SCORAI
Mission
SCORAI is a knowledge network of professionals working at the interface of material consumption, human well-being, and technological and cultural change. Read more…
Affiliates & Partners
One of SCORAI’s main goals is to create an expanding global network of sustainable consumption researchers and practitioners. Read more…
e-Newsletter
The SCORAI Newsletter appears each month on the first day. SCORAI invites its members to post items for the SCORAI newsletter about 1 week before the end of each month. Read more…
Listserv
SCORAI maintains a an active mailing list of more than 700 users. Subscribe to the SCORAI mailing list (listserv) and benefit from the network. Subscribe…
Eugene Memorandum
The role of cities in advancing sustainable consumption. Read more…
Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption
The past decade has seen a remarkable increase in academic and policy interest in the notion of sustainable consumption, particularly as the implementation challenges associated with a substantive international agreement on climate protection have become apparent. Read more…
SCORAI Library
We support the open science movement and share our work in our SCORAI library. Search library…
SCORAI Blog
A weblog written by engaged members of our community. Read more…
About
SCORAI provides a forum for scholars and practitioners striving to understand the drivers of the consumerist economy in affluent technological societies; to formulate and analyze options for post-consumerist lifestyles, social institutions, and economic systems; and to provide the knowledge for emergent grassroots innovations, social movements, and public policies.
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Colloqium
The Colloquium series is funded by the Rasmussen Foundation
Latest news
Happier with a smaller income?
I am approaching the stage in my life when I need to plan for my retirement. So recently I talked to my financial advisor Jason at TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association), which is a very large retirement fund for people working in academic, research, and medical fields. TIAA will provide me with a big[…]
Sustainable consumption on a city level
We, the sustainable consumption folks, like to talk about density and walkable and bikeable communities as important elements of a shift toward sustainable consumption. But very few of us actually try to implement these ideas. In the past year I have tried, and I can report that this was a hard-won victory, and a sobering lesson. I live[…]
The vanishing soap bar
The other day I went to a local pharmacy to buy a package of my favorite facial soap bars. This was no easy task. In the section for personal cleaning products the top four shelves were filled with dozens of plastic bottles full of various liquid-washing agents, with or without dispenser pumps. The soaps were humbly[…]
Communicating sustainable lifestyles: No Impact Man
At SCORAI we are currently working on narratives to communicate sustainable lifestyles to the wider public. Therein we are investigating and reviewing existing approaches, tools, stories and formats. One that caught our attention recently is the movie documentary “No Impact Man”. You can watch the trailer below.