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06/29/2012
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The environment can not wait and PROCON-RJ, which did its part in the event on Saturday RIO +20 (23), at the Parc des athletes in the studied area, is now finalizing the "MANUAL OF SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION" which will be available this site, in the 2nd half of next month. The meeting held in the pavilion of the state government of Rio met dozens of people who were present at the lecture on "Sustainable Consumption: The Role of Environmental relations of consumption."
After the work, the audience participated in the discussions, including students of the Faculties of Law and the University Candido Mendes, who made several related questions. In the presidency of the table in discussions with the General Counsel of the PROCON-RJ Dr Carlos Edison Monteiro alongside Dr. Maria Raquel Coelho de Oliveira led the discussions, apart from invited speakers: Dr. Maria Lucia Alves de Oliveira, Coordinator of the PROCON Araruama and Rosana Gradeazabal Councillor, representing the city's mayor Andre Luiz Silva Monica.
Among other issues that have been developed, Dr. Carlos Monteiro Edison drew attention to the role of socio-environmental relations of consumption.
- The participation of the consumer is giving the necessary support for our work in PROCON-RJ. Awareness of the need to preserve the planet, the finiteness of natural resources and the search for renewable sources, are the dictates of environmental values and human dignity. Leaving the pitch from the discussions and to work effectively with the consumer is our goal, said Dr. Carlos Monteiro Edison.
The author of the "MANUAL OF SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION" Dr. Maria Raquel, responsible for Consumer Education PROCON-RJ and also the official website of the agency, believes the event can achieve the desired objective.
- One of our greatest achievements in the Rio +20 was the inclusion of standards for sustainable production and consumption in the final document. But what we, ordinary citizens, we must do to change this trend of degradation of nature and build a future of economic, social and environment we want? The answer is this: to modify our behavior as consumers. Society needs to reflect on the impact of consumption on environmental degradation, argued Dr Maria Raquel.
The salvation of the planet
The planet can be saved from the change in behavior at the time you buy a product or service. The problem lies not only in forests, at sea or in landfill, it begins at home and goes straight for the planet earth, which ends this problem by returning to you.
In the United Nations Conference on Environment held in Stockholm in 1972, defined the environment as follows: "The environment is the set of physical, chemical, biological and social effects likely to cause direct or indirect, within a short or long, on living beings and human activities. " So let's think before consuming.
Source: RJ Procon
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