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Gill Seyfang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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ecological citizenship and sustainable consumption examining local organic food networks
Journal of Rural Studies, 2006Co-Authors: Gill SeyfangAbstract:Abstract Sustainable consumption is gaining in currency as a new environmental Policy Objective. This paper presents new research findings from a mixed-method empirical study of a local organic food network to interrogate the theories of both sustainable consumption and ecological citizenship. It describes a mainstream Policy model of sustainable consumption, and contrasts this with an alternative model derived from green or ‘new economics’ theories. Then the role of localised, organic food networks is discussed to locate them within the alternative model. It then tests the hypothesis that ecological citizenship is a driving force for ‘alternative’ sustainable consumption, via expression through consumer behaviour such as purchasing local organic food. The empirical study found that both the organisation and their consumers were expressing ecological citizenship values in their activities in a number of clearly identifiable ways, and that the initiative was actively promoting the growth of ecological citizenship, as well as providing a meaningful social context for its expression. Furthermore, the initiative was able to overcome the structural limitations of mainstream sustainable consumption practices. Thus, the initiative was found to be a valuable tool for practising alternative sustainable consumption. The paper concludes with a discussion of how ecological citizenship may be a powerful motivating force for sustainable consumption behaviour, and the Policy and research implications of this.
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Community currencies: A new tool for sustainable consumption?
Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, 2006Co-Authors: Gill SeyfangAbstract:Sustainable consumption is gaining currency as a new environmental Policy Objective, but there is a limit to the changes in consumption behaviour which individuals can make within current socio-economic frameworks. The 'new economies' literature argues that sustainable consumption is characterised by five factors: localisation, reducing ecological footprints, community-building, collective action, and building new social institutions. These form a set of indicators for evaluation of initiatives and policies. Community currencies have been put forward as a new tool to promote sustainable consumption, but until now there has been no appraisal of their ability to deliver this goal. Three different community currency types are described and their effectiveness and potential in enabling more sustainable consumption patterns is assessed against this set of indicators. The currencies examined are: Local Exchange Trading Schemes (LETS) which aims to rebuild local economies through cashless exchange; Time Banks promote volunteering, civic engagement and mutual self-help by rewarding unpaid work in the community; and the previously unresearched NU-card, a 'green loyalty point' currency which incentivises sustainable consumption. The findings of this preliminary analysis indicate that while they all represent nascent social institutions based on different sets of values to the mainstream, each model of community currency successfully achieves some, but not all, of the criteria for sustainable consumption. However, the currencies are complementary and between them each of the indicators is met. The Policy and research implications of the study are discussed.
Moshe Givoni - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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motility as a Policy Objective
Transport Reviews, 2018Co-Authors: Rebecca Shliselberg, Moshe GivoniAbstract:ABSTRACTWestern literature abounds with powerful imagery of mobility and travel, extolling the richness of experience and learning that can only happen along the way. The more common Policy and res...
Rebecca Shliselberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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motility as a Policy Objective
Transport Reviews, 2018Co-Authors: Rebecca Shliselberg, Moshe GivoniAbstract:ABSTRACTWestern literature abounds with powerful imagery of mobility and travel, extolling the richness of experience and learning that can only happen along the way. The more common Policy and res...
Calum Gunn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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energy efficiency vs economic efficiency new zealand electricity sector reform in the context of the national energy Policy Objective
Energy Policy, 1997Co-Authors: Calum GunnAbstract:Abstract In this article, I review the diverse commentaries on New Zealand's ongoing electricity sector reform process, within the context of the Government's energy Policy Objective. In doing so, my purpose is to highlight the interactions between the concepts of energy efficiency and economic efficiency. In particular, I ask: how do the various commentators on reform define these concepts; what indicators do they use to measure them; and, what level of each do they prescribe as appropriate? My main Objective is not to decide whether any commentator is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. Rather, I seek to identify the distinct ‘world views’, or ‘paradigms’, underlying the commentaries with respect to both energy efficiency and economic efficiency. I conclude that economic efficiency is consistent with a ‘supply side paradigm’, valuing economic growth, whereas those who value energy efficiency over economic efficiency subscribe to a ‘demand side paradigm’, recognising the limits to growth. Such a paradigm derives from the ethic of sustainability. I close by posing the (as yet unanswered) question: are these paradigms mutually exclusive?
Geert Lerouxroels - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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vaccine induced hiv seropositivity a problem on the rise
Journal of Clinical Virology, 2011Co-Authors: Eva Van Braeckel, Marguerite Koutsoukos, Patricia Bourguignon, Frederic Clement, Lisa Mcnally, Geert LerouxroelsAbstract:Background: Vaccine-induced antibodies to envelope proteins frequently cause HIV seroconversion in uninfected recipients of HIV vaccine candidates and may thus have an impact on the vaccinee’s ability to donate blood or acquire a life insurance Policy. Objective: To determine the occurrence of positive test results when commonly used HIV immunoassays are used to screen sera of HIV-uninfected volunteers who received an adjuvanted HIV-1 vaccine candidate containing HIV-1 antigens p24, reverse transcriptase, Nef and p17. Study design: Sera of 50 subjects who received this polyprotein vaccine in a single center in Belgium were tested with 6 HIV screening assays and 1 confirmation test. All samples were drawn one year after the administration of the first of two vaccine doses given with one month interval. Results: Forty-five (90%) sera showed a positive test result in at least one of the 7 HIV tests used. The positivity rates were 88% in the Elecsys HIV Combi assay, 74% in the ADVIA Centaur EHIV and 48% in the PRISM HIV O Plus assay. Conclusions: Interpretation of HIV test results is becoming increasingly complex with the growing number of volunteers participating in prophylactic HIV vaccine trials worldwide and the rising number of viral antigens included in these vaccine candidates. The results of this study in recipients of a highly immunogenic adjuvanted polyprotein HIV vaccine candidate devoid of envelope proteins, illustrate the increasing need for approaches that can discriminate HIV infection-induced antibodies from those elicited by a vaccine. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
