Scenario 3: Fair share

Consumption (FsC) Fair share Consumption (FsC)

Context

In this scenario, SUFFICIENCY principles are imposed by the state on all stakeholders, including the fashion industry and clothing users. Governments have become more attuned to indigenous wisdom while collaborating with diverse cultural communities locally and globally to determine sufficient production and consumption levels responsive to planetary needs. With this wisdom, local and state governments routinely enforce strict rationing provisions to ensure that primary resources are used in the most equitable and sustainable manner, respecting planetary boundaries. Consuming less is made the default option by the state in the form of personal carbon budgets that remain within a “fair consumption space” or “consumption corridor” in which re- quired consumption levels more equitably provide what is needed for a good life for all without exceeding planetary limits. To assure widespread societal adherence to sufficiency principles, states use education as the key tool to transition behavior. Capitalism is on shaky ground. The world economic system has moved away from growth-oriented indicators towards those that measure human well-being and ecosystems and within specific cultural, geographical, economic, and technological contexts. Developed countries have adopted a slow growth or steady-state economic view while developing countries focus on economic progress that is interrelated with meaningful work, good health, the protection of local and global ecosystems, and access to education.