ABSTRACT
The concept of societal material stocks refers to the long-lived biophysical basis of society, from individual buildings, cars, machinery, or computers to entire settlements and infrastructure systems. Because those stocks lock in production and consumption patterns over years to decades, their role in transformations toward sustainable consumption patterns in everyday practices and the high-level provision of services to ensure well-being is crucial (Figure 27.1; see Social Practice Theory, Well-being Economy).
