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[Hannah Roessler <hannahroessler@hotmail.com>]

Hi Wendi,
A fellow researcher at the University of Victoria just presented her paper on 
levels of satisfaction in sustainable lifestyles - her work is titled "Inner 
Sustainability: Exploring experiences of needs, satisfaction, and frustration 
in sustainable lifestyle practices".  This is very recent research and she 
worked closely with the Transition community - her work may be of use to you. 
 Here is her contact amelnik@uvic.ca.
hope that helps!
Hannah

> From: bellows@ufl.edu
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org; permaculture@openpermaculture.org
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:00:43 +0000
> Subject: [permaculture] Whos Practicing What They Preach and How?
> 
> Hello fellow permies, 
> 
> I am in the middle of co-teaching a year-long PDC course through Leon 
> County Extension in Tallahassee, Florida with an Extension Agent and two 
> community members who are PDC graduates. We are at the midway point in the 
> course and we would like to give the students and instructors in the course 
> a survey to help them gauge the degree to which their individual practices 
> follow Permaculture Ethics (Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share). In other 
> words, we hope to be able to evaluate if and how folks practice what they 
> preach... how people act upon their beliefs in permaculture philosophy and 
> ethical principles. We have been trying to look at sustainability metrics 
> and indicators out there to help us get the survey together, but we are 
> struggling to find them very useful in this instance. The social justice 
> and personal well-being dimensions are virtually absent from such 
> indicators, with their main focus being on ecological footprint.  
> 
> I am wondering if any other instructors out there have done something 
> similar in their courses, and if so, if they are willing to share their 
> survey questions with us. I am hoping to eventually use this research 
> instrument as part of my PhD dissertation work.
> 
> Thank you,
> Wendi Bellows
> 
> University of Florida
> Interdisciplinary Ecology Doctoral Student
> bellows@ufl.edu
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