可持续消费与福祉红利:中国城市零垃圾运动的启示

IF 3.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Ma Zhan
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摘要

大幅削减日常消费的碳足迹是全球气候行动不可或缺的组成部分,尤其是在富裕国家。可持续消费——尤其是减少消费——是否能如“福利红利”理论所规定的那样提高人类福祉,并有助于环境改善?本文对中国城市“零浪费”社区的福利红利进行了实证研究。通过对45位零废物实践者的深度访谈和虚拟人种志,我探索了可持续消费如何满足人类的多种需求,并提高个人和集体的福祉。这项研究强调了生活方式社区在需求满足过程中的重要性,并指出当代社会如何通过对协同需求满足者提供特殊保护来实现可持续的需求满足——首先是允许绿色社区蓬勃发展。此外,通过“远程情感制度”的概念,本文揭示了对福祉的关注如何在社区内产生共同的目的、目标和情感,暗示了在可持续性转型中参与人们对福祉的核心追求的重要性。最后,绝大多数关于可持续福祉的研究都集中在西方国家。相比之下,这项工作提供了对中国这一主题的见解,并提出了关于发展中国家增长、消费和福祉之间动态关系的关键问题。它还呼吁进一步探索更可持续的“发展”模式,其核心是在地球范围内为所有人提供福祉。
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Sustainable consumption and the well-being dividend: Insights from the zero-waste movement in Chinese cities
Abstract Achieving deep cuts in the carbon footprints of everyday consumption is an indispensable component of climate actions globally, not least in the wealthier nations. Can sustainable consumption—and especially reduced consumption—enhance human well-being as stipulated by theories of the “well-being dividend” as well as contribute to environmental improvements? This article presents an empirical study of the well-being dividend among communities of “zero waste” in Chinese cities. Using 45 in-depth interviews and virtual ethnography of zero-waste practitioners, I explore how sustainable consumption could satisfy multiple human needs and enhance individual and collective well-being. This research highlights the significance of lifestyle communities in processes of needs fulfillment and points to how contemporary societies could enable sustainable needs fulfillment by giving special protections to synergic need satisfiers—starting by allowing green communities to flourish and thrive. Further, through the concept of “teleoaffective regimes,” this article brings to light how concerns over well-being give rise to shared ends, goals, and emotions within communities, hinting at the importance of engaging with people’s core pursuit of well-being in sustainability transformations. Finally, the vast majority of studies on sustainable well-being have focused on Western countries. By contrast, this work provides insights into this topic from China and raises critical questions about the dynamics between growth, consumption, and well-being in developing nations. It also calls for further exploration of more sustainable models of “development” that center on delivering well-being to all within planetary boundaries.
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Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
CiteScore
12.00
自引率
0.00%
发文量
54
审稿时长
27 weeks
期刊介绍: Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy is a refereed, open-access journal which recognizes that climate change and other socio-environmental challenges require significant transformation of existing systems of consumption and production. Complex and diverse arrays of societal factors and institutions will in coming decades need to reconfigure agro-food systems, implement renewable energy sources, and reinvent housing, modes of mobility, and lifestyles for the current century and beyond. These innovations will need to be formulated in ways that enhance global equity, reduce unequal access to resources, and enable all people on the planet to lead flourishing lives within biophysical constraints. The journal seeks to advance scientific and political perspectives and to cultivate transdisciplinary discussions involving researchers, policy makers, civic entrepreneurs, and others. The ultimate objective is to encourage the design and deployment of both local experiments and system innovations that contribute to a more sustainable future by empowering individuals and organizations and facilitating processes of social learning.
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