Beyond Efficiency: Can We Consume LessWithout Sacrificing Well-Being?

Modern societies face a difficult challenge. Current patterns of consumption and production continue toplace enormous pressure on ecosystems, threatening biodiversity, economic stability, and human well-being. For decades, many sustainability efforts have focused on technological solutions such as improvingenergy efficiency or expanding renewable energy sources. These approaches remain essential, but agrowing body of research suggests they may not be enough on their own. Achieving sustainability alsorequires another strategy: sufficiency (O’Neill et al., 2018; Cordroch, Hilpert, & Wiese, 2022).