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Sustainability Science Needs to Include Sustainable Consumption by Brown, Halina Szejnwald

“…Robert Kates's Readings in Sustainability Science and TechnologyAn Introduction to the Key Literature of Sustainability Science is a marvelous compendium of…”
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Building institutions based on information disclosure: lessons from GRI's sustainability reporting by Brown, Halina Szejnwald, de Jong, Martin, Levy, David L.

“…Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the best-known framework for voluntary reporting of environmental and social performance by business worldwide. Using…”
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Why achieving the Paris Agreement requires reduced overall consumption and production by Alfredsson, Eva, Bengtsson, Magnus, Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Isenhour, Cindy, Lorek, Sylvia, Stevis, Dimitris, Vergragt, Philip

“…Technological solutions to the challenge of dangerous climate change are urgent and necessary but to be effective they need to be accompanied by reductions in…”
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Advancing sustainable consumption and production in cities - A transdisciplinary research and stakeholder engagement framework to address consumption-based emissions and impacts by Schröder, Patrick, Vergragt, Philip, Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Dendler, Leonie, Gorenflo, Neal, Matus, Kira, Quist, Jaco, Rupprecht, Christoph D.D., Tukker, Arnold, Wennersten, Ronald

“…Urban consumption patterns and lifestyles are increasingly important for the sustainability of cities today and in the future. However, considerations of…”
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The Contested Politics of Corporate Governance: The Case of the Global Reporting Initiative by Levy, David L., Szejnwald Brown, Halina, de Jong, Martin

“…The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has successfully become institutionalized as the preeminent global framework for voluntary corporate environmental and…”
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Bounded socio-technical experiments as agents of systemic change: The case of a zero-energy residential building by Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Vergragt, Philip J

“…Large-scale shifts in dominant technologies are the necessary components of a transition toward sustainability. Such shifts are difficult because, in addition…”
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Learning for Sustainability Transition through Bounded Socio-technical Experiments in Personal Mobility by Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Vergragt, Philip, Green, Ken, Berchicci, Luca

“…A bounded socio-technical experiment (BSTE) attempts to introduce a new technology, service, or a social arrangement on a small scale. Many such experiments in…”
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Effective Environmental Regulation: Learning from Poland's Experience by Angel, David P, Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Derr, Patrick G

“…Reviews Challenging views prevalent among Western and Polish scholars, this book explains Poland's surprising success in developing effective environmental an…”
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Individual consumption and systemic societal transformation: introduction to the special issue by Cohen, Maurie J., Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Vergragt, Philip J.

“…The core of this special issue comprises five contributions (four articles and one Community Essay) that were initially presented at the inaugural Sustainable…”
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From consumerism to wellbeing: toward a cultural transition? by Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Vergragt, Philip J.

“…As it becomes evident that technology alone is unlikely to fully counteract the ecological impacts of consumer society, the debate increasingly focuses on a…”
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Climate-governance entrepreneurship, higher-order learning, and sustainable consumption: the case of the state of Oregon, United States by Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Cohen, Maurie J.

“…The ongoing devolution of climate policy-making to sub-national levels has prompted growing interest in policy entrepreneurship by individuals who are…”
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The rise of the Global Reporting Initiative: a case of institutional entrepreneurship by Brown, Halina Szejnwald, de Jong, Martin, Lessidrenska, Teodorina

“…Since its conception in 1999, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has become a leading template for voluntary sustainability reporting by companies. Emerging…”
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Sustainable mobility: from technological innovation to societal learning by Vergragt, Philip J., Brown, Halina Szejnwald

“…This paper addresses a persistent and worsening societal dilemma worldwide: the ecological unsustainability of the automobile as the primary means for…”
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The challenge of energy retrofitting the residential housing stock: grassroots innovations and socio-technical system change in Worcester, MA by Vergragt, Philip J., Brown, Halina Szejnwald

“…This paper addresses an intractable problem: how to energy-upgrade the existing residential housing stock on a large scale, potentially saving up to 30% of all…”
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The next generation of research on sustainable consumption by Brown, Halina Szejnwald

“…This special issue provides a platform for considering these and related questions, wherein researchers engage in thinking about agents and strategies for…”
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Editorial: The next generation of research on sustainable consumption by Halina Szejnwald Brown

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Leaders in sustainable development: how agents of change define the agenda by Rossi, Mark S., Brown, Halina Szejnwald, Baas, Leo W.

“…This article provides an overview of the Eighth Annual Greening of Industry Conference, Sustainability: Ways of Knowing/Ways of Acting. Held in Chapel Hill, NC…”
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Sustainability Science Needs to Include Sustainable Consumption by Brown, Halina Szejnwald

“…Brown talks about Robert Kate's Readings in Sustainability Science and Technology: An introduction to the Key Literature of Sustainability Science which is a…”
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Pharmacokinetics of the dermal route of exposure to volatile organic chemicals in water: a computer simulation model by Shatkin, J A, Brown, H S

“…A kinetic model of dermal absorption of nonpolar organic nonelectrolytes in dilute aqueous solutions is described. The model uses systems dynamics STELLA…”
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Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption: The Rebound Effect by Brown, Halina Szejnwald

“…Most governments seek to improve energy efficiency in order to reduce carbon emissions. But this may not be as effective as is generally assumed. Various…”
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