Challenging Consumerism: Toward Living Well Sustainably
Vancouver, Canada - 8-10 March 2012
Hosted by One Earth, the 3rd Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) workshop took place from March 8-10, 2012, at the University of British Columbia's Liu Institute for Global Issues, in Vancouver, Canada. This gathering brought together leading, innovative researchers from universities and policy think tanks with a diverse group of North American policy makers, practitioners and representatives from NGOs, business and industry associations, financial institutions and advocacy organizations. It builds on SCORAI’s October 2009 inaugural workshop held at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and SCORAI’s second workshop in Mountains Lake House, Princeton, New Jersey, in April 2011.
This workshop had three objectives:
1. To deepen the knowledge base of how systemic changes toward a more sustainable society can take place;
2. To assemble the empirical findings from local practices in sustainable well-being that are being demonstrated in localities across North America and internationally;
3. To examine the above findings through the lenses of critical theory, policy making, business strategy, technology assessment, sustainability education, and others, with an eye toward identifying those that have potential for mainstreaming and promoting systemic change.
Click here for the final report of the workshop.
More details, including the agenda, the list of participants, and presentations, are available on the workshop website: http://scorai2012.wordpress.com/
This workshop had three objectives:
1. To deepen the knowledge base of how systemic changes toward a more sustainable society can take place;
2. To assemble the empirical findings from local practices in sustainable well-being that are being demonstrated in localities across North America and internationally;
3. To examine the above findings through the lenses of critical theory, policy making, business strategy, technology assessment, sustainability education, and others, with an eye toward identifying those that have potential for mainstreaming and promoting systemic change.
Click here for the final report of the workshop.
More details, including the agenda, the list of participants, and presentations, are available on the workshop website: http://scorai2012.wordpress.com/
About SCORAI: SCORAI is a knowledge network of professionals working at the interface of material consumption, human well-being, and technological and cultural change. We aim to foster a transition beyond the currently dominant consumer society. For more information, see http://scorai.org.