Sustainable Lifestyles: Practices, Policies and Barriers

A lifestyle survey is currently being conducted of Oregon residents (Spring 2015). The aim of this survey is to identify people’s attitudes, perceived social barriers, behaviors, and policies that encourage or discourage sustainable household practices as they relate to water, energy, food, transportation, and consumerism. It also examines people’s attitudes toward environmental responsibility, government regulation, and quality of life. This study, while focused on Oregon is part of a larger comparative study with Ireland. (Sources: CONSENSUS (2012); Steel (2014); Wolters, Hubbard & Steel (2010