1. Responsible consumption
By: daniel carrera
Grade: 1 d
Teacher: eliu matto

2. Responsible consumption
• Responsible consumption is a concept Advocated by ecological,
social and political organizaciones who Believe That humans
would do well to change consumption habits adjusting to Their
Their actual needs and choosing options on the market That
Promote environmental conservation and social equality.
• For author and activist Esther Vivas "Consumers as we can
choose to conduct a responsible consumer, buying the local
markets and convenience stores, but beyond our personal
choice is very important to act collectively Involving ourselves in
boycott campaigns and Participating in consumer cooperatives
of organic products That Establish direct relationships with
producers purchase Their environment. Also Work is needed in
campaigns and in Broader Global justice movement,
environmentalist, feminist ... in a perspective of struggle and
social transformation and overall politic

3. • Some points to consider in responsible consumption are:
• Consider the environmental impact from the point of view
of the life cycle of the product to buy, valuing the processes
of production, transportation, distribution, consumption
and waste that leaves the product.
• Determine the ecological footprint that certain lifestyle and
consumption occur.
• Determine which companies, products and services,
environmentally and human rights against other preferring
not complying with those requirements.
• Ask the type of trade you want to promote.
• Ensuring the quality of what you purchased.
• The following recommendations or actions, and more, are
considered as priorities for critical consumption, conscious
and responsible in today's world, both personal and
professional or business.

4. Consejos para la salud del medio
ambiente
• Ecologists in Action The organization has published a number of tips for
responsible drinking ; these are :
• Being green and avoid contamination.
• Before you buy something , think carefully if you really need to buy it or
if you're only leading by advertising.
• If you decide to buy something, well see what raw material is
manufactured, how its process demanufacturación impacts the
environment and if it generates any damage or social injustice.
• Also consider what impact the environment and the social environment
(especially close to you ) has the use of what you plan to buy .
• Every time you buy something, you must also consider the impact
caused by waste and garbage generated.
• Avoid products "disposable " if they are not strictly necessary .
• Rejects plastic bags in supermarkets and leading retailers. If you can, to
do the shopping, bring your own cloth bags , paper , cardboard or even
plastic ones previously used until they are worn out .

5. • Purchase the content and not the container.
Many times you pay more for anything that
involves the manufacture and disposal of
packaging, that are thrown directly into the
trash, which for the content.
• Recycled before buying, many of the things
that are to pull can be reused in other ways
and forms (use your imagination).
• Avoid canned and packaged products too.
Lunch boxes and glass jars are a greener
way to store food in plastic and aluminum.
• Prioritize products returnable or reusable
containers.
• If use disposable items, which are
compostable, biodegradable or, in any case,
recyclable materials. For example plates,
glasses, cutlery, bags, disposable pens
compostable materials such as bioplastics,
instead of plastic.

6. Advice responsible consumption in the
financial sector
• Investing in ethical banking.

7. Advice responsible consumption in the
information revolution
• Try to not only buy but also use free software
whenever possible. Ie, use: operating systems,
applications, software, firmware, drivers, web
applications and multimedia codecs, open and
free of proprietary licenses code, as these
deprive users, researchers and developers
around the world of the four fundamental
freedoms associated with software that makes
the Free software Foundation

8. • Note that not only the size,
but the simple use of a
system, service or program,
favors the proliferation of
users and purchasers of such
a system, service or Prgrm,
and therefore financing
company that develops and
his philosophy, which brings
forth a world or another. You,
and each of us, you're a
participant and responsible.

9. • Freedom # 1: The freedom to run the
program for any purpose. Freedom # 2:
The freedom to study the program and
adapt it to your needs. Freedom # 3:
the freedom to distribute the program
the way you received it. Libertad # 4:
the freedom to modify the program
and share their modifications. The
denial of these freedoms is developing
a spiral of technological dependence of
individuals, companies, schools,
organizations and even countries, in
general, the progress of which is
subject to other countries and
companies with great power and with
different interests and often contrary
to those of most users. This is much
more important the more humanity is
based on technology in general and
computers in particular.

10. GRACIAS