Futures for Findhorn: Exploring challenges for achieving net zero in an ecological intentional community

Copeland, Claire; MacKerron, Gordon; Foxon, Timothy J.

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2023.103155

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“…This transition is expected to undergo several phases, from its emergence in peripheral niches to its adaptation and diffusion in wider communities before stabilisation [2]. Niche low-carbon communities have been multiplying and offer valuable lessons and potential models for developing net zero communities [17]. Nevertheless, the diffusion of decarbonised ways of living has been too slow, evidencing the complexity of modifying people's lifestyles.…”

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Challenges in Achieving 1.5-Degree Lifestyle Mitigation Options—Insights from a Citizen-Participatory Household Experiment in Japan

Liu

Yamabe-Ledoux

2023

Sustainability

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Recent studies have highlighted the significant role of lifestyle changes in achieving climate change targets. However, implementing substantial changes in people’s lifestyles is challenging due to the varying availability of goods and services and the influence of the surrounding environment. To address this challenge and promote low-carbon and decarbonised lifestyles on a societal scale, a two-week household experiment was conducted in four representative Japanese cities (Kyoto, Yokohama, Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima). The experiment was based on 65 carbon reduction/mitigation options proposed in previous studies. A total of 84 participants participated in the household experiments: 29 in Kyoto, 22 in Yokohama, 12 in Kitakyushu, and 21 in Kagoshima. Due to constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, implementation was monitored through a ‘household experiment diary’. The household experiments examined the status of implementation of each option and assessed the potential for improvement over a short period. Furthermore, the study identified barriers, enabling contexts and proposed support measures for implementing household mitigation actions. This study also provided policy implications for co-creating decarbonised lifestyles.

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Challenges in Achieving 1.5-Degree Lifestyle Mitigation Options—Insights from a Citizen-Participatory Household Experiment in Japan

Liu

Yamabe-Ledoux

2023

Sustainability

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Participatory energy futures as decision support on subnational scales

Copeland

2023

Env Pol Gov

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This paper argues the case for participatory exploratory energy futures development to assist net zero emissions decision making on subnational scales (local and regional authorities, communities, and neighbourhoods). There are many challenges for net zero decision making on subnational scales in the United Kingdom including a lack of statutory responsibility and societal consent for the local transformation required, and no allocation of emissions reduction to meet the national net zero emissions legislated target in aggregate. Participatory exploratory energy futures can contribute to addressing these challenges and support local decision making. This is by exploring diverse possible futures and understanding the capacity for local climate change mitigation. Participatory exploratory energy futures can act too as a seeding strategy for wider debates on a preferred local future. A framework for participatory exploratory energy futures using the 2 × 2 matrix method is proposed. It is envisaged that these exercises would be complementary to other activities on subnational scales such as climate assemblies or ‘mini‐publics’. Local electoral cycles and a lack of statutory responsibility can lead to there being a focus on implementing mini‐public recommendations that are feasible in the near term. The participatory exploratory futures developed explore possibilities for the local energy system and how it may evolve in a holistic manner not just in the near term but the longer term. When local policy and decision making is recognised as aligning with the desired rather than undesired future, this can motivate all in the herculean efforts to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.

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From youth engagement to policy insights: Identifying and testing food systems’ sustainability indicators

Desiderio,

García-Herrero,

Hall

et al. 2024

Environmental Science & Policy

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Futures for Findhorn: Exploring challenges for achieving net zero in an ecological intentional community

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

Challenges in Achieving 1.5-Degree Lifestyle Mitigation Options—Insights from a Citizen-Participatory Household Experiment in Japan

Challenges in Achieving 1.5-Degree Lifestyle Mitigation Options—Insights from a Citizen-Participatory Household Experiment in Japan

Participatory energy futures as decision support on subnational scales

From youth engagement to policy insights: Identifying and testing food systems’ sustainability indicators

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