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Consumption
- Pollution, deforestation, the extinction of species and global warming
are the result of activities that provide consumers with food, transport,
technology, clothing and wide variety of material goods..
- The ecological and social aspects become
more important that is why an alternative model of Consumption and
Production is being rethought.
Models
of Consumption
- If everyone consumed at the rate of developed countries….The
earth will not be enough. “Earth’s charge
capacity”
- Energy and raw materials consumption .
- An increment in consumption does not lead to an increment in the
quality of life.
- The economy globalization is based only
on a monetary analysis without considering the environmental costs.
Consumption
Pressure by Region
Attention to the Life Cycle
- Consumers are becoming more interested in the world behind the products that they buy.
- Attention to the Life Cycle implies that everyone involved in the life cycle chain has a responsibility (Producers, consumers, governments etc.)
Looking for alternatives
- Product Exchange
- Employment banks
- Communes (local production and consumption)
- Selective consumption (intelligent)
- Product share
- Less is more…
Sustainable Production
- More sustainable production can be achieved through the reduction in the use of energy, primary materials, toxic materials etc.
- More efficient processes bring economic and environmental benefits.
- Cleaner production
Sustainable Consumption
It is the use of products and services that respond to basic needs and that help to achieve a better quality of life as well as minimizing the use of natural resources, toxic materials, waste emissions and contaminants during the whole life cycle and not compromising the needs of future generations.
Players
- It's obvious that the individual consumer cannot achieve all the objectives of sustainable consumption.
- It is the responsibility of everybody, Governments, Industry, NGOs, consumers etc
- Consumers have to promote changes in life styles and receive adequate information, facilities, infrastructure, tax incentives and better products and services.
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PNUMA
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PNUMA concentrates on understanding the forces that encourage consumption and trying to use them to promote better products, services, infrastructures, legal brands (governments) and facilitating the awareness and active participation of consumers.
What does PNUMA do?
- It develops methodologies and tools for governments, industry and consumers to put the idea behind the Life Cycle into practice
- It spreads information
- It supports a transformation in industry towards informed consumers
- It encourages the development of good production practices
- It supports the spreading and application globally of international agreements such as Programme 21.
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