Personal and Planetary Well-being: Mindfulness Meditation, Pro-environmental Behavior and Personal Quality of Life in a Survey from the Social Justice and Ecological Sustainability Movement

Jacob, Jeffrey C.; Jovic, Emily; Brinkerhoff, Merlin B.

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“…Hamilton et al (1995) suggest that this food ''alternativism'' is often associated with New Age philosophy and a spiritual worldview (see also: Hedlund-de Witt 2011). In fact, various studies claim that natural and health foods can be viewed in a spiritual context (Campbell 2007;van Otterloo 1983van Otterloo , 1999 and can be linked to spiritual practice, such as mindfulness meditation (Jacob et al 2009). From the very beginning, spirituality was also incorporated in the Lebensreform by reformers like Rudolf Steiner, who laid the spiritual foundations of organic farming (Kirchmann et al 2008).…”

Section: A Concise Background On the Organic Movementmentioning

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The Organic Food Philosophy: A Qualitative Exploration of the Practices, Values, and Beliefs of Dutch Organic Consumers Within a Cultural–Historical Frame

Schösler

Boer

Boersema

2012

J Agric Environ Ethics

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Food consumption has been identified as a realm of key importance for progressing the world towards more sustainable consumption overall. Consumers have the option to choose organic food as a visible product of more ecologically integrated farming methods and, in general, more carefully produced food. This study aims to investigate the choice for organic from a cultural-historical perspective and aims to reveal the food philosophy of current organic consumers in The Netherlands. A concise history of the organic food movement is provided going back to the German Lebensreform and the American Natural Foods Movement. We discuss themes such as the wish to return to a more natural lifestyle, distancing from materialistic lifestyles, and reverting to a more meaningful moral life. Based on a number of in-depth interviews, the study illustrates that these themes are still of influence among current organic consumers who additionally raised the importance of connectedness to nature, awareness, and purity. We argue that their values are shared by a much larger part of Dutch society than those currently shopping for organic food. Strengthening these cultural values in the context of more sustainable food choices may help to expand the amount of organic consumers and hereby aid a transition towards more sustainable consumption.

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Section: A Concise Background On the Organic Movementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Organic Food Philosophy: A Qualitative Exploration of the Practices, Values, and Beliefs of Dutch Organic Consumers Within a Cultural–Historical Frame

Schösler

Boer

Boersema

2012

J Agric Environ Ethics

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“…As there is massive clinical evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness in reducing stress levels, political decision makers should seriously consider the possibility of providing government support to tourism service providers who are willing to offer mindfulness services to tourists. As mindfulness has positive effects on sustainable behavior (Jacob, Jovic, & Brinkerhoff, 2008, Amel, Manning, & Scott, 2009, Rosenberg, 2004, Brown, & Kasser, 2005 …”

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“…Mindfulness has a provably positive effect on creativity (Horan 2009, Ren et al, 2011, Colzato, Ozturk, & Hommel, 2012 which is a prerequisite of any innovative process (Amiable, 1997). Mindfulness has been found to be positively correlated with sustainable behavior (Jacob, Jovic, & Brinkerhoff, 2008, Amel, Manning, & Scott, 2009. Through raising awareness, and reducing the incidences of reacting habitually and acting on "auto-pilot", it can reduce exposedness to advertising, escalating consumption and material gain.…”

Section: Mindfulness and Its Significancementioning

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Mindfulness and Sustainability: Utilizing the Tourism Context

Lengyel¹

2015

JSD

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After several decades of sustainability efforts humanity is still on track to worst-case climate scenario. Other planetary boundaries have also been transgressed. The symptoms point to a root cause termed by many as a crisis of perception and value system. Our consumption-oriented world view is unsustainable. What can catalyze a perceptual paradigm shift needed to avoid global socio-ecological collapse in the long-run? Besides its manifold beneficial effects tested clinically, mindfulness has been found to be positively correlated with sustainable behavior. The article gives a theoretical grounding of mindfulness highlighting some new aspects and argues that the tourism context serves as an exceptionally suitable medium for learning mindfulness techniques. Expanding on earlier openness to new experience and Google Trends research of the author it is demonstrated that tourists have a markedly raised level of openness to new experience and also that there is a strong demand side business case for developing more mindfulness-based tourism products both globally and specifically for Hungary. The study provides further evidence of the short fade-out period of positive vacation effects and shows what type of destinations and accommodations potential wellness and ecotourists consider best for learning mindfulness.

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“…Although this latter perspective appears to be less common in the public debate, not including it into our understanding of sustainable development will likely result in excluding-and thereby discouraging-the satisfaction that people may gain from living a sustainable life. Significantly, according to psychological research, there are a host of psychological benefits associated with sustainable lifestyles, such as satisfaction, wellbeing, and happiness [67][68][69].…”

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Rethinking Sustainable Development: Considering How Different Worldviews Envision “Development” and “Quality of Life”

Witt

2014

Sustainability

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Abstract:The concept of sustainable development does not articulate what needs to be sustained, developed, or how, and is consequently intersubjective and intercultural. I therefore argue that it is essential to consider different worldviews when discussing sustainable development, and I offer broad, provisional suggestions as to how we can begin doing this. I first discuss how the notion of sustainable development at its heart is an attempt to unite conservation with growth. I then consider how different worldviews relate to this unitary ideal, by articulating how they envision "development" and "quality of life". I do this by drawing on the Integrative Worldview Framework, which distinguishes between multiple, ideal-typical worldviews. However, I argue that more important than any typology of worldviews is the reflexive attitude a worldview-perspective supports. I conclude with implications for more reflexive and inclusive forms of policy-making, also in light of the to-be-formulated Sustainable Development Goals.

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Personal and Planetary Well-being: Mindfulness Meditation, Pro-environmental Behavior and Personal Quality of Life in a Survey from the Social Justice and Ecological Sustainability Movement

Abstract: Subjective well-being, Ecological sustainability, Mindfulness meditation, Personal and planetary quality of life,

Cited by 154 publications

References 40 publications

The Organic Food Philosophy: A Qualitative Exploration of the Practices, Values, and Beliefs of Dutch Organic Consumers Within a Cultural–Historical Frame

The Organic Food Philosophy: A Qualitative Exploration of the Practices, Values, and Beliefs of Dutch Organic Consumers Within a Cultural–Historical Frame

Mindfulness and Sustainability: Utilizing the Tourism Context

Rethinking Sustainable Development: Considering How Different Worldviews Envision “Development” and “Quality of Life”

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