TY - BOOK AU - Schrader,Ulf AU - Fricke,Vera AU - Doyle,Declan AU - Thoresen,Victoria W. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Enabling Responsible Living SN - 9783642220487 AV - GE195-199 U1 - 338.927 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Environment KW - Medical research KW - Sustainable development KW - Population KW - Quality of life KW - Sustainable Development KW - Quality of Life Research KW - Population Economics N1 - Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- Enabling Responsible Living An Introduction -- "1 + 1 = 5" -- Part II -- Understanding Responsible Living -- The Underrated Discipline, A Plea for Strengthening Home Economics -- How to Promote Sustainable Living? Inspiring Experiences of  Dutch Downshifters -- Youth Consumption and Citizenship, The Brazilian Case -- Part III Policies for Responsible Living -- A Multi-Level Framework and Values-Based Indicators to Enable Responsible Living -- Driving Forces, Environmental pressures and Policy Instruments, Sustainable Consumption Assessment for Latvia -- Capacity for the Implementation of Education for Sustainable Consumption in Northeasat Asia, Strengthening Governmental Strategies to Promote Responsible Consumer Behaviour -- Part IV Education for Responsible Living -- Enabling Responsible Living by Increasing Social Awareness, Integrating Social Responsibility Projects into Undergraduate Curricula -- "Images and Objects", A Tool for Teaching Education for Sustainable Development and Responsible Living in Home Economics -- Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings -- Part V Corporate Responsibililty for Responsible Living -- Is Engagement in CSR Motivated by the Defined Values of Entrepreneurs? -- An Analysis of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Germany -- Empowering Responsible Consumers to be Sustainable Intrapreneurs N2 - The book focuses on responsible living as the individual’s contribution to sustainable development. We believe that sustainable development can only be achieved if individual freedom and responsibilities are balanced on a high level while taking social, ecological and economic needs into account. A crucial element to achieve this is to integrate different perspectives of stakeholders and co-create a joined approach through partnerships. While partnerships develop new opportunities for the stakeholders involved they also require a readiness for mutual understanding, respect and courage to co-create UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7 ER -