Scenarios based on sustainability discourses: constructing alternative consumption and consumer perspectives.

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Publication year: 2010
Source: Futures, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2010

Maarten, Crivits , Erik, Paredis

This paper describes a research based scenario project on sustainable consumption in Belgium. In the Consentsus project a scenario method was developed and tested by the research team to assess scenarios both as learning and participation tools for sustainable consumption. By using a decomposition analysis a solid ground was laid to adequately summarize three guiding principles on how to reach a (more) sustainable consumption: eco-efficiency, de-commodification and sufficiency. These ‘pure’ strategies–showing significant similarities with concrete discourses - were then translated into a participative process: two expert-driven workshops and interim research yielded three future images of food consumption as well as...

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