Tamas Lestar
Biographic Data
| ID | 935334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamas Lestar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamas |
| FAMILY NAME | Lestar |
| SIGNATURE | LESTAR T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Winchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5319-1558 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Memories that last
PurposeThis paper analyses children's experiences of school or family visits to Hare Krishna eco-farms in Europe. The article evaluates the extent to which these encounters enable retention and recollection of memories and, consequently, trigger change towards more sustainable behaviour.Design/methodology/approachParticipatory research, qualitative observations and theories of childhood memory are used to explore the nature of children's environm…
A Seventh-day Adventist farm community in Tanzania and vegetarianism as a social practice
Purpose This paper is the outcome of an empirical research on a Seventh-day Adventist farm in Tanzania. The author investigated the role of Christian spirituality in switching to and maintaining vegetarian practices. Dietary change is proposed in the sustainability literature as a crucial trajectory to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between spirituality and climate-friendly dining in a lo…
Ecospirituality and sustainability transitions
‘Sustainability transitions’ has emerged as one of the most important and influential literatures on understanding the pathways towards a more sustainable future. Yet, most approaches in this literature privilege technological and regime-wide innovations, while people’s agencies, grassroots innovations, and social factors more generally are often underrepresented. This article focuses on the role of ecospirituality as worldview, aiming to underst…
Disconnecting from Technology on Hare Krishna Farms
This paper is part of a comprehensive study made on three Hare Krishna farms in the context of climate change and sustainability transitions. The overall purpose was to identify enabling and disabling factors for the wider diffusion of sustainable Krishna practices. This work reports only on one aspect of the research, namely de-technologizing tendencies, and their reasons, in Hare Krishna communities. Ethnographic research was carried out on thr…
Ecospirituality and sustainability transitions
‘Sustainability transitions’ has emerged as one of the most important and influential literatures on understanding the pathways towards a more sustainable future. Yet, most approaches in this literature privilege technological and regime-wide innovations, while people’s agencies, grassroots innovations, and social factors more generally are often underrepresented. This article focuses on the role of ecospirituality as worldview, aiming to underst…
Disconnecting from Technology on Hare Krishna Farms
This paper is part of a comprehensive study made on three Hare Krishna farms in the context of climate change and sustainability transitions. The overall purpose was to identify enabling and disabling factors for the wider diffusion of sustainable Krishna practices. This work reports only on one aspect of the research, namely de-technologizing tendencies, and their reasons, in Hare Krishna communities. Ethnographic research was carried out on thr…
Disconnecting from Technology on Hare Krishna Farms
This paper is part of a comprehensive study made on three Hare Krishna farms in the context of climate change and sustainability transitions. The overall purpose was to identify enabling and disabling factors for the wider diffusion of sustainable Krishna practices. This work reports only on one aspect of the research, namely de-technologizing tendencies, and their reasons, in Hare Krishna communities. Ethnographic research was carried out on thr…
Ecospirituality and sustainability transitions
‘Sustainability transitions’ has emerged as one of the most important and influential literatures on understanding the pathways towards a more sustainable future. Yet, most approaches in this literature privilege technological and regime-wide innovations, while people’s agencies, grassroots innovations, and social factors more generally are often underrepresented. This article focuses on the role of ecospirituality as worldview, aiming to underst…
A Seventh-day Adventist farm community in Tanzania and vegetarianism as a social practice
Purpose This paper is the outcome of an empirical research on a Seventh-day Adventist farm in Tanzania. The author investigated the role of Christian spirituality in switching to and maintaining vegetarian practices. Dietary change is proposed in the sustainability literature as a crucial trajectory to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between spirituality and climate-friendly dining in a lo…
Memories that last
PurposeThis paper analyses children's experiences of school or family visits to Hare Krishna eco-farms in Europe. The article evaluates the extent to which these encounters enable retention and recollection of memories and, consequently, trigger change towards more sustainable behaviour.Design/methodology/approachParticipatory research, qualitative observations and theories of childhood memory are used to explore the nature of children's environm…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sustainability (3 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Originality (2 works)