Sustainability is an existential challenge. It is linked to what we believe about what is right and what is wrong in our behavior. We need both individual behavior change (attitudes) and societal change (context) to achieve the goal of sustainability in highconsumption societies. This change highlights human solidarity and expanding of moral circle in order to create a safe and just operating space for humanity. It requires a holistic vision consisting of changes in worldviews, ways of thinking, well-being paradigms and life orientations.


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