Carsten Herbes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6699425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carsten Herbes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carsten |
| FAMILY NAME | Herbes |
| SIGNATURE | HERBES C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0670-8045 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Sustainable Consumption to Climate Activism
This article examines young people’s pathways toward climate activism and how they relate to consumption practices. Based on 21 narrative interviews with younger adults in Germany, we identified different types of consumption practices and corresponding attitudes toward sustainability among activists , supporters , and non-supporters of the climate movement. We highlight how supporters and activists associated with the climate movement Fridays fo…
Is the garden green? The paradox of consumer motivations for gardening and substrate preferences
Two step Q-approach investigating gardening motivations and actions on substrates. • Identifying three perspectives on gardening motivation of hobby gardeners. • Identification of four perspectives on substrate consumption of hobby gardeners.. • Disconnection of gardening motivation and consumer action on substrates • Gardening and substrate choices are not tightly connected
The role of biodiversity in consumer research on food
The move towards sustainable consumption has drawn significant attention from scholars and practitioners alike. Biodiversity is an integral part of environmental sustainability and food security, but it has received little attention in consumer research. Findings are fragmented into how biodiversity as a product attribute affects consumer food choices. Thus, we conducted a systematic literature review on consumer research on biodiversity in the c…
On the irrelevance of (peat-free) substrates - Qualitative insights into the social practices of hobby gardeners in Germany
Reducing peat consumption in hobby gardening offers considerable potential for reducing CO2 emissions, since peatlands are one of the most important natural carbon sinks. While existing research focuses on the products and their diffusion, we focus on people and their practices of gardening. So we conducted 44 interviews with hobby gardeners in Germany from three different contexts: gardening at home, in an allotment garden, and in an urban garde…
Do development finance projects facilitate domestic renewable energy transitions? The role of small economic actors in Senegal
The diffusion of renewable energy (RE) in the Global South requires a significant mobilization of financial resources, of which public development finance contributes a substantial share. By focusing on the recipient side of development finance flows for RE and looking at one specific group of actors – micro, small- and medium enterprises (MSME) in Senegal – we are able to investigate the extent to which RE development financing is benefiting MSM…
Invisible, intangible, irrelevant, yet inevitable? Qualitative insights into consumer perceptions of heating tariffs and drop-in renewable gases in the German domestic heating market
One of the key challenges of increasing renewable energy use is consumer demand. In the residential heating sector, where long-lived fossil-fuel systems are slow to be replaced, consumer demand for drop-in renewable gases like biomethane or Synthetic Natural Gas could play an important role in short-term decarbonization. As this sector is a major emitter of CO2 in Europe, robust green demand could be key to fulfilling the targets set in the Paris…
Conflict Handling in Renewable Energy Cooperatives (Recs)
We investigate conflict handling in Renewable Energy Cooperatives (RECs) in Germany. Conflict handling in this context shows to be unique due to RECs’ business model and the relationship between members and their organization. Unlike in other cooperative firms, most REC members in Germany neither work for their cooperative nor do they receive goods or services from it. We document frequent controversial topics of discussion in annual meetings and…
Der gesellschaftliche Diskurs um den ,,Maisdeckel“ vor und nach der Novelle des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (EEG) 2012The Social Discourse on the “Maize Cap“ before and after the 2012 Amendment of t…
Through an amendment to the Renewable Energies Act(EEG) , the German Bundestag introduced in 2012 the so-called “maize cap”, limiting the use of maize or cereal grains as a substrate in new biogas plants. The political decision had been preceded by a short, fierce public debate revolving around social and environmental aspects of an unreasonable extension of maize cultivation. This paper attempts to trace the discourse around the “maize cap” in t…
Conflict Handling in Renewable Energy Cooperatives (Recs)
We investigate conflict handling in Renewable Energy Cooperatives (RECs) in Germany. Conflict handling in this context shows to be unique due to RECs’ business model and the relationship between members and their organization. Unlike in other cooperative firms, most REC members in Germany neither work for their cooperative nor do they receive goods or services from it. We document frequent controversial topics of discussion in annual meetings and…
Do development finance projects facilitate domestic renewable energy transitions? The role of small economic actors in Senegal
The diffusion of renewable energy (RE) in the Global South requires a significant mobilization of financial resources, of which public development finance contributes a substantial share. By focusing on the recipient side of development finance flows for RE and looking at one specific group of actors – micro, small- and medium enterprises (MSME) in Senegal – we are able to investigate the extent to which RE development financing is benefiting MSM…
Invisible, intangible, irrelevant, yet inevitable? Qualitative insights into consumer perceptions of heating tariffs and drop-in renewable gases in the German domestic heating market
One of the key challenges of increasing renewable energy use is consumer demand. In the residential heating sector, where long-lived fossil-fuel systems are slow to be replaced, consumer demand for drop-in renewable gases like biomethane or Synthetic Natural Gas could play an important role in short-term decarbonization. As this sector is a major emitter of CO2 in Europe, robust green demand could be key to fulfilling the targets set in the Paris…
Der gesellschaftliche Diskurs um den ,,Maisdeckel“ vor und nach der Novelle des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (EEG) 2012The Social Discourse on the “Maize Cap“ before and after the 2012 Amendment of t…
Through an amendment to the Renewable Energies Act(EEG) , the German Bundestag introduced in 2012 the so-called “maize cap”, limiting the use of maize or cereal grains as a substrate in new biogas plants. The political decision had been preceded by a short, fierce public debate revolving around social and environmental aspects of an unreasonable extension of maize cultivation. This paper attempts to trace the discourse around the “maize cap” in t…
Conflict Handling in Renewable Energy Cooperatives (Recs)
We investigate conflict handling in Renewable Energy Cooperatives (RECs) in Germany. Conflict handling in this context shows to be unique due to RECs’ business model and the relationship between members and their organization. Unlike in other cooperative firms, most REC members in Germany neither work for their cooperative nor do they receive goods or services from it. We document frequent controversial topics of discussion in annual meetings and…
Invisible, intangible, irrelevant, yet inevitable? Qualitative insights into consumer perceptions of heating tariffs and drop-in renewable gases in the German domestic heating market
One of the key challenges of increasing renewable energy use is consumer demand. In the residential heating sector, where long-lived fossil-fuel systems are slow to be replaced, consumer demand for drop-in renewable gases like biomethane or Synthetic Natural Gas could play an important role in short-term decarbonization. As this sector is a major emitter of CO2 in Europe, robust green demand could be key to fulfilling the targets set in the Paris…
On the irrelevance of (peat-free) substrates - Qualitative insights into the social practices of hobby gardeners in Germany
Reducing peat consumption in hobby gardening offers considerable potential for reducing CO2 emissions, since peatlands are one of the most important natural carbon sinks. While existing research focuses on the products and their diffusion, we focus on people and their practices of gardening. So we conducted 44 interviews with hobby gardeners in Germany from three different contexts: gardening at home, in an allotment garden, and in an urban garde…
Do development finance projects facilitate domestic renewable energy transitions? The role of small economic actors in Senegal
The diffusion of renewable energy (RE) in the Global South requires a significant mobilization of financial resources, of which public development finance contributes a substantial share. By focusing on the recipient side of development finance flows for RE and looking at one specific group of actors – micro, small- and medium enterprises (MSME) in Senegal – we are able to investigate the extent to which RE development financing is benefiting MSM…
The role of biodiversity in consumer research on food
The move towards sustainable consumption has drawn significant attention from scholars and practitioners alike. Biodiversity is an integral part of environmental sustainability and food security, but it has received little attention in consumer research. Findings are fragmented into how biodiversity as a product attribute affects consumer food choices. Thus, we conducted a systematic literature review on consumer research on biodiversity in the c…
From Sustainable Consumption to Climate Activism
This article examines young people’s pathways toward climate activism and how they relate to consumption practices. Based on 21 narrative interviews with younger adults in Germany, we identified different types of consumption practices and corresponding attitudes toward sustainability among activists , supporters , and non-supporters of the climate movement. We highlight how supporters and activists associated with the climate movement Fridays fo…
Is the garden green? The paradox of consumer motivations for gardening and substrate preferences
Two step Q-approach investigating gardening motivations and actions on substrates. • Identifying three perspectives on gardening motivation of hobby gardeners. • Identification of four perspectives on substrate consumption of hobby gardeners.. • Disconnection of gardening motivation and consumer action on substrates • Gardening and substrate choices are not tightly connected
Business (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (3 works) · Renewable energy (3 works) · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (2 works) · Hobby (2 works) · Law (2 works)