Consciousness, Recycled
Fueling Sustainability through Self-Concept Transformation
N. Abreu†*, J. Begeman††,
M. O’Carroll††
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Increased social sustainable practice
can be promoted through psychological environments that stimulate individual
sustainable manifestation or self-sustainability. It is widely accepted that the frame of
reference for most human endeavors – including economic, environmental, and social
sustainability – is related to one’s pursuit of survival, well-being and
development. Specific priorities and
actions emerge from paradigms adopted by individuals. The relationship between proneness
to sustainable action and one’s self- and world-views is explored through a
pilot survey; an overview of emerging alternate worldviews influenced by
contemporary studies of ethics, consciousness, and physics; and the
International Academy of Consciousness – a European campus dedicated to the
scientific study of subjective experience.
Keywords: consciousness, sustainability, sustainable communities, paradigm shift
Nelson C. Abreu studies at the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Email: Nelson.Abreu@fiu.edu
John B. Begeman is an
environmentalist, artist, and architect.
Begeman graduated from the
Email: thoscene@ufl.edu
Michelle R. O’Carroll received a B.A. in architecture from the
University of Florida in 2005 with a concentration in psychology; she continues
to assimilate the immediacy of the mind/matter connection through her studies
with the International Academy of Consciousness, the New York School of Feng Shui, the Florida Vedic
College, the International Institute of Building Biology, the University of
Integrated Sciences, and the departments of Urban Design and Sustainable
Construction at UF. O’Carroll is the co-founder of Thoscene
Design, an architecture firm inspired by a sustainable vision and
post-Cartesian models.
Email: moc@ufl.edu