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Scientainment for Sustainability: The Eco-Confessional as a New Approach for Life Cycle Thinking

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 15 Oct 2019Embargo end date: 17 Oct 2019Publisher:MDPI AGJournal:Sustainability, volume 11, page 5,686 (eissn: 2071-1050,

Authors: Isabel Jaisli; Petra Bättig-Frey; Lea Eymann; Ennio Mariani; Matthias Stucki;

doi: 10.3390/su11205686 , 10.21256/zhaw-18441

Scientainment for Sustainability: The Eco-Confessional as a New Approach for Life Cycle Thinking

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Abstract

For educating a wide audience on the environmental impact of their daily life decisions, the Eco-Confessional has been developed as an interactive exhibit and a serious game. In this, the effectiveness of promoting sustainable lifestyles through life cycle thinking was explored. Based upon life cycle assessments, the eco-confessional reveals the environmental impact of eco-sins and good deeds performed in everyday life in a playful way. As the Eco-Confessional was being exhibited, it was evaluated to measure the impact of the new communication format. The goal of the project was to increase sustainable behavior by influencing both the desire and the ability to make sustainable decisions. The evaluation revealed that these goals were mostly achieved. By combining life cycle data with gamification elements, the Eco-Confessional succeeded in implementing a new scientainment approach to environmental education, which promotes life cycle thinking among the public.

Related Organizations

Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Switzerland
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Switzerland
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Switzerland

Keywords

life cycle thinking, TJ807-830, moral licensing, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, 338.927: Umweltökonomie und nachhaltige Entwicklung, behavioral change, Life cycle assessment, life cycle assessment, gamification, GE1-350, serious game, Serious game, sustainable lifestyles, Environmental effects of industries and plants, pro-environmental behavior, Scientainment, sustainable consumption, Environmental sciences, sustainable behaviour, Sustainability communication

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