Essays about: "Overconsumption"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 74 essays containing the word Overconsumption.

  1. 11. Understanding views on sufficient clothing consumption: Using Q methodology

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Katla Eiríksdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Sufficiency; consumer perceptions; clothing consumption; social practice theory; Q methodology; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Overconsumption of clothes is a global environmental and social problem, where 80 billion new clothing is produced each year. Efficiency measures have focused on improving resource efficiency on the production side and improving clothing care on the consumer side. However, literature shows that these measures are not enough. READ MORE

  3. 12. : Consumer generated clothing trends that are sustainable in outcome: second hand clothes consumption and its intersection with sustainable taste regimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Rawah Younes; Faheem Ahmad Chaudhry; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Shopping for second-hand clothes is a phenomenon that has been on the rise, especially for the last twenty years. Second-hand clothes (SHC) consumption is a consumer-generated shopping trend whose consumers are discursively creating new identity meaning(s) for themselves out of their consumption. READ MORE

  4. 13. Libraries of Things - Drivers for a sustainable sharing economy? A case study of Circle Centre Lund

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Florence Kunert; [2022]
    Keywords : collaborative sharing; social change; prefiguration; sustainability science; non-profit sharing organizations; transformative potential; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The gradual destruction of global ecosystems enhanced by the predominant growth paradigm and overconsumption, require social change and alternative practices. A sustainable sharing economy is one alternative pathway to challenge the current socio-economic system. READ MORE

  5. 14. Biobased Photocurable Resins for 3D-Printing of Self-Healable & Recyclable Thermosets

    University essay from KTH/Fiber- och polymerteknologi

    Author : Anna Gardell; Maria Aspenberg; Julia Aziz; [2022]
    Keywords : vanillin; vitrimer; imine; resin; dynamic covalent bonds; biobased thermoset; photocuring; chemical recyclability; self-healing; digital light processing DLP ; 3D-printing; vanillin; vitrimer; imin; resin; dynamiska kovalenta bindningar; biobaserad härdplast; fotohärdning; kemisk återvinningsbarhet; självläkning; digital light processing DLP ; 3D-utskrift;

    Abstract : Överkonsumtionen av engångsartiklar i fossilbaserad plast är ett av dagens stora miljöproblem. Således finns en efterfrågan på strategier för framställning av biobaserade plaster i allmänhet och härdplaster i synnerhet. READ MORE

  6. 15. COLLABORATIVE FASHION CONSUMPTION : Business model analysis of digital platforms in clothing renting

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Dulanjani Damayanthi Aruppala Gedara; Imali Udeshika De Silva Gustinnawadu; [2022]
    Keywords : Clothing rental; Business model; Collaborative consumption; Digitalization; Digital platforms;

    Abstract : Renting, as one of the most common and long-existed collaborative consumption methods, recently gained attention in the fashion industry as a perfect candidate to minimize overconsumption in the fashion industry. However, the business perspective of clothing rental gained less focus in academic literature. READ MORE