18 November 2016

The Future of Consumer Society - Maurie J. Cohen

Maurie J. Cohen, Professor of Sustainability Studies and Director of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, New Jersey Institute of Technology and former SCI Visiting Professorial Fellow's latest book 'The Future of Consumer Society' now available.

Consumer society in the United States and other countries is receding due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, and resource scarcity. At the same time, steady jobs that compensate employees on a salaried or hourly basis are being replaced by freelancing and contingent work. The rise of the so-called sharing economy, the growth of do-it-yourself production, and the spreading popularity of economic localization are evidence that people are striving to find new ways to ensure livelihoods for themselves and their families in the face of profound change. Indications are that we are at the early stages of a transition away from a system of social organization predicated on consumerism. 

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19 May 2017

Follow the Action - latest SCI Blog

Follow the Action, latest SCI blog. Jo Mylan and Dale Southerton discuss the challenge of studying practices http://bit.ly/2qAoS6p

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30 March 2017

Overcoming ‘Speciesism’: How to include other living beings – latest SCI blog

Overcoming ‘Speciesism’: How to include other living beings – latest SCI blog.  Anna Wienhues & Steffen Hirth critique anthropocentric thinking

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21 March 2017

Planet 50:50? Linking labour and environment this International Women’s Day

In our latest blog Sherilyn MacGregor talks about the connections between feminist goals for gender equality and environmentalist visions of a green economy http://bit.ly/2mpapt9

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