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Vocabulary for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles
: A Language for Our Common Future

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- Introduction 1 Consumerism 2 Household Income Versus Carbon Footprint 3 Conspicuous/Positional Consumption 4 Hedonic Treadmill 5 Choice Paralysis 6 Generational Consumption Differences (in China) 7 Gender 8 Attitude-Behavior Gap 9 Behavior Change 10 Energy Consumption Behavior 11 Repair 12 Fast Fashion 13 Moments of Change 14 Quiet Sustainability 15 Voluntary Simplicity 16 Mindfulness 17 Work-Life Balance 18 1.5-Degree Lifestyles

- Introduction 19 Freedom of Choice 20 Social Practice Theory 21 Rebound Effects 22 Moral Licensing 23 Risk Perception 24 Living Labs 25 Convivial Technology 26 Beauty 27 Stocks Versus Flows 28 Food Miles 29 Sufficiency 30 Consumption Corridors 31 Fair Consumption Space 32 Social Tipping Points

- Introduction 33 Political Economy of Consumerism 34 Consumer Scapegoatism 35 Energy Overshoot 36 Carbon Inequality 37 The Role of Business 38 Money 39 Climate Justice 40 Ecosocial Contract 41 Ecological Economics 42 Well-being Economy 43 Foundational Economy 44 Steady-State Economy 45 Doughnut Economics 46 Degrowth 47 Sustainable Finance 48 Sharing Economy 49 Circular Economy and Society

- Introduction 50 Alternative Hedonism 51 Well-being and Life Satisfaction Versus Income 52 Spiritual Consumption 53 Values and Consumption 54 Buen Vivir and Buenos Convivires 55 Ubuntu 56 Education for Sustainable Consumption 57 Social Norms 58 Consumer-Citizen 59 Social Movements 60 Subvertising 61 Boycotts and Buycotts 62 Green Parenting 63 Grassroots Innovation 64 Prosumerism 65 Alternative Consumer Cooperatives 66 Community Supported Agriculture 67 Fair Trade 68 Food Sovereignty 69 Eco-Communities

- Introduction 70 Product-Service Systems 71 Universal Basic Services 72 Urban Planning and Spatial Allocation 73 Sustainable Housing 74 Sustainable Mobility 75 Protein Shift 76 Choice Editing 77 Green Nudging 78 Ecolabeling 79 Advertising 80 Greenwashing 81 Ecodesign 82 Extended Producer Responsibility 83 Product Returns and Right of Withdrawal 84 Information and Communication Technology 85 Consumption-Based Accounting 86 Personal Carbon Allowance 87 Co-Benefits of Climate Policy

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Laura Maria Wallnöfer

Sustainable Consumer Research Group, Institute of Marketing and Innovation, BOKU University, Austria

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