Sustainable Production Consumption Systems

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1 Sustainable Production Consumption Systems

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3 Louis Lebel Sylvia Lorek Rajesh Daniel Editors Sustainable Production Consumption Systems Knowledge, Engagement and Practice

4 Editors Dr. Louis Lebel Faculty of Social Sciences Unit for Social and Environmental Research Chiang Mai University Thailand Dr. Sylvia Lorek Sustainable Europe Research Institute Overath Germany Rajesh Daniel Faculty of Social Sciences Unit for Social and Environmental Research Chiang Mai University Thailand ISBN e-isbn DOI / Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: Springer Science+Business Media B.V No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (

5 Contents 1 Production Consumption Systems and the Pursuit of Sustainability... 1 Louis Lebel and Sylvia Lorek 2 Cultivating Consumer Restraint in an Ecologically Full World: The Case of Take Back Your Time Michael F. Maniates 3 Sustainability Transitions Through the Lens of Lifestyle Dynamics Fritz Reusswig 4 Emerging Challenges of Consumer Activism: Protecting Consumers and Advocating Sustainable Consumption in Developing Countries Uchita de Zoysa 5 Sustainability in the Electricity Production and Consumption System A Consumers Perspective Doris Fuchs and Sylvia Lorek 6 Agrofuels in Thailand: Policies, Practices and Prospects Rajesh Daniel, Louis Lebel, and Shabbir H. Gheewala 7 Enabling Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture: Narrowing the Gaps Between Science and Policy in Thailand Dao Huy Giap, Po Garden, and Louis Lebel 8 The Contribution of Organic Food Production to Sustainable Nutrition: A Case Study on the Organic Niche Market in Eastern Germany Benjamin Nölting v

6 vi Contents 9 Sustainable Information in the Pork Chain Agni Kalfagianni 10 Sustainable Consumption by Certification: The Case of Coffee Arnold Tukker 11 Production and Consumption of Tourist Landscapes in Coastal Areas: Case Study of Tourism in Malaysia Ooi Giok Ling 12 Enhancing Sustainable Tourism in Thailand: A Policy Perspective Hannarong Shamsub 13 Tourism Products, Local Host Communities and Ecosystems in Goa, India Ligia Noronha 14 Conclusion: Linking Knowledge and Action Louis Lebel and Sylvia Lorek Erratum... E1 Index

7 Contributors Rajesh Daniel Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Doris Fuchs Professor of International Relations and Development, University of Münster, Münster, Germany Po Garden Internews Earth Journalism Network, Chiang Mai, Thailand Shabbir H Gheewala Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), King Mongkut s University of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand shabbir_g@jgsee.kmutt.ac.th Dao Huy Giap Department of Agriculture, Hanoi University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam awuaasia@gmail.com Agni Kalfagianni Department of International Relations and European Integration, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany agni.kalfagianni@sowi.uni-stuttgart.de Louis Lebel Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand louis@sea-user.org vii

8 viii Contributors Giok Ling Ooi National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sylvia Lorek Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Head of Sustainable Consumption Research, Overath, Germany Michael Maniates Professor of Political Science and Environmental Science, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, USA Ligia Noronha Director of the Resources and Global Security Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India Benjamin Nölting Center for Technology and Society, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany Fritz Reusswig Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany Hannarong Shamsub RMIT International University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Arnold Tukker Sustainable Innovation, TNO, Delft, Netherlands Uchita de Zoysa Executive Director, Centre for Environment & Development (CED)