Reflections on green and sustainable consumption in contemporary society/Reflexoes acerca do consumo verde e sustentavel na sociedade contemporanea/Reflexiones sobre el consumo verde y sostenible en la sociedad contemporanea

The main objective of this essay is to reflect on the interrelations between the concepts of green consumption and sustainable consumption. Having in mind the existence of a widely disseminated environmental discourse in society, as well as the centrality of consumption in this same universe, one ca...

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Published inCadernos EBAPE.BR Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 403
Main Authors Souza, Jessica Silva, Miyazaki, Vitor Koiti, Enoque, Alessandro Gomes
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fundacao Getulio Vargas 01.04.2019
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1679-3951
DOI10.1590/1679-395167434

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Abstract The main objective of this essay is to reflect on the interrelations between the concepts of green consumption and sustainable consumption. Having in mind the existence of a widely disseminated environmental discourse in society, as well as the centrality of consumption in this same universe, one can perceive the existence of two opposite models concerning the forms of thinking and acting. While the former is configured as a model of consumption imposed by capitalism itself, and essentially resigns its practices and adopts a discourse that is to some extent convenient, the latter positions itself in a critical way and counts on essentially transformative logic. This reflection, however, does not deal with a comprehensive or definitive view on the subject. It is an exercise that starts from an interdisciplinary reading about the main points shownin the literature. Thus, the texts chosen for the preparation of this work serve not as a systematic review on the subject but, as it were, as inspirers of a reflection that seeks to better understand the issue of consumption in our contemporary society. The points of convergence and divergence in the chosen texts will be duly pointed out in the sense of drawing a path that highlights the understanding of the nature of consumption, especially sustainable consumption. Keywords: Sustainable Consumption. Green Consumption. Environmental crisis. Symbolic Consumption. Este artigo apresenta reflexoes acerca das inter-relacoes entre os conceitos de consumo verde e consumo sustentavel. Tendo como pano de fundo um discurso ambiental amplamente disseminado em nossa sociedade, bem como a centralidade do consumo nesse mesmo universo, percebe-se a existencia de dois modelos totalmente opostos no que diz respeito as formas de pensar e agir. Enquanto o primeiro se configura como um padrao de consumo imposto pelo proprio capitalismo que, essencialmente, ressignifica suas praticas e adota um discurso ate certo ponto conveniente para seus propositos, o segundo se posiciona de modo critico e aposta em uma logica essencialmente transformadora. Nossas reflexoes nao constituem uma visao abrangente ou definitiva. Trata-se de um exercicio que parte de leitura interdisciplinar dos principais pontos indicados na literatura pertinente. Assim, os textos selecionados para a confeccao deste estudo nao servem como uma revisao sistematica acerca do tema, mas como inspiradores de uma busca para melhor compreender a questao do consumo em nossa sociedade contemporanea. Os pontos de convergencia e divergencia nos textos selecionados sao devidamente apontados, com vistas a tracar um caminho para a compreensao da natureza do consumo, especialmente o sustentavel. Palavras-chave: Crise ambiental. Consumo sustentavel. Consumo verde. Consumo do simbolico. El presente ensayo tiene por objetivo principal realizar algunas reflexiones acerca de las interrelaciones entre los conceptos de consumo verde y consumo sostenible. Teniendo como telon de fondo un discurso ambiental ampliamente diseminado en nuestra sociedad, asi como la constatacion de una centralidad del consumo en ese mismo universo, se puede percibir la existencia de dos modelos totalmente opuestos en lo que se refiere a las formas de pensar y actuar. Mientras que el primero se configura como un modelo de consumo impuesto por el propio capitalismo, que esencialmente resignifica sus practicas y adopta un discurso que le es, hasta cierto punto, conveniente, el segundo se posiciona de una manera critica y apuesta en una logica esencialmente transformadora. Esta reflexion no se trata, sin embargo, de una vision completa o definitiva acerca de la tematica. Es, tan solo, un ejercicio que parte de una lectura interdisciplinaria de los principales puntos senalados en la literatura pertinente. Asi, los textos escogidos para la confeccion de este trabajo sirven, no como una revision sistematica sobre el tema sino, como inspiradores para una busqueda para comprender mejor la cuestion del consumo en nuestra sociedad contemporanea. Los puntos de convergencia y divergencia en los textos escogidos seran debidamente indicados con vistas a trazar un camino hacia la comprension de la naturaleza del consumo y, especialmente del consumo sostenible. Palabras clave: Crisis ambiental. Consumo sostenible. Consumo verde. Consumo simbolico.
AbstractList The main objective of this essay is to reflect on the interrelations between the concepts of green consumption and sustainable consumption. Having in mind the existence of a widely disseminated environmental discourse in society, as well as the centrality of consumption in this same universe, one can perceive the existence of two opposite models concerning the forms of thinking and acting. While the former is configured as a model of consumption imposed by capitalism itself, and essentially resigns its practices and adopts a discourse that is to some extent convenient, the latter positions itself in a critical way and counts on essentially transformative logic. This reflection, however, does not deal with a comprehensive or definitive view on the subject. It is an exercise that starts from an interdisciplinary reading about the main points shownin the literature. Thus, the texts chosen for the preparation of this work serve not as a systematic review on the subject but, as it were, as inspirers of a reflection that seeks to better understand the issue of consumption in our contemporary society. The points of convergence and divergence in the chosen texts will be duly pointed out in the sense of drawing a path that highlights the understanding of the nature of consumption, especially sustainable consumption. Keywords: Sustainable Consumption. Green Consumption. Environmental crisis. Symbolic Consumption. Este artigo apresenta reflexoes acerca das inter-relacoes entre os conceitos de consumo verde e consumo sustentavel. Tendo como pano de fundo um discurso ambiental amplamente disseminado em nossa sociedade, bem como a centralidade do consumo nesse mesmo universo, percebe-se a existencia de dois modelos totalmente opostos no que diz respeito as formas de pensar e agir. Enquanto o primeiro se configura como um padrao de consumo imposto pelo proprio capitalismo que, essencialmente, ressignifica suas praticas e adota um discurso ate certo ponto conveniente para seus propositos, o segundo se posiciona de modo critico e aposta em uma logica essencialmente transformadora. Nossas reflexoes nao constituem uma visao abrangente ou definitiva. Trata-se de um exercicio que parte de leitura interdisciplinar dos principais pontos indicados na literatura pertinente. Assim, os textos selecionados para a confeccao deste estudo nao servem como uma revisao sistematica acerca do tema, mas como inspiradores de uma busca para melhor compreender a questao do consumo em nossa sociedade contemporanea. Os pontos de convergencia e divergencia nos textos selecionados sao devidamente apontados, com vistas a tracar um caminho para a compreensao da natureza do consumo, especialmente o sustentavel. Palavras-chave: Crise ambiental. Consumo sustentavel. Consumo verde. Consumo do simbolico. El presente ensayo tiene por objetivo principal realizar algunas reflexiones acerca de las interrelaciones entre los conceptos de consumo verde y consumo sostenible. Teniendo como telon de fondo un discurso ambiental ampliamente diseminado en nuestra sociedad, asi como la constatacion de una centralidad del consumo en ese mismo universo, se puede percibir la existencia de dos modelos totalmente opuestos en lo que se refiere a las formas de pensar y actuar. Mientras que el primero se configura como un modelo de consumo impuesto por el propio capitalismo, que esencialmente resignifica sus practicas y adopta un discurso que le es, hasta cierto punto, conveniente, el segundo se posiciona de una manera critica y apuesta en una logica esencialmente transformadora. Esta reflexion no se trata, sin embargo, de una vision completa o definitiva acerca de la tematica. Es, tan solo, un ejercicio que parte de una lectura interdisciplinaria de los principales puntos senalados en la literatura pertinente. Asi, los textos escogidos para la confeccion de este trabajo sirven, no como una revision sistematica sobre el tema sino, como inspiradores para una busqueda para comprender mejor la cuestion del consumo en nuestra sociedad contemporanea. Los puntos de convergencia y divergencia en los textos escogidos seran debidamente indicados con vistas a trazar un camino hacia la comprension de la naturaleza del consumo y, especialmente del consumo sostenible. Palabras clave: Crisis ambiental. Consumo sostenible. Consumo verde. Consumo simbolico.
The main objective of this essay is to reflect on the interrelations between the concepts of green consumption and sustainable consumption. Having in mind the existence of a widely disseminated environmental discourse in society, as well as the centrality of consumption in this same universe, one can perceive the existence of two opposite models concerning the forms of thinking and acting. While the former is configured as a model of consumption imposed by capitalism itself, and essentially resigns its practices and adopts a discourse that is to some extent convenient, the latter positions itself in a critical way and counts on essentially transformative logic. This reflection, however, does not deal with a comprehensive or definitive view on the subject. It is an exercise that starts from an interdisciplinary reading about the main points shownin the literature. Thus, the texts chosen for the preparation of this work serve not as a systematic review on the subject but, as it were, as inspirers of a reflection that seeks to better understand the issue of consumption in our contemporary society. The points of convergence and divergence in the chosen texts will be duly pointed out in the sense of drawing a path that highlights the understanding of the nature of consumption, especially sustainable consumption.
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