Exploring sustainable - living practices in masterplanned communities Research Final Report

People, products and places Exploring sustainable-living practices in masterplanned communities

Insights for sustainable lifestyles and communities: Ecocitizens as key informants

It is no easy task to understand either the complexities of sustainability or the meaning and implications of its related concepts, such as sustainable lifestyles and sustainable communities. This paper proposes directions for a situated comprehension of these notions. It will argue that a citizen-centred approach focussing on alternative forms of civil society such as the Simple Living movemen...

Climate Change and Sustainable Living in Remote Communities

Climate warming in the Circumpolar World inflicts the greatest impact on the potential for sustainable living in remote northern communities. Attaining sustainable living is a process of reducing dependencies on outside influence for the supply of goods and services in all aspects of community life, and requires entrepreneurial action at the community level. The author builds on two prior publi...

Mapping rebound effects from sustainable behaviours Key Concepts and Literature Review

2 The Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group (SLRG) is a multi-centre research network collaborating to further understanding of the opportunities and constraints on sustainable living in the UK. The SLRG is coordinated from the University of Surrey, and brings together project teams from Surrey's Centre for Environmental Strategy (CES) and Departments of Sociology and Psychology. It also includ...

Estimating direct and indirect rebound effects for UK households

The Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group (SLRG) is a multi-centre research network collaborating to further understanding of the opportunities and constraints on sustainable living in the UK. The SLRG is coordinated from the University of Surrey, and brings together project teams from Surrey's Centre for Environmental Strategy (CES) and Departments of Sociology and Psychology. It also includes...