Consumer-related food waste: Causes and potential for action

J Aschemann-Witzel, I De Hooge, P Amani… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, food waste has received increased attention on both academic and
societal levels. As a cause of negative economic, environmental and social effects, food …

The effects of visual sustainability labels on consumer perception and behavior: A systematic review of the empirical literature

JM Majer, HA Henscher, P Reuber… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
Demand-side mitigation solutions such as changing peoples' consumption behaviors can
substantially help limit climate change (IPCC, 2022). Labelling schemes are a promising tool …

Sustainable lifestyle: Urban household carbon footprint accounting and policy implications for lifestyle-based decarbonization

L Huang, Y Long, J Chen, Y Yoshida - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Cities, as the primary hubs of economic activities and the end-points of goods and services
consumption, bear significant responsibility for the majority of global greenhouse gas …

Household installation of solar panels–Motives and barriers in a 10-year perspective

J Palm - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
This article compares what homeowners identified as motives and barriers for installing
photovoltaic panels in Sweden in 2008–2009 and in 2014–2016. Earlier research has …

Unpacking the relationships between pro-environmental behavior, life satisfaction, and perceived ecological threat

MT Schmitt, LB Aknin, J Axsen, RL Shwom - Ecological economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Using samples from Canada (N= 1220) and the United States (N= 1001), we examined how
performing a variety of pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) predicted life satisfaction …

A conceptual framework for understanding the social acceptance of energy infrastructure: Insights from energy storage

P Devine-Wright, S Batel, O Aas, B Sovacool… - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Although social acceptance research has blossomed over the last decade, interdisciplinary
studies combining market, socio-political and community aspects are scarce. We propose a …

Social science perspectives on drivers of and responses to global climate change

AK Jorgenson, S Fiske, K Hubacek, J Li… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a review of recent anthropological, archeological, geographical, and
sociological research on anthropogenic drivers of climate change, with a particular focus on …

[HTML][HTML] Why people are bad at leftover food management? A systematic literature review and a framework to analyze household leftover food waste generation …

N Aloysius, J Ananda, A Mitsis, D Pearson - Appetite, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste is a significant global problem. In the Global North, households are a major
driver of food waste generation and also a key enabler of solutions to address the issue …

Residential solar electricity adoption: What motivates, and what matters? A case study of early adopters

C Schelly - Energy Research & Social Science, 2014 - Elsevier
This research explores the question, what motivates homeowners to adopt residential solar
electric technology? Through interviews with 48 people across the state of Wisconsin, this …

Household dynamics of technology adoption: A spatial econometric analysis of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Germany

S Dharshing - Energy research & social science, 2017 - Elsevier
The growing share of small-scale residential installations in the German PV market has
attracted interest in the determinants of household adoption dynamics. While models of …