Thrifty, green or frugal: Reflections on sustainable consumption in a changing economic climate
Thrifty, green or frugal: Reflections on sustainable consumption in a changing economic climate
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DOI：
10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.03.008
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发表时间：
2011-09
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3.5
通讯作者：
D. Evans
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作者：
D. Evans
在2007年至2009年期间影响世界主要经济体的一系列经济危机的背景下，围绕这些问题的辩论与围绕气候变化等长期环境问题的辩论之间似乎存在一定程度的重叠。一个有趣的重叠点是，人们重新对紧缩的概念感兴趣，乐观的评论家提出希望，认为（重新）转向节俭是追求可持续消费的独特机会。在这一背景下，分析报告提出了一种将节俭作为一种社会做法的方法，并借鉴了对那些自称试图减少其环境影响的人进行的定性研究，审议了节俭与可持续消费之间的联系。最重要的是，节俭和节俭之间的区别是：（1）他们行使关怀和同情的规模;（2）他们与消费文化的规范性期望的关系;（3）他们对环境的影响。考虑到这些区别以及对不断变化的消费模式的历史分析，提出了一个警告，即从经济衰退到可持续消费的过渡可能不像人们所希望的那样明确。
In the context of a string of economic crises that have affected major world economies between 2007 and 2009, there seems to be a certain amount of overlap between debates around these issues and debates around long term environmental problems such as climate change. One of the interesting points of overlap is a renewed interest in notions of austerity with optimistic commentators offering up hope that a (re)turn to frugality represents a unique opportunity for the pursuit of sustainable consumption. Against this backdrop the analysis sets out an approach to frugality as a social practice and drawing on a qualitative study of persons who identified themselves as attempting to reduce their environmental impacts, it considers the links between frugality and sustainable consumption. Crucially, a distinction is drawn between thrift and frugality in relation to: (1) the scale at which they exercise care and compassion; (2) their relationship to the normative expectations of consumer cultures, and; (3) their consequences in terms of environmental impacts. Taking these distinctions alongside historical analyses of changing consumption patterns, a note of caution is offered that the passage from the economic downturn to sustainable consumption may not be as clear as might be hoped.