Towards sustainable living in Australia's multicultural society: an exploration of cultural differences in attitudes to environment and consumption behaviours

With increasing migrants from Asian countries especially China, the research investigated whether China-born migrants adopted Australia's high affluence and high consumption level because their adoption would have consequential environmental impact. The research found that Chinese and Australian cultures besides conventional factors like age and income are influencing factors of the differences in consumption behaviours between the China-born migrants and the Australia-born group. The research findings stress the importance of understanding the influence and role of culture among individuals from different cultural groups including migrant groups in order to encourage consumption behaviours that align with a low-carbon and low-resource consumption lifestyle.