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© 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847111658 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737011655 prevention, recognizing that it ismore efficient and healthier to prevent waste for- mationinthe firstplace thantotreatwasteafter ithas formed.At itscore,ZeroWaste acknowledges thathumansarepart of thenaturalworld. It aims for cradle-to-cradle, closed-loopcyclingofnon-toxicmatter thatwill allow thebiosphere inwhichweare embeddedtocontinue intact into the future.”30 PopeFrancis supports inthestrongest terms inLaudato si’ theurgentneed for resource responsibility, waste prevention (LS 22& 113), reuse, repairing and recycling (LS 192& 211). AsArchbishop of BuenosAires he encouraged car- toneros and recicladores in their recycling efforts, “becausewhat is leftover is rich”.31Forhim,theproperdealingwithresourcesisalsodeeplyconnectedwith theappreciationofhumanwork. Ingeneral, theexploitationofresourcesofour commonhome “has exceeded unacceptable limits” (LS 11). Thus, we have to overcome the culture of discarding in “wasteful cities” (LS 44). Francis vehe- mentlycallsfor“lesswaste”(LS129)andaterminationofthethrowawayculture violating thedignityofhumansandof the resourcesofourcommonhome. 3. TheStrategiesEfficiency-Consistency-Sufficiencyand SustainableResourceUse The strategies efficiency, consistency, and sufficiency as elements of a resource ethics help to navigate the journey towards amore sustainable development path.32Efficiencymeans to save resources andenergymainly through techno- logical innovation. However, higher efficiency is not enough for sustainable developmentbecauseofdirect and indirect reboundor“boomerangeffects”of consumptionpatterns.Reboundeffects eatupefficiencygainsbymore (direct rebound)andnew (indirect rebound) formsofconsumption.For instance, the fuel efficiencyof cars increased in theUSby40percent from1980 to2011,but fuelconsumptionpervehicle“remainedconstantsince1980duetomoredriving andmore(andlarger)vehicles.”33Anexampleforanindirectreboundeffectisto useefficiencygainsandrespectivemonetarysavings toswitch tonew formsof 30 Ibid., pp.281–282. 31 Francis, Pope’sVideoMessage toRecyclingWorkersofArgentina,VaticanCity,December 20th 2013, see: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-video-message-to-recycling-work ers-of-argentina (accessedonDecember21st2013). 32 Secretariatof theGermanBishops’Conference,Committed toGod’sCreation, Suggestions foraSustainableApproachtoEnergy,Bonn2011;SaschaSamadi /Marie-ChristineGröne/ Uwe Schneidewind /Hans-Jochen Luhmann / JohannesVenjakob / Benjamin Best, Suffi- ciency in energy scenario studies: Taking the potential benefits of lifestyle changes into account, in:TechnologicalForecastingandSocialChange124/2017,pp. 126–134. 33 Juliet Schor,TrueWealth:HowandWhyMillionsofAmericansAreCreatingaTime-Rich, EcologicallyLight, Small-Scale,High-SatisfactionEconomy,NewYork2011,p. 90. Resources forFuture inaCaringEconomy 689 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0