Print Email Facebook Twitter Sustainable consumption and mindfulness: A proposed conceptual model and an empirical explorative study Title Sustainable consumption and mindfulness: A proposed conceptual model and an empirical explorative study Author Studer, M.R. Contributor Quist, J.N. (mentor) Flipse, S.M. (mentor) Wehrmann, C. (mentor) Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Technology, Dynamics and Sustainable Development Date 2015-08-25 Abstract This thesis was set out to explore the links between mindfulness and consumption, and specifically to gain clarity on how mindfulness impacts household consumption patterns. This to provide insights into whether mindfulness could be a constructive approach to sustainable consumption that would increase personal well-being and reduce environmental impact. The central question of this thesis is: How can mindfulness practice contribute to sustainable household consumption patterns within Western countries? Since little empirical research exists on this topic, we adopted an explorative qualitative research approach to answer this question and focused on describing and understanding the contribution of mindfulness to sustainable consumption rather than quantifying it. In the first part of this thesis, we developed a conceptual model on the relationship between mindfulness and consumption patterns; in this process we interviewed a set of scientific experts and a set of practitioners to improve our preliminary model, which was based on literature. In a second part, we interviewed mindfulness practitioners on the effect (if any) mindfulness had in general on their everyday life practices and in particular on their eating, mobility and living habits. Subject sustainable consumptionsustainable lifestylemindfulness To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:355349b9-d8f2-48f5-8dcb-014c025dc50d Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2015 Studer, M.R. Files PDF Studer_IE_Thesis_report.pdf 6.11 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:355349b9-d8f2-48f5-8dcb-014c025dc50d/datastream/OBJ/view