Three Dimensions of Design for Sustainable Behaviour

Shin, Hyun-Jae; Bull, R.K.

doi:10.3390/su11174610

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“…Behavioural interventions to improve health and/or environmental sustainability often have the potential for substantial impact, however they have proved difficult to achieve, especially when immediate benefits, for health, well-being or economic situation, are not directly experienced (e.g. [ 48 ].). A strong policy framework that that supports dietary choices improves health and the environment would facilitate behaviour change at scale [ 49 ].…”

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Climate change mitigation through dietary change: a systematic review of empirical and modelling studies on the environmental footprints and health effects of ‘sustainable diets’

Jarmul

Dangour

Green

et al. 2020

Environ. Res. Lett.

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The adoption of healthy diets with low environmental impact has been widely promoted as an important climate change mitigation strategy. Typically, these diets are high in plant-sourced and low in animal-sourced and processed foods. Despite the fact that their environmental impacts vary, they are often referred to as ‘sustainable diets’. Here we systematically review the available published evidence on the effect of ‘sustainable diets’ on environmental footprints and human health. Eight databases (OvidSP-Medline, OvidSP-Embase, EBSCO-GreenFILE, Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, OvidSP-CAB-Abstracts, OvidSP-AGRIS, and OvidSP-Global Health) were searched to identify literature (published 1999–2019) reporting health effects and environmental footprints of ‘sustainable diets’. Available evidence was mapped and pooled analysis was conducted by unique combinations of diet pattern, health and environmental outcome. Eighteen studies (412 measurements) met our inclusion criteria, distinguishing twelve non-mutually exclusive sustainable diet patterns, six environmental outcomes, and seven health outcomes. In 87% of measurements (n = 151) positive health outcomes were reported from ‘sustainable diets’ (average relative health improvement: 4.09% [95% CI −0.10–8.29]) when comparing ‘sustainable diets’ to current/baseline consumption patterns. Greenhouse gas emissions associated with ‘sustainable diets’ were on average 25.8%[95%CI −27.0 to −14.6] lower than current/baseline consumption patterns, with vegan diets reporting the largest reduction in GHG-emissions (−70.3% [95% CI: −90.2 to −50.4]), however, water use was frequently reported to be higher than current/baseline diets. Multiple benefits for both health and the environment were reported in the majority (n = 315[76%]) of measurements. We identified consistent evidence of both positive health effects and reduced environmental footprints accruing from ‘sustainable diets’. The notable exception of increased water use associated with ‘sustainable diets’ identifies that co-benefits are not universal and some trade-offs are likely. When carefully designed, evidence-based, and adapted to contextual factors, dietary change could play a pivotal role in climate change mitigation, sustainable food systems, and future population health.

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confidence: 99%

Climate change mitigation through dietary change: a systematic review of empirical and modelling studies on the environmental footprints and health effects of ‘sustainable diets’

Jarmul

Dangour

Green

et al. 2020

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…The selection of product feature, for a particular profile of material simplifiers, is the responsibility of the designer. We are facing the same question as Shin and Bull (2019) when defining their eight design spaces in the framework of Design for Sustainable Behavior. After the delineation of the user profile, the designers must select a specific feature or a combination of features to implement into the product.…”

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Designing products for material simplifiers: antinomy or prospective for design?

Perea,

Masclet

2024

Proc. Des. Soc.

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Considering the growing change towards material simplicity of consumers which consists in rejecting the consumer society by decreasing material needs and their consumption we interrogate in this research the possibility of products to support its transition of consumers. We address in a matrix product characteristics adaptation to pathways of consumers stemming from non-voluntary to radical disadopters. The main question of this work interrogates how products can address the disadoption/material simplicity phenomenon.

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“…The principles of product sustainability evaluation used in this work are listed as follows: economic competitiveness, environmental friendliness, and social desirability [19]. The product sustainability evaluation should not only consider the negative impact on the environment but also focus on several dimensions such as economic aspects and social issues [14,15].…”

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The Sustainability Evaluation of Masks Based on the Integrated Rank Sum Ratio and Entropy Weight Method

Zhu

Xin

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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Due to the seriousness of COVID-19, masks are considered to be as a key and effective device to cut off the spread of viruses and are widely used by people, such as doctors and patients. Hundreds of millions of masks used worldwide in daily life will inevitably cause huge pollution and damage to the environment. However, existing research has not yet provided a method to simultaneously evaluate the economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable design of masks, which brings great barriers and challenges for designers to make sustainability decisions on masks and consumers’ behavioral decisions on mask purchases. Consequently, on the basis of principles of sustainability evaluation of masks, this work evaluates ten masks of different materials (including two newly designed masks) by using a novel hybrid of rank-sum ratio and entropy weight method. The results indicate that some disposable masks also show better sustainability than reusable masks, and in addition, the integrated rank-sum ratio and entropy weight method can effectively realize the sustainability evaluation of masks. The main contribution is to furnish an effective decision-making reference for sustainability evaluation of masks while greatly reducing the negative impacts of masks on the environment during the epidemic.

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Three Dimensions of Design for Sustainable Behaviour

Cited by 14 publications

References 54 publications

Climate change mitigation through dietary change: a systematic review of empirical and modelling studies on the environmental footprints and health effects of ‘sustainable diets’

Climate change mitigation through dietary change: a systematic review of empirical and modelling studies on the environmental footprints and health effects of ‘sustainable diets’

Designing products for material simplifiers: antinomy or prospective for design?

The Sustainability Evaluation of Masks Based on the Integrated Rank Sum Ratio and Entropy Weight Method

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