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© 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847111658 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737011655 In this respect, informationandcommunicationtechnologies canplayadecisive role through, for instance, smartmetering.”35 However indispensable, higher efficiencybackedbymore consistent systems is not enough to reach a sustainable development path. Sustainability research arguesof theneedfor sufficiency incombinationtohigherefficiencyandbetter consistency.36Sufficiencyreferstochangesinlife-styleandacceptingandliving within life-giving limits; for example, reducing food loss andwaste – on the institutionalandpersonal level–orobservingat leastonemeatlessdayaweek. “Due to reboundeffects, technical (and to some extent social) innovations, as engineered, do not inevitably save resources and energy. Strategies focussing solely on efficiency of products cannot be successful unless they are accom- paniedbystrategiesthatenhancesocial innovationsthatfosteraparadigmshift in consumptionpatterns.”37 “Sufficiencyandchanges in lifestyle should rather be embedded, discussed and quantified independently of technology deci- sions.”38Thethreeprinciplesefficiency, consistency,andsufficiencyaredeeply interrelated,which is for instance relevant inviewofDfE: “Asustainabledesignofproductsandservicesrequirestheintegrationofproduction- orientated (efficiency and consistency) and consumption-orientated (sufficiency) strategies. […] The goal is not to design sustainable products but rather to design systems thatmanage to foster sustainable lifestyles.”39 Sufficiency requires a change ofmindsets and new orientation, a “voluntary self-limitation”40, which has to be nourished by spiritual values (LS 222), in- cluding thecultivationofa“capacity forcontemplationandreverence”(LS127 & 237).AcoremessageofLaudato si’ is that spiritual values likemindfulness, thankfulness, tenderness,andrespectarecrucial inovercomingthethrow-away mentalityandimplementingasensibleuseofresourcesthataimsatasustainable 35 EU-Commission, Resource-efficient Europe – Flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 Strategy,CommunicationfromtheCommissiontotheEuropeanParliament,theCouncil,the EuropeanEconomicandSocialCommitteeandtheCommitteeoftheRegions,Brussels2011, p. 7. 36 ThomasPrincen,TheLogicofSufficiency,Cambridge2005; Samadi (et al.), Sufficiency in energyscenariostudies,pp.126–134. 37 ChristaLiedtke/ JohannesBuhl /NajineAmeli,Designingvalue throughlessby integrating sustainability strategies into lifestyles,Wuppertal:Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Envi- ronment and Energy: ResearchGroup ‘Sustainable Production andConsumption’,Wup- pertal 2013,p. 12. 38 Samadi (et al.), Sufficiency inenergyscenario studies,p. 132. 39 Liedtke /Buhl /Ameli,Designingvalue through lessby integratingsustainability strategies into lifestyles,p. 1. 40 Gabriel,ZurEinführung–ÖkologiealsGerechtigkeitsfragederGegenwart,p. 10. Resources forFuture inaCaringEconomy 691 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0