ate educate eing of individ c wellb uals he an u T d f am d ilie s in e t e h t e a n c e u a d r e e n e v t a i r c o u d n e m e t e a c n u d t e e t a c e u d d u c e a e t t e e a c d u d u e c e t a Journal of the Home Economics Institute of Australia Volume 18, Number 2, 2011 The Home Economics Institute of Australia Inc. The Home Economics Institute of Australia Inc. (HEIA), as the peak professional body for home economists in Australia, represents the interests of home economists working in education, industry, community services, consumer affairs and family and household management. Home economics is a cross-disciplinary field of study, having as its focus the wellbeing of people in their everyday living in the household and family. 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(Tasmania) PO Box 41569, PO Box 165 Casuarina, NT 0811 Launceston, Tas 7250 ISSN 1322 - 9974 Journal of the HEIA Vol. 18 No. 2, 2011 Journal of the Home Vol 18, No. 2, 2011 Economics Institute of Australia te educ ca ate ng of indivi Contents u llbei dual we s a d he nd Editor Visions for change ....................................................................................... 2 T fa Dr Janet Reynolds m United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) e il ie e s *Sustainability, action and fashion: New comrades and t a in Journal address vehicles for change ....................................................................................... 8 c t PO Box 779 u h Sue Thomas d e Jamison Centre e n Macquarie, ACT 2614 Food austerity: A lifestyle choice for whom! .............................................. 17 e e Telephone t a a Martin Caraher, PhD r c 1800 446 841 u e Fashion and sustainability: The speed factor ............................................. 26 d Email: [email protected] n e v Kate Fletcher, PhD e i t r a c o u d n e m Journal Extra e Book explores links between e n t social sustainability and interior architecture ............................................ 35 t What helps children from disadvantaged families eat well? ....................... 36 a Parenting in a new culture a challenge for African migrant families ......... 37 Health groups release landmark blueprint c to tackle key driver of childhood obesity ................................................... 38 u e d Healthy diets equal healthy minds and not just in Australia, d e u new research finds ...................................................................................... 39 c e t Neighbourhood food environments and diet ............................................. 40 a a t e Get rid of the caffeine in soft drinks and you can cut c e u the amount of sugar, new study finds ........................................................ 41 d d e u e t c Man Up! Retailers urged to go beyond the a mister myths of men and shopping ........................................................... 42 Men need to be made aware of osteoporosis, too! ...................................... 43 Does stress influence salt intake? ............................................................... 44 *This article has been peer reviewed. Promotional material, flyers and similar additional material are often inserted into the journal as a service to members. Unless the material bears the HEIA name and logo, HEIA does not necessarily endorse the product or service being promoted in the material and cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information contained in the material. © 2011 Journal of the Home Economics Institute of Australia 1 Journal of the HEIA Vol 18, No. 2, 2011 Visions for change Recommendations for effective policies on sustainable lifestyles Based on the Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles (GSSL) te educ ca at g of indi e uUnited Nationsllbein Environmentvidua Programme (UNEP) we ls a e nd d Th f am e il ie e s t a Visions for Change (UNEP, 2001) is a publication therefore empower youngin adults worldwide so they c t u aimed at providing recommendations to develop can create their own positiveh visions of sustainable d e efficient sustainable lifestyles policies and initiatives lifestyles and become actors of change. e n based on the results of the Global Survey on e e t a a Sustainable Lifestyles (GSSL), a survey of 8000 Sustainable lifestyles? r c u urban young adults from 20 countries. Visions for e d Lifestyles define, connect and differentiate us. n e Change contains cross-country conclusions and v They are representative of how we lead our life, e i t r a recommendations as well as 16 country papers interact with one another in the decisions and c o u d that present the results of the GSSL country n e choices we make—as individuals evolving within m by country. The cross-country conclusions and a global society of nearly seven billion people. e e recommendations are mainly based on the results Our lifestyles can have n strong impacts on the t presented in country papers. Whilst Visions for environment and on communities,t and can be at Change is copyrighted to the United Nations a stake when unsustainable collective and individual Environment Programme, permission is granted c choices lead to major environmental crises (e.g. to reproduce it in whole or part for educational climate change, resource scarcity, pollution) while u purposes. The Home Economics Institute of failing to improve people’s wellbeing. e d Australia has chosen to reproduce the Executive d e Summary and Chapter 1: Towards sustainable u On the other hand, sustainable lifestyles, enabled c lifestyles.e both by efficient infrastructures and individual t a a actions, can t play a key role in minimising the e c e Executive u Summary use of natural resources, emissions, wastes and d d e u pollution while supporting equitable socio- Visions for Change is a e publication aimed at t c providing recommendations to developa efficient economic development and progress for all. sustainable lifestyles policies and initiatives based Creating sustainable lifestyles means rethinking on the results of the Global Survey on Sustainable our ways of living, how we buy and what we Lifestyles (GSSL), a joint project developed by the consume but, it is not only that. It also means United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) rethinking how we organise our daily life, altering and the Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles in the way we socialise, exchange, share, educate the framework of the Marrakech Process on and build identities. It is about transforming our Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). societies towards more equity and living in balance The results of the GSSL focus on three key with our natural environment. dimensions of empowerment and creativity: new visions of progress, behavioural alternatives, trust The survey and participation. These are a precious source of The Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles counts United Nations Environment Programme, Division of information for policy-makers and all relevant among numerous projects developed under the Technology, Industry and stakeholders on how best to help support the Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption Economics shift to sustainable lifestyles, for instance through and Production, a global multi-stakeholder platform Sustainable Consumption & effective communication and awareness-raising aimed at promoting SCP policies, programmes and Production Branch 15 Rue de Milan, 75441 Paris campaigns. activities at the international, regional and national CEDEX 09, France levels through various mechanisms including Tel: +33 1 4437 1450 In this Executive Summary, the GSSL highlights seven thematic Task Forces voluntarily led by Fax: +33 1 4437 1474 are presented