Sustainable Consumerism effects the following:
- Quality of life;
- Wise use of resources, and minimisation of waste and pollution;
- Use of renewable resources within their capacity for renewal;
- Fuller product life-cycles; and
- Intergenerational and intragenerational equity.
My definition on sustainable consumerism is: The ability to use less of the resources surrounding us to maintain a high quality of life that can be easily maintained.
Consumerists vs. Sustainable living
Green-wash (green’wash’, -wôsh’) – verb: the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.
I would be willing to pay more for local food depending on what it is. For example, if a locally grown tomato was $.50 more expensive sure I would buy it. I am not willing to pay a significant amount more than the item, ex $3.00. As a general rule, I would be willing to pay 20% more for organic, local or fair-trade items. I always go to mom and pop stores and farmers markets before I go to say Publix or Sweetbay. I do not purchase vegetables of fruits or meats from Walmart, so this would be a place I would never visit for foods. The ramifications of shopping at local food markets keeps local farmers in business. If we were to all shop simply, we would all be accessing food that helps support the environment in which we live. In return, the prices we would pay for goods would go down due to the fact that farmers would sustain their businesses better which enables them to provide competitive pricing.
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