C32 -- Prudent Consumption: A Systemic Approach for Addressing Energy Efficient Design

This article examines theoretical frameworks that emphasize improving specific efficiencies without enhancing effectiveness of the ecosystem as a whole, and without effectively address root problems; a condition claimed to be fundamental for establishing long-term solutions. The examined approaches are viewed as reproductions and mutations of the prevailing economic wave —perhaps for maintaining “business as usual” narratives— rather than universal solutions. These palliatives may represent a more complex social and ecological problem in the making.