Repensando o consumismo: uma reflexão sobre a necessidade de um “consumo responsável”

Abstract

Has the work developed through a literature reflecting on the need to curb consumerism, encouraged to question the reasons that lead us to purchase any product and adopting actions that strengthen the education of people about the importance of preserving the natural environment of our planet, so damaged by the actions of man in search of survival and development. We also carried out field research on a group of people considered responsible consumption, and the report of practical experiences in reducing energy consumption by applying the practice of "r's" green. Undoubtedly, the use of responsible drinking is a great way to contribute to this process of recovery of natural resources of our planet and for this, we use the daily Erres, at least the four most common ones: reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink. Where to rethink, although it was later integrated with the other, is of fundamental importance because it suggests the reflection, the most efficient way of internalizing the knowledge to a higher value, necessary to our existence as individuals.