Bins, bulbs and shower timers: on the techno-ethics of sustainable living

dc.contributor.authorHobson, Kersty
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:16:48Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T07:57:37Z
dc.description.abstractDomestic eco-efficient technologies, such as recycling bins and compact florescent light bulbs, are integral to the eco-modernisation project. To date, however, little research has examined their role in the production of 'sustainable citizens'. In response, this paper explores the productivities of commonplace domestic objects. It draws on qualitative research into a Sydney-based sustainable living programme called 'GreenHome', to examine how participants' environmental ethics became articulated through objects' use. This forges a form of embodied 'techno-ethics' that permeates socio-material relations beyond the immediate. Therefore, this examination of the quotidian deployment of eco-efficient technologies, whilst not denying the problematic nature of technologically-dependant futures, suggests some positive outcomes from individuals' enrolment in domestic eco-modernisation.
dc.identifier.issn1366-879X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/18208
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceEthics, Place and Environment
dc.subjectKeywords: environmental planning; modernization; participatory approach; sustainable development; technology adoption; Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; Sydney
dc.titleBins, bulbs and shower timers: on the techno-ethics of sustainable living
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage336
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage317
local.contributor.affiliationHobson, Kersty, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidHobson, Kersty, u4026439
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160403 - Social and Cultural Geography
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9008537xPUB3
local.identifier.citationvolume9
local.identifier.doi10.1080/13668790600902375
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33748987355
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9008537
local.type.statusPublished Version

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