Consumerism
Wasted Opportunity: Decoupling Social Mobility from Resource Consumption
Author / Creator: Kate Chambers
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
If Scotland is serious about reducing resource consumption, then we must wrestle with our materialistic culture, which is directly linked to aspiration and social mobility.
From ‘I’ to ‘We’: Changing the narrative in Scotland’s relationship with consumption
Author / Creator: Iain Black
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: December 2015
Studies have shown that having a positive relationship with our families, friends and community, as well as having good health, are the things that matter most to us. The job of government is to re-establish the link between that narrative and our idea of what prosperity is.
Resilient Scotland; Part Two
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Creating a resilient Scotland covers the next Scottish Parliament. It provides the detail of how the transformation envisaged can be achieved quickly, with a closer look at our economy, society and democracy.