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Att välja Ecopation - En kvalitativ studie om studenters etiskt hållbara aktiviteter i vardagen

Berglund, Annika LU and Svensson, Malou LU (2025) ATPK62 20251
Department of Health Sciences
Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective
Abstract
Background: The discourse on the climate threat, as a result of human occupations, has persisted for decades. Within occupational therapy theory, the concept of ecopation encompasses the idea that individuals should make conscious eco-ethical choices that promote sustainability on individual, societal and planetary levels. Swedish universities advocate for a sustainable and eco-ethical everyday life for students, yet little research exists on the conscious eco-ethical decisions students make in their daily lives.
Aim: Based on the concept of ecopation, this study explored conscious choices in daily occupations made by health science students at Lund university, Sweden.
Method: Qualitative interview study with seven participants.... (More)
Background: The discourse on the climate threat, as a result of human occupations, has persisted for decades. Within occupational therapy theory, the concept of ecopation encompasses the idea that individuals should make conscious eco-ethical choices that promote sustainability on individual, societal and planetary levels. Swedish universities advocate for a sustainable and eco-ethical everyday life for students, yet little research exists on the conscious eco-ethical decisions students make in their daily lives.
Aim: Based on the concept of ecopation, this study explored conscious choices in daily occupations made by health science students at Lund university, Sweden.
Method: Qualitative interview study with seven participants. Semistructured interviews were used to collect data, which were analysed using directed content analysis.
Result: According to the participants’ accounts, it was revealed that all of them, to varying extents, made eco-ethical conscious decisions across the three levels of ecopation, individual, societal and planetary. The basis of the decisions varied, encompassing climate considerations, but could also be influenced by economic constraints, that limited the possibility of making eco-ethical choices. The social and physical environment could both contribute to eco-ethical decisions and obstuct them.
Conclusion: Ecopation is a complex concept where eco-ethical sustainability for the individual may conflict with eco-ethical sustainable for the society or the planet. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Bakgrund: Diskussionen om klimathotet, som är ett resultat av människans aktivitet, har pågått under årtionde. Inom arbetsterapeutisk teori innefattar konceptet ecopation att människan bör göra medvetna ekoetiska val som främjar hållbarhet på individuell, samhällelig och planetär nivå. För studenter i Sverige förespråkas från universitetshåll ett hållbart och ekoetiskt vardagsliv. Dock saknas studier kring vilka medvetna ekoetiska val som studenter gör i dagliga aktiviteter.
Syfte: Syftet var att utifrån konceptet ecopation undersöka medvetna val i daglig aktivitet hos studenter som läste en hälsovetenskaplig utbildning vid Lunds universitet.
Metod: Kvalitativ intervjustudie med sju deltagare. Semistrukturerade intervjuer användes för... (More)
Bakgrund: Diskussionen om klimathotet, som är ett resultat av människans aktivitet, har pågått under årtionde. Inom arbetsterapeutisk teori innefattar konceptet ecopation att människan bör göra medvetna ekoetiska val som främjar hållbarhet på individuell, samhällelig och planetär nivå. För studenter i Sverige förespråkas från universitetshåll ett hållbart och ekoetiskt vardagsliv. Dock saknas studier kring vilka medvetna ekoetiska val som studenter gör i dagliga aktiviteter.
Syfte: Syftet var att utifrån konceptet ecopation undersöka medvetna val i daglig aktivitet hos studenter som läste en hälsovetenskaplig utbildning vid Lunds universitet.
Metod: Kvalitativ intervjustudie med sju deltagare. Semistrukturerade intervjuer användes för datainsamling. Insamlade data analyserades med deduktiv innehållsanalys.
Resultat: Utifrån vad studiedeltagarna berättade framkom att de alla i varierande grad fattade ekoetiska medvetna beslut, från ecopations tre nivåer individ, samhälle och planet. Grunden för besluten varierade och kunde innefatta klimataspekter, men också vara färgade av en ansträngd ekonomi som stoppade ekoetiska val. Social och fysisk miljö kunde både bidra till ekoetiska val, och försvåra dem.
Slutsats: Ecopation är ett koncept med stor komplexitet. Det ekoetiskt hållbara utifrån individnivå kan ibland komma i konflikt med det ekoetiskt hållbara för samhället eller planeten. (Less)
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author
Berglund, Annika LU and Svensson, Malou LU
supervisor
organization
course
ATPK62 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Hållbarhet, Ekoetik, Aktivitetsval, Planetär hälsa, Ekologisk hållbarhet, Medveten konsumtion, Aktivitetsmönster Sustainability, Eco ethics, Occupational choice, Planetary health, Ecological sustainability, Conscious consumption, Occupational patterns
language
Swedish
id
9198794
date added to LUP
2025-06-16 08:57:05
date last changed
2025-06-16 08:57:05
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  abstract     = {{Background: The discourse on the climate threat, as a result of human occupations, has persisted for decades. Within occupational therapy theory, the concept of ecopation encompasses the idea that individuals should make conscious eco-ethical choices that promote sustainability on individual, societal and planetary levels. Swedish universities advocate for a sustainable and eco-ethical everyday life for students, yet little research exists on the conscious eco-ethical decisions students make in their daily lives.
Aim: Based on the concept of ecopation, this study explored conscious choices in daily occupations made by health science students at Lund university, Sweden. 
Method: Qualitative interview study with seven participants. Semistructured interviews were used to collect data, which were analysed using directed content analysis.
Result: According to the participants’ accounts, it was revealed that all of them, to varying extents, made eco-ethical conscious decisions across the three levels of ecopation, individual, societal and planetary. The basis of the decisions varied, encompassing climate considerations, but could also be influenced by economic constraints, that limited the possibility of making eco-ethical choices. The social and physical environment could both contribute to eco-ethical decisions and obstuct them.
Conclusion: Ecopation is a complex concept where eco-ethical sustainability for the individual may conflict with eco-ethical sustainable for the society or the planet.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att välja Ecopation - En kvalitativ studie om studenters etiskt hållbara aktiviteter i vardagen}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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