Veganism: A Phenomenological Study of the Gender-Specific Motivations

Environmental concerns have been on the rise since 1970’s when FAO released a study on the effects of livestock industry on climate change. Since then, much research has been done to study consumption pattern to advocate for a sustainable consumption as part of sustainability efforts. Veganism can b...

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Main Author: Wong, Siqi
Other Authors: Muhammad Saidul Islam
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Language:English
Published: 2017
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-700372019-12-10T12:08:18Z Veganism: A Phenomenological Study of the Gender-Specific Motivations Wong, Siqi Muhammad Saidul Islam School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities Environmental concerns have been on the rise since 1970’s when FAO released a study on the effects of livestock industry on climate change. Since then, much research has been done to study consumption pattern to advocate for a sustainable consumption as part of sustainability efforts. Veganism can be seen as a form of sustainable consumption. However, statistics have shown that the number of female vegans are quadruple of male vegans. This purpose of this research paper is to analyze the gendered-specific motivations for people in Singapore in adopting and maintaining a vegan lifestyle through a phenomenological approach so as to effectively advocate for veganism as part of sustainable consumerism. Bachelor of Arts 2017-04-10T04:49:38Z 2017-04-10T04:49:38Z 2017 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70037 en Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf
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description Environmental concerns have been on the rise since 1970’s when FAO released a study on the effects of livestock industry on climate change. Since then, much research has been done to study consumption pattern to advocate for a sustainable consumption as part of sustainability efforts. Veganism can be seen as a form of sustainable consumption. However, statistics have shown that the number of female vegans are quadruple of male vegans. This purpose of this research paper is to analyze the gendered-specific motivations for people in Singapore in adopting and maintaining a vegan lifestyle through a phenomenological approach so as to effectively advocate for veganism as part of sustainable consumerism.
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title Veganism: A Phenomenological Study of the Gender-Specific Motivations
title_short Veganism: A Phenomenological Study of the Gender-Specific Motivations
title_full Veganism: A Phenomenological Study of the Gender-Specific Motivations
title_fullStr Veganism: A Phenomenological Study of the Gender-Specific Motivations
title_full_unstemmed Veganism: A Phenomenological Study of the Gender-Specific Motivations
title_sort veganism: a phenomenological study of the gender-specific motivations
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