Fostering Sustainable Bioeconomies: The Role of Conscious Consumption

Venkatesan, Madhavi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73028-8_1

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“…People are engaged via rational nudging and emotional nudging (Cialdini, 2007), through consumer education and awareness campaigns (rational) and via photos, slogans and design competitions (emotional). This is aimed at multiple outputs: creating more conscious consumption behaviours amongst people (Muldoon, 2006; Venkatesan, 2018), contributing towards the need for food-related self-sufficiency in Japan and expressing responsible behaviour (Lin et al , 2017). At the same time, the results of the study emphasise the role of the socio-cultural paradigm in conscious consumption (Aldrovandi et al , 2015; Warde, 2014).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conscious consumption is a subjective action towards the very act of consuming goods and services (Muldoon, 2006) and involves a subjective rethinking of actions regarding Leftover food takeout interventions purchase and use of commodities (Venkatesan, 2018). Conscious consumption is indicative of a shift in the mindset regarding the possession of material and non-material goods and services considering the social, ecological, political and cultural consequences (Zalega, 2015).…”

Section: Conscious Consumption and Food Wastagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ironically, there is also increasing evidence of status and identity conformations, brand consciousness and conspicuous consumption attitudes amongst various cohorts of the global society (O'Cass and Siahtiri, 2014; Rageh Ismail and Spinelli, 2012). Therefore, enabling a conscious behaviour at the level of the individual is posited “as a traction inducing vehicle for instituting sustainability” effectively (Venkatesan, 2018). The cognisance of such behaviour and subsequent evaluation of actions is highly contributory for fostering sustainable bio-economies (Venkatesan, 2018).…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, enabling a conscious behaviour at the level of the individual is posited “as a traction inducing vehicle for instituting sustainability” effectively (Venkatesan, 2018). The cognisance of such behaviour and subsequent evaluation of actions is highly contributory for fostering sustainable bio-economies (Venkatesan, 2018).…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Consumer attitudes towards leftover food takeout interventions: a case study of the doggy bag in Japan

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Kobayashi

Wang

2021

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PurposeThe purpose is to explore consumer acceptance of the doggy bag as an intervention to promote sustainable food consumption. In particular, it explores consumer attitudes towards taking home the leftover food from eating out at restaurants as a way of sustainable consumption.Design/methodology/approachA consumer survey to explore consumer attitudes, followed by an investigation of the media communications that promote the doggy bag as a tool to reduce food wastage.FindingsStrategic communication was employed in an inclusive approach to increase the impact of the doggy bag on consumer behaviour. Consumers show a positive inclination towards using the doggy bag to take home the leftovers of their restaurant meals and reduce food wastage. Cultural biases can cause hurdles in the acceptance of the tool.Originality/valueTo the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first study to approach the behavioural analysis of leftover food takeout interventions studied from the consumer perspective. Furthermore, it is based on a novel approach of experimental methods at ready-to-eat food outlets for communicating with consumers.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conscious Consumption and Food Wastagementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

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“…The ontological assumption of coupled social-ecological systems implies that (1) humans are fundamentally dependent on the services provided by ecosystems, as well as (2), that humans are a major force in shaping local and global ecosystem dynamics in efforts (strategies) to fulfil human needs and acquire a sense of wellbeing [32] (see Figure 1). An SES-lens is a holistic approach that cannot make explicit distinctions between economic, social, and ecological dimensions of human activity: ecosystems are the source of biogenic materials and energy and, thus, include multiple life forms and physical resources to regenerate human and non-human life [75][76][77]. [78] and MEA [32]).…”

Section: From "Three-pillar" Sustainability To a Coupled Social-ecolomentioning

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Bioeconomy Transitions through the Lens of Coupled Social-Ecological Systems: A Framework for Place-Based Responsibility in the Global Resource System

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Bioeconomy strategies in high income societies focus at replacing finite, fossil resources by renewable, biological resources to reconcile macro-economic concerns with climate constraints. However, the current bioeconomy is associated with critical levels of environmental degradation. As a potential increase in biological resource use may further threaten the capacity of ecosystems to fulfil human needs, it remains unclear whether bioeconomy transitions in high income countries are sustainable. In order to fill a gap in bioeconomy sustainability assessments, we apply an ontological lens of coupled social-ecological systems to explore critical mechanisms in relation to bioeconomy activities in the global resource system. This contributes to a social-ecological systems (SES)-based understanding of sustainability from a high income country perspective: the capacity of humans to satisfy their needs with strategies that reduce current levels of pressures and impacts on ecosystems. Building on this notion of agency, we develop a framework prototype that captures the systemic relation between individual human needs and collective social outcomes on the one hand (micro-level) and social-ecological impacts in the global resource system on the other hand (macro-level). The BIO-SES framework emphasizes the role of responsible consumption (for physical health), responsible production (to reduce stressors on the environment), and the role of autonomy and self-organisation (to protect the reproduction capacity of social-ecological systems). In particular, the BIO-SES framework can support (1) individual and collective agency in high income country contexts to reduce global resource use and related ecosystem impacts with a bioeconomy strategy, (2) aligning social outcomes, monitoring efforts and governance structures with place-based efforts to achieve the SDGs, as well as (3), advancing the evidence base and social-ecological theory on responsible bioeconomy transitions in the limited biosphere.

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The Assumption of Unlimited Human Wants (AUHW) in Islamic Economics: A Tasawur Perspective

Muhammad

Yunoh

Muhamad

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Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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Fostering Sustainable Bioeconomies: The Role of Conscious Consumption

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Consumer attitudes towards leftover food takeout interventions: a case study of the doggy bag in Japan

Consumer attitudes towards leftover food takeout interventions: a case study of the doggy bag in Japan

Bioeconomy Transitions through the Lens of Coupled Social-Ecological Systems: A Framework for Place-Based Responsibility in the Global Resource System

The Assumption of Unlimited Human Wants (AUHW) in Islamic Economics: A Tasawur Perspective

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