Module 9 Consumer education - APCEIU

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Q11: Summarise the roles that the following 'driving forces' play in promoting unsustainable levels of consumption: Globalisation Population growth <strong>Consumer</strong>ism and personal identity Alienation from nature Changing technology Rising living standards in the South The work-and-spend cycle Towards Sustainable Consumption These processes are more than just driving forces to mass consumption. They are also influential aspects of our experience of the world. In fact, it is possible that the very centrality of consumerism in contemporary life contains within it the roots of democratic social change. As a result, many goods and services have been developed from a constructive critique of consumerism and have come to signify ethical social and environmental lifestyle choices. Examples of such goods and services include ones that seek to: Change or improve products and services; or Change patterns of consumption - at household, government and corporate levels. Investigate case studies of programmes aimed at promoting sustainable consumption available on the Internet. These developments and case studies indicate that it is overly simplistic to view consumption only in a negative way. Indeed, it has been said that: . . . . . late 20th century consumerism contains within it far more revolutionary seeds than we have hitherto anticipated. Source: Nava, M. (1991) <strong>Consumer</strong>ism reconsidered: Buying and power, Cultural Studies, 5(2), pp. 171.
Thus, while consumption may be a cause of many social and environmental ills, it is also a vehicle through which present and future solutions to the problems of unsustainability may be reached. Q12: Suggest ways in which three driving forces of consumption could be reoriented to promote sustainable consumption.
Page 1 and 2: Introduction As with issues of citi
Page 3 and 4: OECD (1997) Sustainable Consumption
Page 5 and 6: Begin by opening your learning jour
Page 7 and 8: Population - Whose Problem Source:
Page 11 and 12: World Bank economist, Herman Daly,
Page 14 and 15: Consumption Does Not Guarantee Happ
Page 17 and 18: Many Poor People Live in the Most A
Page 19 and 20: A Story About Economic Growth and t
Page 21 and 22: Many Polluting Industries are Movin
Page 23 and 24: Environmental Costs The producton o
Page 27: Why are the Resources Impacts of No
Page 31 and 32: Wants Wants are the goods and servi
Page 33 and 34: Globalisation Globalisation is more
Page 35 and 36: Changing and Improving Products and
Page 37 and 38: Changing Patterns of Household, Gov
Page 41 and 42: Many countries greatly exceed the f
Page 43 and 44: Q15: What is the size of your Ecolo
Page 45 and 46: The American Footprint ... Estimate
Page 47 and 48: Compound Footprinting The most robu
Page 49 and 50: Consume less by consuming less per
Page 51 and 52: Country Population (1995) The Ecolo
Page 53 and 54: How and why to teach with the Ecolo
Page 55 and 56: How did you score Check your total
Page 57 and 58: Towards a Definition There are many
Page 59 and 60: Taking such principles into account
Page 61 and 62: Use If the product goes into the dr
Page 63 and 64: Sustainable consumption requires ev
Page 65 and 66: Defining Sustainable Consumption -
Page 67 and 68: Q23: Explain how you could adapt th
Page 69 and 70: Consumption does not guarantee happ
Page 71 and 72: The work-and-spend cycle Alienation
Page 73 and 74: Activity 7 - Reflection Q22: Answer

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