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CATEGORIES:Global Sustainability Institute Seminars &amp\; Ev
 ents
SUMMARY:GSI Research Seminar Series - Ethical Consumption 
 vs. Sustainable consumption - Dr Dan Welch\, Susta
 inable Consumption Institute
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140228T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140228T140000
UID:TALK50034AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/50034
DESCRIPTION:The two are often considered to be synonymous. I s
 uggest they are better understood as distinct phen
 omena. The importance of this distinction is in ch
 allenging the assumption that sustainable consumpt
 ion can be achieved by scaling up ethical consumpt
 ion: if everyone was an ethical consumer\, consump
 tion would be sustainable. Firstly\, the role of t
 he consumer in both ethical consumption and sustai
 nable consumption needs to be problematised. Secon
 dly\, we need to acknowledge that ethical consumpt
 ion tells us very little about the challenges of s
 ustainable consumption. Lastly\, we need a more ap
 propriate way of understanding sustainable consump
 tion – I suggest this is provided by a practice th
 eoretical approach to consumption.	\n\nDan recentl
 y became a Research Associate at the Sustainable C
 onsumption Institute (SCI)\, University of Manches
 ter. He completed a PhD in sociology at University
  of Manchester in 2013 on ‘Understanding the Comme
 rcial Field of Sustainability Communications’ and 
 subsequently helped the Sustainable Practices Rese
 arch Group with communications. Before his PhD\, D
 an worked as a copywriter\, journalist and editor.
  He was Co-editor of Ethical Consumer magazine (20
 08-2011)\, and is currently a director of the Ethi
 cal Consumer Research Association\, the UK’s leadi
 ng ‘citizen-consumer’ organisation. Dan’s research
  interests include: cultural economy and cultural 
 intermediation\; social ontology and theories of p
 ractice\; sustainability communications and commer
 cial communications more widely\; and sustainable 
 consumption as discourse and practice.
LOCATION:LAB 027 (Anglia Ruskin University\, Cambridge Camp
 us)
CONTACT:Julie-Anne Hogbin
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