Essays about: "Overconsumption"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 74 essays containing the word Overconsumption.

  1. 21. We have an emergency, we need to slow down: social innovations and degrowth towards a sustainable fashion sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Evelina Danielsson Valladares; Matthieu Thomas; [2022]
    Keywords : Degrowth; Socio-cultural change; Social Innovation; Sustainable Fashion; Fashion Practice; Values; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Led by the growth paradigm, the fashion sector finds itself in patterns of overproduction and overconsumption putting immense pressure on socio-ecological systems. To tackle this current system, the degrowth movement emerges as a plausible solution. READ MORE

  3. 22. Sustainable Prosumer Identity projects and motives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Omar Hawasli; Chupei Zhang; [2022]
    Keywords : Consumer culture theory; Prosumer; Prosumption; Identity; Identity motive; Identity process. The process-oriented model; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As people develop different identities throughout their lifespan, unparalleled challenges such as climate change and COVID-19 and the great tendency to adapt to more sustainable life have encouraged them to opt for types of identities that are more suitable to overcome such challenges. Identities based on purchasing products and services for self-consumption have become less attractive, an inactive stance has been supplanted with a more active one where a growing number of people are more conscious of the adverse effects of their consumption on the environment and society, and more inclined to disengage from the market by refusing overconsumption and forming an identity that is denoted by anti-consumption or self-production. READ MORE

  4. 23. “Dead white man’s clothes” : The influence of second hand import on young Ghanaians’ consuming patterns

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

    Author : Hanna Skoglund; Johanna Samuelsson; Linda Finell; [2022]
    Keywords : Second hand; Second hand import; Consumption; Postcolonialism; Attachment to clothes;

    Abstract : Generally, not many in the Global North are aware of the complexity behind the second hand clothing trade and donations. Today, Ghana has become one of the biggest markets for imported second hand clothing. With this, the Akan saying “Obroni Wawu” has come, and translates into “Dead White Man’s Clothes”. READ MORE

  5. 24. Millennial's fashion buying behavior from Buy Now, Pay Later perspective : A study of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) and its influence on millennials buying behavior andconsumption when mobile shopping

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

    Author : Aiman Khan; Abang Vilary Mbanyi; [2022]
    Keywords : BNPL; Millennials; Fashion; Overconsumption; Sustainability; online shopping;

    Abstract : This study aims at examining BNPL's influence on millennials buying behavior on fashion products and how it affects their consumption of apparel. As BNPL increasingly gains ground in e-commerce as a payment method, that is highly used because of the kind of functionality it provides to both brands and consumers in particular. READ MORE

  6. 25. Trä som byggnadsmaterial : en undersökning av miljömässig hållbarhet

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sarah Kallmén; [2022]
    Keywords : trä; materialval; byggnadsmaterial; miljö; Sverige;

    Abstract : Sveriges landskap är till stora delar skogsbeklädd, huvudsakligen med gran och tall som odlas fram i ett rotationsskogsbruk. Träanvändningen inom byggnadsbranschen ökar, vilket öppnat en diskussion för hur intensivt skogen ska brukas med hänsyn till miljön. READ MORE