Sufficiency and Sustainability: Conceptual Analysis and Ethical Considerations for Sustainable Organisation

Lehtonen, Tommi; Heikkurinen, Pasi

doi:10.3197/096327121x16328186623878

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“…2. For recent analyses of sufficiency and de-growth in this journal see Koller 2021, Heikkurinen 2021, and Lehtonen and Heikkurinen 2022.…”

Section: Finding Ways and Means To Love Naturementioning

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Finding Ways and Means to Love Nature

Greaves

2023

Environmental Values

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“…2. For recent analyses of sufficiency and de-growth in this journal see Koller 2021, Heikkurinen 2021, and Lehtonen and Heikkurinen 2022.…”

Section: Finding Ways and Means To Love Naturementioning

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Finding Ways and Means to Love Nature

Greaves

2023

Environmental Values

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“…Heterodox economists criticize this view, arguing that the natural environment is not just another input in the production process but a complex system that is essential to human well-being (Carter, 2011; Lehtonen and Heikkurinen, 2022; Spash, 1999). The natural environment is not interchangeable with other inputs and its degradation can have irreversible effects.…”

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Mainstream economics’ war with the environment: counter-critiques from heterodox economics and Islamic economics

Yilmaz,

Deymencioğlu,

Atas

et al. 2023

IJOES

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Purpose This study aims to present the perspectives of heterodox economics and Islamic economics on environmental economics, as an alternative to mainstream economics, which takes economic growth as its main objective and argues that environmental problems will largely disappear when economic growth is achieved. Design/methodology/approach In this study, there was no intention to conduct a detailed analysis of heterodox economic models and Islamic economics. Instead, the approaches to the “environment,” which can be considered as an urgent need of the planet, were evaluated, and the inadequate proposals of the mainstream economics’ environmental approach were theoretically criticized and heterodox economics and Islamic economics were proposed as an alternative model. Findings Heterodox and Islamic economics offer alternative models of development prioritizing social and ecological justice to address environmental problems, which is in contrast to mainstream economics’ narrow focus on market mechanisms and individual rationality. Thus, engaging in more dialogue in the context of the environment is inevitable for both schools, considering the vast geography inhabited by Muslims and the proposed heterodox economic policies, and moreover, these approaches are modeled for the first time. Originality/value This article presents a synthesis of Islamic economics and heterodox thinking in contrast to mainstream economic policy, highlighting their similarities and differences and providing a more comprehensive understanding of the complexities and potential solutions of environmental problems. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this approach has not been previously explored, making it an original contribution to the literature.

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Sufficiency as relations of enoughness

Hartmann

2024

Sustainable Development

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An expanding body of literature discusses the importance of sufficiency for sustainable development. However, conceptual vagueness stands in the way of the practical application of sufficiency as a sustainability strategy. The main contribution of this paper is the introduction of the concept of relations of enoughness, building on the general notion of ‘enough’, which is prevalent in sufficiency literature. Relations of enoughness will be explained based on the widespread use of sufficiency advocating for changes and reductions of individual consumption with the goal to reduce environmental impacts such as carbon dioxide emissions. Diverse uses and understandings of sufficiency can be united in a shared structure of ‘enough/too much/too little of X regarding Y’. Relations of enoughness can be connected to sustainability by expanding them into chains of enoughness, which serve as a conceptual foundation for the sustainable consumption corridor approach. Finally, the premises of sufficiency and potential for further research are discussed.

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Sufficiency and Sustainability: Conceptual Analysis and Ethical Considerations for Sustainable Organisation

Cited by 12 publications

References 64 publications

Finding Ways and Means to Love Nature

Finding Ways and Means to Love Nature

Mainstream economics’ war with the environment: counter-critiques from heterodox economics and Islamic economics

Sufficiency as relations of enoughness

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