Visions of transition: centering the future in engaged sustainability research.

ABSTRACT: This article calls on sustainability researchers to place visions of the future at the center of their analyses. Recognizing humans as reflexive elements of socio-ecological systems, it proceeds from the premise that how people think about the future has significant consequences for the realities that ultimately ensue. The ideas presented here are informed by a qualitative/open-form survey designed to illuminate respondents' visions of the future. Completed by participants in the Transition movement for climate change resilience, survey responses indicate that Transition participants' visions are both exceptionally holistic and consciously connected to their present actions. These findings have important implications for the development of sustainable programs and systems. More broadly, th

SUBMITTER: Willow A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9035204 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature