Event Title
Conscious Consumption
Location
Hart 113
Start Time
10-5-2017 12:50 PM
End Time
10-5-2017 1:20 PM
Description
This presentation will focus on the role of consumption in fostering a sustainable economy. Sustainability is typically discussed in a siloed fashion in the United States. Cradle-to-cradle production and regulation to curb greenhouse gas emissions are proffered as salves for evidenced degradation but little attention is directed to how a society can enable sustainability as a cultural norm. Further and related, the role of the individual economic agent as consumer, investor, and government participant is seemingly not acknowledged. To a large extent, the population majority delegates the powers conferred in the three roles to a minority largely through indifferent conveyance, leaving outcomes impacting society dependent on incentives of a few, who may or may not be aligned with the public welfare. Therefore, given a consumerism based economy, perhaps the most significant, powerful, and traction-inducing vehicle for instituting sustainability may be found in enabling conscious consumption at the individual level.
Conscious Consumption
Hart 113
This presentation will focus on the role of consumption in fostering a sustainable economy. Sustainability is typically discussed in a siloed fashion in the United States. Cradle-to-cradle production and regulation to curb greenhouse gas emissions are proffered as salves for evidenced degradation but little attention is directed to how a society can enable sustainability as a cultural norm. Further and related, the role of the individual economic agent as consumer, investor, and government participant is seemingly not acknowledged. To a large extent, the population majority delegates the powers conferred in the three roles to a minority largely through indifferent conveyance, leaving outcomes impacting society dependent on incentives of a few, who may or may not be aligned with the public welfare. Therefore, given a consumerism based economy, perhaps the most significant, powerful, and traction-inducing vehicle for instituting sustainability may be found in enabling conscious consumption at the individual level.
Comments
Moderator: Khadija Monk