Consumption, lifestyles and constellatoric strategies

The condtribution reveals a contradiction between complexity and operationality in the discussions about energy consumption between social researchers and policy makers. By mean of two examples from his own research the author argues for a transgression of the narrow ecology-centred view. The first example has to do with consumption as it relates to the general change in modern lifestyle.

The second example derives its points from a empiric project about the lifestyles and experiences of "green families". The contribution concludes with a proposal for interdisciplinary constructions of "constellatoric strategies"; coordinated interplays between different coordinated efforts which creates synergy effects.