1. Introduction.- 2 Measuring environmental attitudes and behaviors.- 3 Life-areas and how to estimate greenhouse gas emission footprints.- 4 The development of the questionnaire.- 5 Estimating and explaining the greenhouse gas emissions.- 6 The multidimensionality of consumption: Energy Lifestyles.- 7 Obstacles to lower environmental impact in low cost behaviors.- 8 International outlook and conclusions.- 9 Appendix.
About the Author: Markus Hadler is Professor of Sociology at the University of Graz, Austria, and Honorary Professor, Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Australia. He is the Austrian representative to the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Sociology.
Beate Klösch is Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria, and is working on questions of environmental and political sociology and pursuing a doctorate in sociology.
Markus Schweighart is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria, and is working on the topic of climate-relevant behavior.
Stephan Schwarzinger completed his doctorate at the Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria, in 2020.
Rebecca Wardana is Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria. She is part of the core research of team of the OeNB project #17892 on measuring CO2 relevant behaviors and is pursuing a doctorate in sociology.
David Neil Bird is Senior Researcher at LIFE - Institute for Climate, Energy and Society, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH., Austria.
