Micro-sustainability

Micro-sustainability is the portion of sustainability centered around small scale environmental measures that ultimately affect the environment through a larger cumulative impact.^[1] Micro-sustainability centers on individual efforts, behavior modification, education and creating attitudinal changes, which result in an environmentally conscious individual.^[2] Micro-sustainability encourages sustainable changes through "change agents"—individuals who foster positive environmental action locally and inside their sphere of influence. Examples of micro-sustainability include recycling, power saving by turning off unused lights, programming thermostats for efficient use of energy, reducing water usage, changing commuting habits to use less fossil fuels or modifying buying habits to reduce consumption and waste.^[3]^[4] The emphasis of micro-sustainability is on an individual's actions, rather than organizational or institutional practices at the systemic level.^[5]^[6] These small local level actions have immediate community benefits if undertaken on a widespread scale and if imitated, they can have a cumulative^[7] broad impact.^[4]

^ Ibrahim, Mohamed Mohsen (2016-11-09). "EcoBIM for micro-sustainability". Qscience Proceedings. 2016 (3). Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press): 28. doi:10.5339/qproc.2016.qgbc.28.
^ Hobson, Kersty (2001-01-01), Cohen, Maurie J.; Murphy, Joseph (eds.), "Chapter 11 - Sustainable Lifestyles: Rethinking Barriers and Behaviour Change", Exploring Sustainable Consumption, Oxford: Pergamon, pp. 191–209, ISBN 978-0-08-043920-4, retrieved 2023-04-19
^ Klug, Katharina; Niemand, Thomas (2021-05-15). "The lifestyle of sustainability: Testing a behavioral measure of precycling". Journal of Cleaner Production. 297: 126699. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126699. ISSN 0959-6526. S2CID 233619438.
^ ^a ^b Barr, Stewart; Gilg, Andrew (2006-11-01). "Sustainable lifestyles: Framing environmental action in and around the home". Geoforum. 37 (6): 906–920. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.05.002. ISSN 0016-7185.
^ Young, William; Hwang, Kumju; McDonald, Seonaidh; Oates, Caroline J. (2010). "Sustainable consumption: green consumer behaviour when purchasing products". Sustainable Development. 18 (1): 20–31. doi:10.1002/sd.394. hdl:10059/1015. ISSN 1099-1719.
^ Gilg, Andrew; Barr, Stewart; Ford, Nicholas (2005-08-01). "Green consumption or sustainable lifestyles? Identifying the sustainable consumer". Futures. 37 (6): 481–504. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2004.10.016. ISSN 0016-3287.
^ "How personal actions can kick-start a sustainability revolution". Grist. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

[1] Ibrahim, Mohamed Mohsen (2016-11-09). "EcoBIM for micro-sustainability". Qscience Proceedings. 2016 (3). Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press): 28. doi:10.5339/qproc.2016.qgbc.28.

[2] Hobson, Kersty (2001-01-01), Cohen, Maurie J.; Murphy, Joseph (eds.), "Chapter 11 - Sustainable Lifestyles: Rethinking Barriers and Behaviour Change", Exploring Sustainable Consumption, Oxford: Pergamon, pp. 191–209, ISBN 978-0-08-043920-4, retrieved 2023-04-19

[3] Klug, Katharina; Niemand, Thomas (2021-05-15). "The lifestyle of sustainability: Testing a behavioral measure of precycling". Journal of Cleaner Production. 297: 126699. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126699. ISSN 0959-6526. S2CID 233619438.

[:2-4] Barr, Stewart; Gilg, Andrew (2006-11-01). "Sustainable lifestyles: Framing environmental action in and around the home". Geoforum. 37 (6): 906–920. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.05.002. ISSN 0016-7185.

[5] Young, William; Hwang, Kumju; McDonald, Seonaidh; Oates, Caroline J. (2010). "Sustainable consumption: green consumer behaviour when purchasing products". Sustainable Development. 18 (1): 20–31. doi:10.1002/sd.394. hdl:10059/1015. ISSN 1099-1719.

[:6-6] Gilg, Andrew; Barr, Stewart; Ford, Nicholas (2005-08-01). "Green consumption or sustainable lifestyles? Identifying the sustainable consumer". Futures. 37 (6): 481–504. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2004.10.016. ISSN 0016-3287.

[7] "How personal actions can kick-start a sustainability revolution". Grist. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

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