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Living Labs for Sustainability

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Living laboratories for sustainability

Introduction

Studies have pointed out that human activities have reached a level which can damage the systems of Earth or exceeded crucial ecological limits/planetary boundaries (Rockström et al. 2009; Steffen et al. 2015). These patterns of consumption and production are associated with populations’ lifestyles, such as global extraction in a much faster rate than what our global ecosystem can regenerate, use of natural resources, and the release of waste and emissions from their use (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005; Rockström et al. 2009; UNEP 2010; Steinberger et al. 2013; Steffen et al. 2015).

Then, it is necessary a holistic approach which englobes and optimizes the entire production-consumption-system (Liedtke et al. 2012). This issue depends on individual decision-making and behavioral actions combined with processes of organizational learning, including the social context (Sanne 2002; Reisch and Ropke 2005; Biel and Thøgersen 2007...

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  1. School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Silvia Sayuri Mandai

  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Fernanda da Rocha Brando

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    Walter Leal Filho

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Mandai, S.S., da Rocha Brando, F. (2019). Living Labs for Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_321

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