Understand why it is so important to weigh your choices when consuming
Consumption is something we practice daily, most of the time even automatically, without realizing everything we consume in a single day. However, this daily habit can be harmful many times, both for our pocket, and especially for the environment.
After all, have you ever stopped to think about the production process of each thing we use and consume every day? Are all of them produced in a sustainable way, aiming to cause the least damage to the planet? And when we think about our health, how do we know if the composition of that product does us good or bad?
In this article we will talk about conscious consumption, which is nothing more than a daily practice and that in the long run makes a big difference and brings countless benefits for everyone!
Topics to be covered
- What is Conscious Consumption
- What points should we pay attention to before consuming
- Long-term benefits
What is Conscious Consumption
Consuming anything involves many steps, and they start when we think about what we are going to consume. From there, the entire consumption process begins, whether conscious or not.
Under customary conditions, we just think about what we need at that moment and go back to consume, satisfy our need, without assessing whether we really need it, what it is, why, how our focus of consumption was produced and what its impact on the environment environment. This is where common consumption differs from conscious consumption.
Conscious consumption is a practice that ends up becoming a habit, and it starts when we start to analyze our real need: “do I need to consume this? It’s because?”
From this questioning, we move on to another stage, which is to study its object of consumption – be it a product, a food, a clothing. And for studying, understand, getting to know the brand better, researching how production is done, what materials are used in the making, who are the workers, and after consumption, when it becomes waste, what will go to the environment? How long will it be degraded in nature?
It seems like a lot, doesn’t it? But as said, it is a habit, and over time you will automatically have a new practice of conscious consumption.
What points should we pay attention to before consuming
To become a conscious consumer, you must keep the following in mind:
– Reduce: seek to reduce the use of packaging, seek sustainable packaging or that can be reusable. A good example is the use of biodegradable refills and packaging. It applies to water, quantities in general and all types of consumption that can be done economically.
– Avoid waste: do not buy, pick up or use more than enough for your own consumption. Reuse food, packaging and resources.
– Have a critical sense: research about the manufacturer – its sustainable ideals, its footprint with the environment and especially its production. Avoid buying products from companies that perform tests on animals, or that have any suspicion of outsourcing – which can involve slave labor! – Try to consume small businesses and local producers, you directly help the local business and economy, apart from the fact that the environmental impact is always millions of times smaller than that of large industries.
Long-term benefits
In the long run, in addition to so many benefits for the planet, such as the reduction of waste generation, the exploitation of raw materials and labor, and the progress of the local economy; we also become more aware in our daily lives, because consuming consciously ends up affecting other areas of our life, we become more discerning with everything around us and we evolve as human beings.
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