Content with keyword: sufficiency

Sobriété et normes de consommation: une analyse des pratiques de sobriété volontaires et contraintes

GORGE H., HERBERT M., ÖZÇAGLAR-TOULOUSE N., ROBERT I. (2018). Publié dans La sobriété énergétique, un enjeu d’équité sociale, ed. Semal L. and Villalba B., Paris, Quæ, 159-172.

Face à la crise écologique globale, la transition énergétique est aujourd’hui devenue un enjeu crucial pour les démocraties modernes. Pourtant, l’essentiel des politiques de transition mises en œuvre restent animées par un idéal d’abondance énergétique, et concentrent leurs efforts sur les aspects techniques du problème : gains d’efficacité et promotion des renouvelables.… >> continue reading

What Do We Really Need? Questioning Consumption Through Sufficiency

Hélène Gorge, Maud Herbert, Nil Özçglar-Toulouse and Isabelle Robert. Paper published in Journal of Macromarketing 1-12 (2014).

illustration-sufficiencyThis article introduces the concept of sufficiency, its specific dual nature (voluntary and obliged), and its collective implications to the literature on sustainability. Sufficiency implies a reorganization of consumption priorities and is introduced by a discussion of consumerism and the dominant social paradigm. Long interviews with sufficient people show the complexity of the construct, which creates semantic oppositions around the notion of having (everything vs.… >> continue reading

SOBRIETES project on energy sufficiency

This research project is supported by Conseil régional Nord-Pas-Calais and ADEME (the French Agency for Environment and Energy Conservation). It involves 3 regional research centers: Ceraps (Lille 2), Clersé (Lille 1) and LSMRC (Lille 2). A network of institutional and civil society partners is associated to the project.

Beyong energy efficiency and renewables, ‘energy sufficiency’ can play an important role in achieving a ‘Factor 4’ reduction in fossil fuel consumption. This project aims at better understanding and collecting practices related to energy sufficiency in the French Nord Pas de Calais region.… >> continue reading