behavior: a social capital perspective

Explaining the environmentally-sustainable consumer behavior: a social capital perspective

Developing pathways for energy storage in the UK using a coevolutionary framework

Climate change, carbon dependency and narratives of transition and stasis in four English rural communities

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