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Good life
Other rewards
100
This has obvious "negative implications for the depletion of the planet's 'natural resources' and consequent reductions in biodiversity."
What is overconsumption?
100
This refers to efforts to "increase collaboration or cooperation in the purchase and consumption of goods and services."
What is collaborative consumption?
100
Name at least one of the personal costs of hyper-consumption.
What is stress, debt, weight gain, etc.?
100
The Greek philosopher who was interested in the pursuit of tranquility rather than the mindless pursuit of pleasure.
Who is Epicurus?
100
When rival products are so similar, we realize we are being sold ____________________.
What are illusions of choice--the only differences are in advertising which leads to degree of brand loyalty and amount of desire for a product.
200
This term refers to 'excessive or non-functional consumption.'
What is hyperconsumption?
200
In 2008, global trade in goods properly certified as _______ amounted to almost $5billionUS.
What is Fair Trade?
200
Name at least one of the social costs of hyper-consumption.
What is worker pay, worker safety, cocooning, etc.
200
This movement was anti-McDonald's in Rome in 1986, and it was intended to raise awareness of the human and environmental costs of fast food.
What is the Slow Food movement?
200
The United Nations defines ______________ "as the process of enlarging the range of people's choices by increasing their opportunities for education, health care, a clean environment, income, employment, and political freedom."
What is human development?
300
This can also have "negative health impacts for the consumers--with one survey revealing that 65% of Americans are either overweight or obese."
What is addictive consumption?
300
This refers to "efforts to live with less as a result of a conscious decision to avoid waste and complexity in life."
What is voluntary simplicity?
300
I live in the outer margins of the city, I commute for hours alone in my car, I go home to my dream home that is outfitted with my dream furniture in time to go to bed. What am I doing?
What is cocooning?
300
According to US food activist and writer Mark Winne, between 1994 and 2010 there was a ______ increase in farmers' markets in the US.
What is tenfold?
300
Globally, about _____ percent of the world's poorest people are female, and their earnings average 25 percent lower than men.
What is 70?
400
People in North America are using around ____ times as much energy as people living in Bangladesh.
What is 35?
400
This is marked by a desire to consume carefully due to concern about negative human impacts on the environmental world.
What is ethical consumption?
400
When I am surrounded by non-threatening landscapes and invite contact with only friends and family, I may block or ignore these impacts.
What are social or environmental costs?
400
True or False: According to the 'good life' essay, there is a simple way to switch from unsustainable to sustainable modes of consumption.
What is False?
400
In theory, the price of goods and services should reflect the degree to which their production, use, and disposal is sustainable. When a price does not reflect this, the situation has a _______________.
What is negative externality?
500
Cities stand at the intersection of both _____ and _____ flows which can undermine a secure sense of belonging as well as an awareness of environmental impacts.
What are social and ecological?
500
This type of consumer is "increasingly motivated by a desire to avoid consumer goods that are produced in conditions where the producers are treated badly and trapped in endless poverty."
What is ethical consumption?
500
Name a weakness of ethical consumption.
What is where is the line, how much do I know, who is my source, etc.
500
Name at least one social strength of voluntary simplicity.
What is room and time to be social, money to be social, etc.
500
Firms that produce goods or services in a sustainable manner must be rewarded financially; an example of such an incentive is the ____________________.
What is environmental performance bond?