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05/18/2012
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Ways to make the essential modes of production and consumption patterns
Mankind already consumes 50% more renewable resources than the planet can regenerate. This happens when only 16% of the population accounts for 78% of total consumption. If everyone consumed like the wealthier inhabitants of the planet, we would need almost five planets to supply the consumption.
In 11 years working to mobilize people to the transforming power of his acts of conscious consumption, the Akatu learned that the key to sustainability will require the participation of various social actors, involving multilateral organizations, governments, corporations and civil society organizations. It was clear then the need for a specific reference as to some ways forward for the production and consumption become more sustainable. Hence was born the following decalogue, which proposes that values a consumer:
1. The durable goods more than the disposable or the accelerated obsolescence: as already happens with the replacement of disposable plastic bags for reusable bags and durable;
2. The production and development site rather than global output, such as community organizations in the production and marketing of typical regional products;
3. The shared use of products rather than individual ownership and use, such as bicycles shared in several major cities, including Sao Paulo, which are available for pick up and drop at strategic points;
4. The production, products and services more socially and environmentally sustainable, as already happens today with the seal that certifies Procel appliances that use less energy;
5. The virtual options more options than the material: as books, music and movies downloaded to MP3 players instead of the updated material;
6. The non-food and waste products, promoting their full use and longer life, as in thrift stores for clothes;
7. The satisfaction with the use of products and not by purchase in excess, as do those who keep their phones for years and do not exchange them with each new release;
8. The products and the healthier choices, such as found in organic markets and supermarkets;
9. Emotions, ideas and experiences more than material products, such as travel agencies which offer proposals experiences through participatory and educational visits;
10. Cooperation rather than competition, as with companies in the retail sector who practice a collaborative logistics to improve the level of service and reduce costs and CO2 emissions.
Source: Akatu
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