Sammanfattning
The mankind has faced three regimes: hunter-gatherers, agrarian societies and
industrial societies. A transition towards sustainable society will be the next regime. It means a fundamental re-orientation of society and the economy. It is based on knowledge, thinking, value, attitude and behavior change. Finnish university students (n = 198) assessed their attitudes and achievements in implementation of sustainable development in their daily life. The data were collected using a theory-grounded semantic differential technique. A measurement instrument was created by balancing 33 variables of ecological, economic and social sustainability. The variables were indicators
of attitudes and behavior. Post-materialistic behavior was operationalized as follows: (a) importance of owning is decreased, (b) services are used instead of owning goods, and (c) renewal of goods is motivated by real needs. Performing of logistic regression analysis found that the difference with the
most and less post-materialistic way behaving groups was statistically significant in the following
attitudes: health-promoting lifestyle, recycling, organic food, water conservation, maintaining of civil
society, favoring the eco-labeled products and using renewable energy resources. These themes are
discussed in the paper and a model of sustainability promoting social change is created.
Keywords: Sustainable development, consumerism, post-materialism, attitudes, social change
industrial societies. A transition towards sustainable society will be the next regime. It means a fundamental re-orientation of society and the economy. It is based on knowledge, thinking, value, attitude and behavior change. Finnish university students (n = 198) assessed their attitudes and achievements in implementation of sustainable development in their daily life. The data were collected using a theory-grounded semantic differential technique. A measurement instrument was created by balancing 33 variables of ecological, economic and social sustainability. The variables were indicators
of attitudes and behavior. Post-materialistic behavior was operationalized as follows: (a) importance of owning is decreased, (b) services are used instead of owning goods, and (c) renewal of goods is motivated by real needs. Performing of logistic regression analysis found that the difference with the
most and less post-materialistic way behaving groups was statistically significant in the following
attitudes: health-promoting lifestyle, recycling, organic food, water conservation, maintaining of civil
society, favoring the eco-labeled products and using renewable energy resources. These themes are
discussed in the paper and a model of sustainability promoting social change is created.
Keywords: Sustainable development, consumerism, post-materialism, attitudes, social change
| Originalspråk | engelska |
|---|---|
| Titel på gästpublikation | Trends and Future of Sustainable Development : Proceedings of the Conference “Trends and Future of Sustainable Development” |
| Redaktörer | Hanna Lakkala, Jarmo Vehmas |
| Antal sidor | 17 |
| Utgivningsort | Turku |
| Förlag | University of Turku, Finland Futures Research Centre |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2011 |
| Sidor | 185 - 201 |
| ISBN (elektroniskt) | 978-952-249-131-2 |
| Status | Publicerad - 2011 |
| MoE-publikationstyp | A3 Del av bok eller annan forskningsbok |
Publikationsserier
| Namn | FFRC eBOOK |
|---|---|
| Förlag | Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku |
| Nummer | 15/2011 |
| ISSN (elektroniskt) | 1797-1322 |
Bibliografisk information
Julkaistu 1.3.2012Volume:
Proceeding volume:
Vetenskapsgrenar
- 516 Pedagogik