Consumerism and Environment: Does Consumption Behaviour Affect Environmental Quality?

Orecchia, Carlo; Zoppoli, Pietro

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1719507

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“…Nevertheless, we cannot ignore the pleasure that shopping affords and the happiness felt by those consumers who are governed by an impulse to buy. "Rebus sic stantibus, believed that consumerism, as a term used by sociologists to describe the effects of equating personal happiness with purchasing material possessions, can even do worse (damage), as long as it determines an increase in the amount of purchased goods" (Orecchia, & Zoppoli, 2007).…”

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“…However, consumerism affects the environment (Orecchia & Zoppoli, 2007) as it increases production and "larger inputs of energy and material" generating "larger quantities of waste by products" (ibid). This was not the only impact as consumerism also, "increased extraction and exploitation of natural resources" (ibid), which is a threat to economies in addition to business sustainability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Consumerism has and continues to have an impact on the environment in a variety of different ways (Orecchia & Zoppoli, 2007). For example, increasing levels of consumption results in a surge in levels of production.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This phenomenon requires "larger inputs of energy and material and generate larger quantities of waste by products" (ibid). Moreover, "increased extraction and exploitation of natural resources", plus the "accumulation of waste and concentration of pollutants, can damage the environment and, in the long run, limit economic activity" (Orecchia & Zoppoli, 2007), which often typifies less developed societies.…”

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For Richer or Poorer in Sickness for Wealth: What Price Consumerism?

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2017

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“…Research (Orecchia & Zoppoli, ; Guercio, ) has revealed that more stuff has snatched away the health (physical as well as mental) and happiness leaving economies in wilderness. Meadows, Meadows, Randers, and Behrens () pointed the excessive use of planetary resources and the dire need for economies to live within ecological boundaries.…”

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Ensuring sustainable development by curbing consumerism: An eco‐spiritual perspective

Jain

2019

Sustainable Development

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The contemporary economic growth models have directed the economies on an unsustainable trajectory where the present generation seems disenchanted with the heap of waste, debt, and insufficiency inherited from their forefathers. The present paper is an attempt to analyze the cause of consumerism and recommend an eco-spiritual policy perspective for ensuring sustainable development. The paper analyzes that the United Nations recently announced Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cannot lead the economies towards sustainable development. Ensuring sustainable development will require curbing consumerism consciously through exploring the unexplored spiritual dimension, which can inspire humanity to lead a life of simplicity, moderation, and minimum desires for sustainable and all-inclusive development. It has been stressed that aspiration of breakthrough result requires moving away from the external to the inward synthesis of the spiritual aspects, which believes in co-existence, acknowledging care, and concern for both human beings and the nature.The paper argues for an eco-spiritual perspective for furthering the goal of sustainability.

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Zero-Waste Concept in the Seafood Industry: Enzymatic Hydrolysis Perspective

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2021

Waste Management, Processing and Valorisation

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Consumerism and Environment: Does Consumption Behaviour Affect Environmental Quality?

Cited by 20 publications

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For Richer or Poorer in Sickness for Wealth: What Price Consumerism?

For Richer or Poorer in Sickness for Wealth: What Price Consumerism?

Ensuring sustainable development by curbing consumerism: An eco‐spiritual perspective

Zero-Waste Concept in the Seafood Industry: Enzymatic Hydrolysis Perspective

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