Sustainable production and consumption by upcycling: Understanding and scaling up niche environmentally significant behaviour
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Kyungeun Sung's research focuses on sustainable consumption, specifically through upcycling to promote environmental responsibility and social equity. The study aims to identify barriers and drivers of upcycling in the UK, contributing to sustainable development goals such as reducing carbon emissions and enhancing quality of life. It employs a transdisciplinary approach that combines insights from various domains, including design, policy, and sustainability science.
Sustainable production and consumption by upcycling: Understanding and scaling up niche environmentally significant behaviour
- 1. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment Kyungeun Sung Supervised by Tim Cooper & Sarah Kettley Sustainable Consumption Research Group School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment Sustainable production and consumption by upcycling: Understanding and scaling up niche environmentally significant behaviour PhD Summer School RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, July 2016, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 2. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment Table of contents 1. Conception of sustainability 2. Conception of sustainable development 3. Sustainability/sustainable development in my research 4. Approaches to the study 5. Contribution to sustainability sciences 6. Contribution to sustainable development
- 3. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment A normative concept Physiocentric ethics: How human beings should act collectively towards nature Intra-generational justice: How they are responsible for each other Intergenerational justice: How they are responsible for future generations (Baker, 2006; Baumgärtner & Quaas, 2010; Derissen, Quaas, & Baumgärtner, 2011; Norton, 2005) 1. Conception of sustainability Image source: http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Beautiful-Pictures-of-Nature-and-Animals.jpg; http://www.live58.org/Portals/209485/images/congo%20poverty.jpg; http://news.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/ist2_4688926-sisters-from-around-the-world.jpg
- 4. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment 2. Conception of sustainable development Development that: “meets the needs of present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland et al., 1987, p.41) “meets fundamental human needs while preserving the life-support system of planet Earth” (Kates et al., 2001, p.641) ”creates and maintains prosperous social, economic and ecological systems” (Folke et al., 2002, p.437) Image source: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9c_Mk4eL51c/UhVfWyS79OI/AAAAAAAACho/TUXcFixfFoU/s1600/environment+(1).jpg
- 5. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment 3. Sustainability/sustainable development in my research Economy Society Environment Reducing materials and energy consumption Saving money for individuals, and job creation with new SMEs Creative, ethical, happy consumers in households Upcycling Reducing carbon emissions 80% from 1990 levels by 2050 Mitigation of climate change for: Preservation of nature (physiocentric ethics) Quality of life for everyone now (intra-generational justice) Quality of life for everyone in the future (intergenerational justice) Landscape Regimes Niches Scaling up of upcycling for bigger impact on the environment and society Scaling up of niches to regimes through niche-cluster and niche-regime, adapted from Van den Bosch (2010)
- 6. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment Gain insights into upcycling in the UK, paying special attention to product attachment and longevity Adapted framework from Darnton’s Nine Principle’s framework (Darnton, 2008) 4. Approaches to the study Identify UK-specific key drivers for and barriers to upcycling Formulate policy and design interventions for scaling up upcycling
- 7. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment 5. Contribution to sustainability sciences Transdisciplinary nature of sustainability science (Kajikawa, 2008) Dealing with three major sustainability-related research domains: climate + energy and resources + lifestyle (ibid) Three components of sustainability science: 1) goal setting: scaling up upcycling in households and beyond in the UK; 2) causal chain analysis: behaviour factor analysis; and 3) forecasting: semi-Delphi study results (ibid) Provide knowledge and guidance for actions (Baumgärtner & Quaas, 2010) Design Policy Psychology Sociology Sustainability science (core) Energy and resources Lifestyle Climate
- 8. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment 6. Contribution to sustainable development Economy Society Environment Reducing materials and energy consumption Saving money for individuals, and job creation with new SMEs Creative, ethical, happy consumers in households Upcycling Meeting the UK climate change target (80% carbon emissions reduction by 2050) Preservation of nature (physiocentric ethics) Quality of life for everyone now (intra-generational justice) Quality of life for everyone in the future (intergenerational justice)
- 9. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment References Baker, S. (2006). The concept of sustainable development. Sustainable Development, 17-48. Baumgärtner, S., & Quaas, M. (2010). What is sustainability economics? Ecological Economics, 69(3), 445-450. Brundtland, G., Khalid, M., Agnelli, S., Al-Athel, S., Chidzero, B., Fadika, L., & de Botero, M. M. (1987). Our common future ('brundtland report'). Brussels: World Commission on Environment and Development. Darnton, A. (2008). Practical guide: An overview of behaviour change models and their uses. Government Social Research Unit: www.gsr.gov.uk/downloads/resources/behaviour_change_review/practical_guide.pdf Derissen, S., Quaas, M. F., & Baumgärtner, S. (2011). The relationship between resilience and sustainability of ecological- economic systems. Ecological Economics, 70(6), 1121-1128. Folke, C., Carpenter, S., Elmqvist, T., Gunderson, L., Holling, C. S., & Walker, B. (2002). Resilience and sustainable development: Building adaptive capacity in a world of transformations. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 31(5), 437-440. Kajikawa, Y. (2008). Research core and framework of sustainability science. Sustainability Science, 3(2), 215-239. Kates, R. W., Clark, W. C., Corell, R., Hall, J. M., Jaeger, C. C., Lowe, I., & Svedlin, U. (2001). Environment and development. sustainability science. Science (New York, N.Y.), 292(5517), 641-642. Norton, B. G. (2005). Sustainability: A philosophy of adaptive ecosystem management University of Chicago Press. van den Bosch, S. J. M. (2010). Transition experiments: Exploring societal changes towards sustainability. (PhD thesis). Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam.
- 10. Kyungeun Sung, Sustainable Consumption Research Group, School of Architecture, Design and the Built EnvironmentImage sources: http://image.slidesharecdn.com/clapresentation-talisopenday-march14-140328085008-phpapp01/95/cla-presentation-talis-open-day-march-14-14-638.jpg?cb=1395996639 Thank you! Any questions? Kyungeun.sung2013@my.ntu.ac.uk http://kyungeunsung.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kyungeun_Sung