A sustainable consumption teaching review: from building competencies to transformative learning

Sahakian, Marlyne and Seyfang, Gill ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-0798 (2018) A sustainable consumption teaching review: from building competencies to transformative learning. Journal of Cleaner Production, 198. pp. 231-241. ISSN 0959-6526

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Abstract

Sustainable consumption (SC) is a growing area of research, practice and policy-making that has been gaining momentum in teaching programs among higher education institutions. Understanding how, in what way, and what we consume, in relation to environmental integrity and intra/inter-generational equity, is a complex question, all the more so when tied up with questions of social change, justice and citizenship. To understand and address (un)sustainable consumption, different disciplines and related methodologies are often brought together, ranging from sociology, economics and psychology, to political science, history and environmental engineering. Combining and indeed transcending disciplinary approaches is necessary, and what better place to explore these approaches than in the classroom? In this article, a review of sustainable consumption teaching is presented in relation to learning competencies, with discussions around emerging topics related to this theme, as well as promising approaches towards transdisciplinary learning. Examples of how action-oriented, learner-cantered and transformative approaches can be put into practice are also provided. In the conclusion, emerging trends are discussed, along with challenges and opportunities for teaching sustainable consumption in the future.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sustainable consumption,education for sustainable development,teaching,transformative learning
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2018 09:30
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2023 02:16
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/67482
DOI:	10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.238

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