Enabling Responsible Living

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schrader, Ulf. (Editor), Fricke, Vera. (Editor), Doyle, Declan. (Editor), Thoresen, Victoria W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Quality of Life.; Sustainable development.; Population.; Quality of Life > Research.; Environment.; Sustainable Development.; Quality of Life Research.; Population Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7

The book focuses on responsible living as the individuals contribution to sustainable development. We believe that sustainable development can only be achieved if individual freedom and responsibilities are balanced on a high level while taking social, ecological and economic needs into account. A...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I: Introduction
• Enabling Responsible Living An Introduction
• "1 + 1 = 5"
• Part II
• Understanding Responsible Living
• The Underrated Discipline, A Plea for Strengthening Home Economics
• How to Promote Sustainable Living? Inspiring Experiences�of �Dutch Downshifters
• Youth Consumption and Citizenship, The Brazilian Case
• Part III Policies for Responsible Living
• A Multi-Level Framework and Values-Based Indicators to Enable Responsible Living
• Driving Forces, Environmental pressures and Policy Instruments, Sustainable Consumption Assessment for Latvia
• Capacity for the Implementation of Education for Sustainable Consumption in Northeasat Asia, Strengthening Governmental Strategies to Promote Responsible Consumer Behaviour
• Part IV Education for Responsible Living
• Enabling Responsible Living by Increasing Social Awareness, Integrating Social Responsibility Projects into Undergraduate Curricula
• "Images and Objects", A Tool for Teaching Education for Sustainable Development and Responsible Living in Home Economics
• Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings
• Part V Corporate Responsibililty for Responsible Living
• Is Engagement in CSR Motivated by the Defined Values of Entrepreneurs?
• An Analysis of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Germany
• Empowering Responsible Consumers to be Sustainable Intrapreneurs.