J A Lorenzen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 55157 |
|---|---|
| NOME | J A Lorenzen |
| PRENOMES | J A |
| SOBRENOME | Lorenzen |
| ASSINATURA | LORENZEN J A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Willamette University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9296-0671 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 80 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Furthering Movement Goals
Academic research in sociology primarily defines problems, explores puzzles, develops theory, and produces knowledge for colleagues in academia. I argue for a greater focus on the study of solutions and our active participation in bringing them about. This article explores the literature on public sociology and scholar activism, as well as examples focused on researching and teaching climate and environmental justice. An exploration of scholar ac…
‘We Need Communities of Color’
For us climate action never dies’
In this article, I discuss how environmental groups in Oregon have intervened in the legislative process in the last 5 years to advocate for climate policy. Methodologically, I draw on 76 interviews with Oregon legislators, state staff members, professional lobbyists, and environmental leaders, as well as participant observation and archival research. I describe how environmental groups work to influence policymaking by: (1) recruiting and positi…
Social Network Challenges to Reducing Consumption
Social networks are typically associated with recruitment tactics. In this article, I offer an additional perspective on social networks as a constraint to social change and an under-recognized challenge to reducing consumption. I draw on 45 interviews with: voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green home owners. Informants, failing to withdraw from gift-giving networks, instead (1) negotiate a reduction in gift giving, (2) gre…
Diderot Effect
Grant McCracken argues that, when a familiar consumption pattern is disrupted, by an expensive gift for example, individuals will seek to establish a new pattern of consumption, which conforms to the level of quality and status represented by that gift. McCracken calls this “the Diderot effect,” naming it after the French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713–1784), who in 1772 wrote an essay entitled “Regrets on parting with my old dressing gown: or a…
Turning Out the Grassroots”
How can the average person influence environmental policy making? To answer this question, we draw on 21 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with environmental activists, lobbyists, and legislative staff members at the state level. In addition, we supplement our data with field notes at lobby days and legislative hearings as well as 22 interviews with state capital interns. We find that public feedback (e-mails, letters, phone calls, and lobby d…
Teaching and Learning Guide for
Green Consumption and Social Change
Attempting to influence everyday consumer practices is an increasingly popular strategy used to address environmental problems and further social change. This article focuses on exploring the controversial topic of green consumption, a growing area of study that brings together multiple disciplines including environmental sociology and the sociology of consumers and consumption. The article begins with a summary of the literature on green consump…
Convincing people to go green
At a time when the US public is deeply divided over how to address climate change, I investigate the way environmentally conscious actors attempt to recruit people to change their lifestyles and become more environmentally responsible. I draw on data from 45 interviews and participant observation with voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green homeowners. Aware of the public’s aversion to discussing contentious issues such as c…
Changing household consumption to address climate change
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)‐intensive consumption can be an important route to reducing the GHG emissions that cause climate change. To effectively mitigate climate change by reforming human consumption patterns we must have a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between consumption and climate change and how consumption may be altered. This article begins by reviewing the empirical research that links consumption and GHG emissions and i…
Going Green
This article draws on 40 in‐depth semi‐structured interviews of three groups of people who restrict their consumption in various ways: voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green home owners. I identify common patterns in the emergence of green lifestyles across all groups. Green practices are not isolated decisions or actions, but components in an ongoing project. As a result, green lifestyles are often experienced as both a wo…
Diderot effect
Grant McCracken, in his exploration of the connections between cultural anthropology and consumer behavior, coined the term “the Diderot effect” (McCracken 1986, 1988). The Diderot effect is named after French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713–84), who wrote an essay entitled “Regrets on Parting with my Old Dressing Gown: Or a Warning to Those Who Have More Taste than Money” (1964 [1772]). Diderot recounts receiving a new dressing gown as a gift fr…
Going Green
This article draws on 40 in‐depth semi‐structured interviews of three groups of people who restrict their consumption in various ways: voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green home owners. I identify common patterns in the emergence of green lifestyles across all groups. Green practices are not isolated decisions or actions, but components in an ongoing project. As a result, green lifestyles are often experienced as both a wo…
Changing household consumption to address climate change
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)‐intensive consumption can be an important route to reducing the GHG emissions that cause climate change. To effectively mitigate climate change by reforming human consumption patterns we must have a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between consumption and climate change and how consumption may be altered. This article begins by reviewing the empirical research that links consumption and GHG emissions and i…
Green Consumption and Social Change
Attempting to influence everyday consumer practices is an increasingly popular strategy used to address environmental problems and further social change. This article focuses on exploring the controversial topic of green consumption, a growing area of study that brings together multiple disciplines including environmental sociology and the sociology of consumers and consumption. The article begins with a summary of the literature on green consump…
Convincing people to go green
At a time when the US public is deeply divided over how to address climate change, I investigate the way environmentally conscious actors attempt to recruit people to change their lifestyles and become more environmentally responsible. I draw on data from 45 interviews and participant observation with voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green homeowners. Aware of the public’s aversion to discussing contentious issues such as c…
Social Network Challenges to Reducing Consumption
Social networks are typically associated with recruitment tactics. In this article, I offer an additional perspective on social networks as a constraint to social change and an under-recognized challenge to reducing consumption. I draw on 45 interviews with: voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green home owners. Informants, failing to withdraw from gift-giving networks, instead (1) negotiate a reduction in gift giving, (2) gre…
For us climate action never dies’
In this article, I discuss how environmental groups in Oregon have intervened in the legislative process in the last 5 years to advocate for climate policy. Methodologically, I draw on 76 interviews with Oregon legislators, state staff members, professional lobbyists, and environmental leaders, as well as participant observation and archival research. I describe how environmental groups work to influence policymaking by: (1) recruiting and positi…
Turning Out the Grassroots”
How can the average person influence environmental policy making? To answer this question, we draw on 21 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with environmental activists, lobbyists, and legislative staff members at the state level. In addition, we supplement our data with field notes at lobby days and legislative hearings as well as 22 interviews with state capital interns. We find that public feedback (e-mails, letters, phone calls, and lobby d…
Diderot effect
Grant McCracken, in his exploration of the connections between cultural anthropology and consumer behavior, coined the term “the Diderot effect” (McCracken 1986, 1988). The Diderot effect is named after French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713–84), who wrote an essay entitled “Regrets on Parting with my Old Dressing Gown: Or a Warning to Those Who Have More Taste than Money” (1964 [1772]). Diderot recounts receiving a new dressing gown as a gift fr…
Changing household consumption to address climate change
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)‐intensive consumption can be an important route to reducing the GHG emissions that cause climate change. To effectively mitigate climate change by reforming human consumption patterns we must have a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between consumption and climate change and how consumption may be altered. This article begins by reviewing the empirical research that links consumption and GHG emissions and i…
Going Green
This article draws on 40 in‐depth semi‐structured interviews of three groups of people who restrict their consumption in various ways: voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green home owners. I identify common patterns in the emergence of green lifestyles across all groups. Green practices are not isolated decisions or actions, but components in an ongoing project. As a result, green lifestyles are often experienced as both a wo…
Green Consumption and Social Change
Attempting to influence everyday consumer practices is an increasingly popular strategy used to address environmental problems and further social change. This article focuses on exploring the controversial topic of green consumption, a growing area of study that brings together multiple disciplines including environmental sociology and the sociology of consumers and consumption. The article begins with a summary of the literature on green consump…
Convincing people to go green
At a time when the US public is deeply divided over how to address climate change, I investigate the way environmentally conscious actors attempt to recruit people to change their lifestyles and become more environmentally responsible. I draw on data from 45 interviews and participant observation with voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green homeowners. Aware of the public’s aversion to discussing contentious issues such as c…
Teaching and Learning Guide for
Turning Out the Grassroots”
How can the average person influence environmental policy making? To answer this question, we draw on 21 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with environmental activists, lobbyists, and legislative staff members at the state level. In addition, we supplement our data with field notes at lobby days and legislative hearings as well as 22 interviews with state capital interns. We find that public feedback (e-mails, letters, phone calls, and lobby d…
Diderot Effect
Grant McCracken argues that, when a familiar consumption pattern is disrupted, by an expensive gift for example, individuals will seek to establish a new pattern of consumption, which conforms to the level of quality and status represented by that gift. McCracken calls this “the Diderot effect,” naming it after the French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713–1784), who in 1772 wrote an essay entitled “Regrets on parting with my old dressing gown: or a…
Social Network Challenges to Reducing Consumption
Social networks are typically associated with recruitment tactics. In this article, I offer an additional perspective on social networks as a constraint to social change and an under-recognized challenge to reducing consumption. I draw on 45 interviews with: voluntary simplifiers, religious environmentalists, and green home owners. Informants, failing to withdraw from gift-giving networks, instead (1) negotiate a reduction in gift giving, (2) gre…
For us climate action never dies’
In this article, I discuss how environmental groups in Oregon have intervened in the legislative process in the last 5 years to advocate for climate policy. Methodologically, I draw on 76 interviews with Oregon legislators, state staff members, professional lobbyists, and environmental leaders, as well as participant observation and archival research. I describe how environmental groups work to influence policymaking by: (1) recruiting and positi…
‘We Need Communities of Color’
Furthering Movement Goals
Academic research in sociology primarily defines problems, explores puzzles, develops theory, and produces knowledge for colleagues in academia. I argue for a greater focus on the study of solutions and our active participation in bringing them about. This article explores the literature on public sociology and scholar activism, as well as examples focused on researching and teaching climate and environmental justice. An exploration of scholar ac…
Sociology (9 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (6 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Social science (6 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Climate change (5 obras) · Public relations (5 obras) · Action (physics (4 obras) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 obras)