Time Policies for a Sustainable Society

Reisch, Lucia A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15198-4

Cited by 16 publications

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“…The concept of time wealth originated in the demand for an alternative concept of societal welfare, complementing a mere material comprehension of welfare by a qualitative temporal dimension (Rinderspacher, 2012). Although authors from economy (Reisch, 2001, 2015) have introduced terms like “time prosperity” or “wealth in time” to complement “wealth in goods,” other authors as Kasser and Sheldon (2009) have used the expression “time affluence” for having enough time for duties and desires as well as not feeling pressed for time. Although all mentioned terms refer to a core understanding of time wealth as having sufficient time without feeling hurried or pressed for time, different components of the concept beyond this core understanding are highlighted by different authors.…”

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Mindfulness as a path to fostering time affluence and well‐being

Schaupp

Geiger

2021

Applied Psych Health & Well

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Given that time pressure is a widespread and straining phenomenon in modern societies, strategies to alleviate it are increasingly required. Employing a quasi‐experimental longitudinal design with an active control group, the present study examined whether practicing mindfulness may attenuate time pressure and lead to more time affluence. Corroborating and extending findings on positive effects of mindfulness practice, the presented longitudinal study suggests that compared with a physically exercising control group, participation in a mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) program leads to increases in time affluence and subjective well‐being. Further, a mediation analysis revealed that the effect of increased mindfulness on subjective well‐being is partially mediated through this increase in time affluence. As the first longitudinal study suggesting a change of time affluence as a result of participation in an MBSR program, this work enriches the research on mindfulness and time affluence and provides important impetus for future research. Moreover, this research provides an explanation for the well‐established effects of mindfulness practice on well‐being: increased subjective time affluence plays a mediating role. The paper underlines the importance of considering time affluence as an element of well‐being in mindfulness and general psychology research alike.

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Mindfulness as a path to fostering time affluence and well‐being

Schaupp

Geiger

2021

Applied Psych Health & Well

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“…Overall, this study contributes novel information on the carbon footprint and its intensity of time of Japanese household activities from the time-use perspectives that are useful for evidence-based policymaking targeting household consumption behavior. In addition to carbon mitigation effects, as time use patterns are a part of household lifestyles, changes in time use patterns should also impact other aspects such as welfare and quality of life, as is indicated by Reisch (2015). Future research should therefore explore the ways for achieving the alleviation of environmental impacts while simultaneously maintaining households' well-being during the transition to sustainable lifestyles.…”

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Estimating the carbon footprint of household activities in Japan from the time-use perspective

Jiang

Motose

Ihara

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The household sector is a major driver of energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, most existing studies have only estimated households’ carbon footprint from their expenditures. Households’ daily activity time, a scarce resource that limits and determines their consumption behavior, has rarely been integrated into the estimation. Incorporating the daily time-use patterns should thus provide a more practical perspective for mitigation policies aiming at promoting sustainable household lifestyles. In this study, by linking household time-use data and expenditure data of Japan, the carbon footprint and the GHG intensity of time of 85 daily household activities constituting the 24 hours in a day are estimated. Compared to the maximal 20-activity disaggregation in existing studies, our detailed 85-category disaggregation of daily time enables unprecedented details on the discrepancies between the carbon footprint from daily activities, many of which have previous been treated as one activity. Results indicate significant carbon mitigation potential in activities with a high GHG intensity of time, such as cooking, bathing, and mobility-related and activities. Average daily GHG emissions were also found to be higher on weekends as time-use patterns shift from paid work to free-time activities, highlighting the need for mitigation strategies on a weekly scale.

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“…Here, we argue that a socio-ecological time-use perspective can work better than promoting austerity to achieve reductions in resource use. Spending a good time with low-carbon activities, for example, can enhance human quality of life and lower carbon emissions at the same time (Schor, 2010;Reisch, 2015) providing eventually both: more care and climate justice.…”

Section: Sustainable Development and Timementioning

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Time to care—Care for time—How spending more time for care than consumption helps to mitigate climate change

2023

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Mitigating climate change requires urgent reductions in emissions. Demand-side measures focus on footprints (direct and indirect emissions) of consumption. Analyzing time use brings a novel perspective to discuss the carbon implications of everyday life and the potentials and limitations for decarbonizing consumption. In this study, we show how time-use studies can serve as a bridging concept between sustainability studies and the analysis of human wellbeing for all. We introduce a functional time-use perspective differentiating personal, committed, contracted, and free time. We calculate the average carbon intensity of everyday activities in Austria in 2010 combining the Austrian Time-use Survey and Austrian Household Budget Survey with Eora-MRIO. We find that these activities differ widely in carbon intensity. Personal time is relatively low-carbon intense, while free time activities show large variation in terms of CO2e footprint/hour. The traditional gendered division of labor shapes the time-use patterns of women and men, with implications for their carbon footprints. Reassessing and sharing unpaid reproductive caring activities are the basis for solving some urgent ecological and social problems. The way household members use their time, the resource demand of households and infrastructure, and the services provided by communities entail each other. Time use, time prosperity, and especially time scarcity determine our quality of life. Caring activities as “time to care” play a crucial role in pathways toward socio-ecological transformation and gender equality. Further research in the field of time, care, and gender studies could be based on this framework and add new perspectives on research on sustainable development.

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Time Policies for a Sustainable Society

Cited by 16 publications

References 40 publications

Mindfulness as a path to fostering time affluence and well‐being

Mindfulness as a path to fostering time affluence and well‐being

Estimating the carbon footprint of household activities in Japan from the time-use perspective

Time to care—Care for time—How spending more time for care than consumption helps to mitigate climate change

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