Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-Technical transitions and Social Practices

Authors

Maurie J. Cohen, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Halina Szejnwald Brown, Clark University
Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute

Document Type

Book

Abstract

This timely volume recognizes that traditional policy approaches to reduce human impacts on the environment through technological change - for example, emphasizing resource efficiency and the development of renewable energy sources - are insufficient to meet the most pressing sustainability challenges of the twenty-first century. Instead, the editors and contributors argue that we must fundamentally reconfigure our lifestyles and social institutions if we are to make the transition toward a truly sustainable future.

Publication Title

Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-Technical Transitions and Social Practices

Publication Date

2-28-2013

First Page

1

Last Page

289

ISBN

9781781001257

DOI

10.4337/9781781001349

Repository Citation

Cohen, Maurie J.; Brown, Halina Szejnwald; and Vergragt, Philip J., "Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-Technical transitions and Social Practices" (2013). Sustainability and Social Justice. 402.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_idce/402