Essays about: "sustainable futures"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 essays containing the words sustainable futures.

  1. 1. Between Environmental Burden and Utopia: Music and Art Festivals as Prefigurative Spaces for Sustainability Transformations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jakob Wondra; [2023]
    Keywords : festivals; prefiguration; three spheres of transformation; sustainability science; leverage points; culture and sustainability; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a need to identify leverage points for a broader cultural transformation that addresses the root causes of the nature-climate emergency. Music and art festivals are creative free spaces outside the everyday workings of society that have the potential to plant the seeds of a holistic, sustainable future. READ MORE

  3. 2. Imagining and Enacting Desirable Futures : A Study of French Eco-Communities

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Hélène Clouet; [2023]
    Keywords : Eco-communities; imaginaries; transformative change; local change; desirable futures; Écolieux;

    Abstract : This thesis departs from the assumption that the current socio-ecological crises require new and alternative imaginaries as well as lifestyle changes. Following a qualitative research method, seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with eco-community members and analysed thematically to determine their motivations, values and beliefs, and search for a potential common imaginary. READ MORE

  4. 3. Interacting futures of the Swedish food system

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Hanna Carlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : scenarios; scenario modelling; fuzzy cognitive maps; food systems;

    Abstract : Food systems are complex social-ecological systems. Currently, they are the source of large-scale health problems and environmental impacts, and there is widespread agreement that transformative change is needed. Scenarios are useful tools for directing such change, as they provide engaging future visions that work well with complex systems. READ MORE

  5. 4. Design av hållbara parkeringar – material, växtval och ekosystemtjänster

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Jacob Persson; Martin Toft Möllerberg; [2023]
    Keywords : parkeringar; hållbarhet; uppbyggnad; uppbyggnad; växtval; urbana värmeöar; transformation; permeabelt; ekosystemtjänster; dagvattenhantering; BGG-system; upplevelsevärden;

    Abstract : Under vår utbildning för att bli Landskapsarkitekter har vi identifierat förbättringspotential för parkeringar generellt. De har ofta döende vegetation, saknar permeabla ytor och har suboptimal utformning. READ MORE

  6. 5. Beyond the Fossil Era - potential for a pedagogy of sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Signe Tolstrup Mathiasen; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Education has the potential to play a critical role in the sustainable transformation of society which is needed to limit the consequences of the multiple ecological crises society is facing. While this has been recognised internationally at least since 1992, not a lot has been done within the Danish educational system to address issues of climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainability within education policies and practice. READ MORE