About the project
A Consumption Corridor is about setting upper limits to consumption, above which the consumption of some hinders the ability of all to live a good life, now and in the future; but also establishing lower limits to consumption, below which people are unable to satisfy their needs.
How to guarantee that all people can live a good life and experience freedom? How to ensure sufficiency and justice through collective measures? How can everyday life and consumption dynamics be a starting point for social change? How can the setting of upper and lower limits to consumption evolve from a participatory process?
A reader-friendly and short book (2021) lays down some of the main ideas behind Consumption Corridors, and is available in open-access here.
The centrality of human wellbeing
Making human needs more central to how we organize societies:
- If human needs are the goal, they must be separated from the means of satisfying them
- Needs include, for example: feeling safe or being protected, having a voice and being able to participate, among others
- Satisfiers of needs are things like services, products, infrastructure, rules, etc.
The importance of limits and participatory processes
How can we take limits more seriously when it comes to defining consumption corridors ?
- Defining upper and lower limits to consumption should result from a participatory process
- ‘Consumption’ is a starting point for considering broader systems of production and distribution
- Within limits, needs can be met, people can experience freedom
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Whether you are a practitioner or an academic, we welcome your participation in this community and look forward to hearing from you.
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