We all have a vision of a sustainable future. Through looking at the variety of actions and values at different levels of analysis from international organisations to community initiatives, I have shown that, as a collective, we can pave the way to a more sustainable society. Involvement at an individual scale is important to push bigger institutions to make a change to help us live more sustainably. In order to curb our current unsustainable practices, there must be top-down AND bottom-up action!

 

Definitions:

Collective action: Efforts by a group of people in order to reach a common objective

 

Citations (click here for a full reference list!):

Clapp, Jennifer, and Peter Dauvergne. Paths to a Green World: the Political Economy of the Global Environment. MIT Press, 2011.

Heath, Chip and Dan Heath. Switch. Broadway Books, 2010.

Mainelli, Michael, and Ian Harris. The Price of Fish: A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Design.  Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2014. 1-81.