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Why are consumers skeptical of recycled goods?

Carla Delgado published a piece exploring consumers’ skepticism of buying ‘recycled goods’, how justified that skepticism is, and what communicators … More

recyclates, recycling, reuse, Sustainable Consumption, upcycling

Citizen science with children on marine plastic pollution – does it work?

Citizen science projects are considered to be capable of generating not just scientific outputs but also educational and learning effects. … More

Chile, citizen science, Education for Sustainable Development, environmental education, ESD, involvement, Marine plastic pollution, primary school, pro-environmental behavior, problem perception

How visual sustainability labels affect consumers

Labels providing information on the sustainability performance of goods and services are among the most established tools in sustainable consumption … More

Consumer Behavior, Consumer Perceiption, Eco-Labels, labelling, SLR, Sustainability Labels, sustainable consumer behavior, Sustainable Consumption, Sustainable Consumption Communication, Systematic Literature Review

Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: A Review

In a new article, Daniel Fischer and Jordan King together with colleagues from the German-Speaking Network of Teacher Education for … More

Education for Sustainable Development, ESD, SLR, Systematic Literature Review, Teacher Education for Sustainable Development, TESD

Egoistic food and altruistic clothing consumption?

Despite a wealth of research on the influence of values on sustainable consumption behaviors, there is a paucity of evidence … More

Clothing, Food, Open Theses Topic, Sustainable Consumption, Values, WUR
a pile of books with covers in different colours in front of a grey, blurred background

Time and sustainability: a missing link

In our recently published open access paper on “Time and sustainability: A missing link in formal education curricula”, we share … More

curricula, Education for Sustainable Development, open access, Publications, school, Sustainable Consumption, time use competence

Being part of a local food group: meeting more than physical needs?

Master thesis project by Karoline Hansen Full title: Local Food Groups: A setting for meeting human needs beyond material provisioning? … More

completed, food cooperative, needs satisfaction, nonhome, Sustainable Consumption

Alternative needs satisfaction in Buy nothing groups

The Washington Post published a piece by Taylor Telford on how ‘circular gift economies’ can offer alternatives to consumerist lifestyles … More

Buy Nothing, Circular Gift Economies, Consumerism, Sustainable Consumption

Gender representations in children’s entertainment media

Bachelor thesis project by Vera van Lier Full title: Polite princesses and hardworking heroes: Developing a typology of gender representations … More

completed, gender, nonhome, Sustainability Communication

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