ABSTRACT
Three challenges to the practice of Human Scale Development (HSD) have emerged. The first challenge discusses how people's 'inner' dimension is reached through HSD workshops and addresses potential criticisms concerning personal conflicts associated with sustainable choices. It also talks about the question of 'adaptive preferences', and the influence of personal values on HSD processes. The second challenge returns to the concept of empowerment discussed in and presents evidence suggesting an increase in people's capacity to engage in changing the institutions that affect their lives after participating in HSD processes. The last challenge discusses the holistic and systemic approach to sustainable development policy that HSD-based interventions demand with regards to the 'green economy' perspective and the steady-state and de-growth proposals. The limitations to the study, undertook a simple statistical analysis of participants' answers using a T-test with paired samples to explore the relationship between workshop participation, goal orientation and pro-environmental behaviours.
