Note: Lebel_Frontmatter.pdf -- Lebel_Ch01.pdf -- Chapter 1 -- Production-Consumption Systems and the Pursuit of Sustainability -- Introduction -- Pursuits -- Box 1.1 PCS -- Box 1.1 (continued) -- Gaps -- Design -- References -- Lebel_Ch02.pdf -- Chapter 2 -- Cultivating Consumer Restraint in an Ecologically Full World: The Case of "Take Back Your Time" -- Making a "Movement" Real -- From VSM to TBYT -- The TBYT Agenda -- Buzz but No Bounce -- From "Politely Taking" to "Demanding Rights:" Moving from Mass Appeal to Targeted Action -- Vacation? -- One Research Need: Corporate Ecology -- Another Research Challenge: Catalyzing Student Networks -- Research Arena Three: Cementing an Environmental Politics of Time Famine -- The Challenge to the Sustainable-Consumption Research Community -- Lebel_Ch03.pdf -- Chapter 3 -- Sustainability Transitions Through the Lens of Lifestyle Dynamics -- Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Modern Consumer Societies -- From Consumption to Lifestyle -- The Success of the German Wind Energy Sector -- Product Carbon Footprints: A New Tool for Systemic Innovation in Producer-Consumer Networks -- Lifestyle Changes, Social Diffusion, and the Gestaltwandel of Environmental Issues -- Conclusion -- References -- Lebel_Ch04.pdf -- Chapter 4 -- Emerging Challenges of Consumer Activism: Protecting Consumers and Advocating Sustainable Consumption in Developing Countries -- Introduction -- Consumer Activism and Consumer Protection in Developing Countries -- Protecting and Helping Consumers -- Emergence of Consumer Activism -- Consumer Activism and Sustainable Consumption in Developing Countries -- Advocating Sustainable Consumption -- Fight for a Share of Consumption in an Imbalanced Global Trading System -- Consumer Activism and Sustaining Consumers in Developing Countries -- Fighting for Equity, Fighting Against Poverty. , Ensuring a New Economic Order -- Conserving the Environment Under a Changing Climate -- Emerging Goals for Consumer Activists in Developing Countries -- Appendix -- United Nations Guidelines on Consumer Protection and the Asian Review on Sustainable Consumption -- References -- Lebel_Ch05.pdf -- Chapter 5 -- Sustainability in the Electricity Production and Consumption System - A Consumers' Perspective -- Introduction -- Background: Sustainability Challenges of Electricity Production and Consumption -- Knowledge Availability, Creation, and Linkage in Electricity Production and Consumption Systems -- Matrix I: Actors' Responsibilities -- Matrix II: Regulators' Responsibilities -- Example 1: Insufficient Adaptation9 -- Example 2: Recommended Adaptation -- From Knowledge to Action -- The AKIDA Concept -- The Knowledge-to-Action-Gap in Political Consumerism in Electricity PACS -- Leverage -- References -- Lebel_Ch06.pdf -- Chapter 6 -- Agrofuels in Thailand: Policies, Practices and Prospects -- Introduction -- Agrofuel Policies -- Policies and Programmes -- Tax Breaks and Subsidies -- Expansion of Feedstock -- Ethanol (Cassava and Cane Sugar) -- Biodiesel (Palm Oil and Jatropha) -- Environmental Consequences -- Carbon Costs and Emissions Reductions -- Land Conversion and Deforestation -- Water-Use -- Economic Considerations -- Competitiveness -- Under What Conditions Are Agrofuels Competitive? -- Ethanol -- Biodiesel -- Social Assumptions and Implications -- Food Security -- Ripple Effect: Energy and Food -- Consumers - Energy Users -- Rural Livelihoods -- Prospects -- Sustainability Questions -- Are Targets and Subsidies Justified? -- Policy-Making Challenges -- References -- Lebel_Ch07.pdf -- Chapter 7 -- Enabling Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture: Narrowing the Gaps Between Science and Policy in Thailand -- Introduction. , Research and Policy for Sustainability -- Competitiveness -- Social Benefits -- Environmental Impacts -- Resource Use -- Boundary Initiatives -- Private Industry Associations -- Quasi-Public Agencies -- Code of Conduct -- Networks and Guides -- International Certification -- Closing Science Policy Gaps -- Conclusion -- References -- Lebel_Ch08.pdf -- Chapter 8 -- The Contribution of Organic Food Production to Sustainable Nutrition: A Case Study on the Organic Niche Market in Eastern Germa -- Sustainability Problems Faced by the Food Sector -- Organic Agriculture as a Sustainable Development Path in the Food Production Consumption System -- The Organic Agriculture and Food Industries in the Berlin-Brandenburg Region -- Environmental Protection and Landscape Aesthetics -- Preservation and Creation of Social Resources -- Knowledge Transfer About Dealing with Nature and Health Issues -- The Role of Knowledge: What Do Consumers, Producers and Politicians (Need to) Know? -- Knowledge of Consumers -- Knowledge of Producers -- Knowledge of Politicians and in Public Discourses -- Action - Strategies for Expanding and Integrating the Organic Sector -- Economic Integration -- Social Integration -- Political Integration -- Conclusion: Organic Food Production - a Model for Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition -- References -- Lebel_Ch09.pdf -- Chapter 9 -- Sustainable Information in the Pork Chain -- Introduction -- Knowledge on Unsustainable Impacts of the Agricultural Production and Consumption System -- Knowledge Provision along the Food Chain -- Transparency in the Pork Production and Consumption System: Initiatives at the EU Level -- Feed Sector -- Farm, Slaughter, and Processing Sectors -- Retail Sector6 -- Transparency in the Pork Production and Consumption System: Initiatives at the Dutch Feed Sector Level -- Feed Sector. , Farm, Slaughter and Processing Sectors -- Retail Sector -- Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) -- Remaining Knowledge to Action Gaps and Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- Lebel_Ch10.pdf -- Chapter 10 -- Sustainable Consumption by Certification: The Case of Coffee -- Rationale -- Changes to Sustainable Consumption and Production: Conceptual Deliberations -- Porter's Five Forces Model -- The Multi-level and Multi-phase Model -- Case Study: Certification in the Production Consumption System of Coffee -- Introduction and Hypotheses -- Actors in the Coffee Chain -- Developments Between 1985 and 2005 -- Pre-1989: Regulated Markets -- Enter the Free Market -- Enter Vietnam -- Conclusions -- Certification Schemes: Approach, Market Share, and Impacts -- Introduction: Overview of Schemes -- Fair Trade/Max Havelaar: Target the Consumer by a Dedicated Brand -- Organic Certification -- Utz Certified: Target Producers by Offering Transparency and Credibility -- Rainforest Alliance -- Reflection: Knowledge, Links to Action and Leverage -- Introduction -- Knowledge -- Links to Action -- Leverage -- Box 10.1 Forces in the Value Chain -- Conclusion: A Judo Exercise by the Main Players -- References -- Lebel_Ch11.pdf -- Chapter 11 -- Production and Consumption of Tourist Landscapes in Coastal Areas: Case Study of Tourism in Malaysia -- Introduction -- Developing the Production Consumption System of Island Resorts for Tourism -- Prospects of an Ecological Agenda for Malaysian Coastal Tourism -- Sustainability Issues in the Production and Consumption Systems of Island Tourism Landscapes -- Conclusion -- References -- Lebel_Ch12.pdf -- Chapter 12 -- Enhancing Sustainable Tourism in Thailand: A Policy Perspective -- Introduction -- Sustainable Tourism -- What People Gain (Lose) from Tourism -- Business Practices -- Global Tourism Competition. , Zero-Dollar Tour -- Avoiding the "Low-Price Trap" -- Sanitation and Hygiene at Tourism Sites -- Tourist Education and Culturally Acceptable Behavior -- Enhancing Sustainable Tourism: A Public Policy Perspective -- Distributional Goals and Local Income Distribution Schemes -- Finding Effective Ways to Deal with the Problems of Negative Externalities -- Filing Complaints and Lawsuits: An Effective Way Out -- Monopoly in Service and Substandard Quality -- Using Public Good Principles to Enhance Sustainability -- Limits to Public Intervention -- Rent Seeking and Special Interests -- Central Agencies vs. Local Governments -- Local Participation -- Conclusion: Knowledge to Policy Recommendations -- Sustainable Business Practices -- Government Intervention -- Making Tourism Policy Work Effectively: Knowledge to Action -- Lebel_Ch13.pdf -- Chapter 13 -- Tourism Products, Local Host Communities and Ecosystems in Goa, India -- Introduction -- Coastal Tourism in Goa -- Tourism Development -- Study Focus and Design -- Ecosystems and Tourists -- Coastal Land Conversions -- Coastal Aquifers -- Degradation of Beaches, Dunes and Vegetation -- Host Communities and Tourists -- Discussion -- References -- Lebel_Ch14.pdf -- Chapter 14 -- Conclusion: Linking Knowledge and Action -- Introduction -- Gaps -- Missing -- Agendas and Investments -- Inherent Complexity -- Inaccessible -- Communication -- Capacities -- Unused -- Incentives -- Interests -- Contested -- Closures -- Integrated -- Boundary Management -- Labels & -- Standards -- Spanning Innovations -- Deliberated -- Validated -- Reflections -- Scholarship -- Policy -- Conclusions -- References -- Lebel_Backmatter.pdf.