A sufficiency perspective on sustainable consumption means recognizing that it’s not enough to simply consume more ecologically produced or energy-efficient products. For consumption to be long-term sustainable and more equitably distributed, the consumption of certain goods and services must also decrease. A sufficiency perspective also focuses on quality of life and social justice, leading to discussions about what a good life within planetary boundaries could mean.
Further reading: In Search of Sufficiency Politics: The Case of Sweden
Making Sense of Sufficiency: Entries, Practices, and Politics
Scaling Sufficiency – Towards Less Material Consumption
About author:
Karin Bradley
Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
My research concerns sustainability transitions, sharing economies, social movements and contestations around planning and policy for sustainable development. Within the Mistra programme I lead the project ““Public policy experiments”. In addition, I lead the project “Framing futures for deep transformation” together with Åsa Svenfelt.
karin.bradley@abe.kth.se
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