STS REVIEWER (LESSON 8)

QUESTIONING CONSUMPTION

Consumption - the satisfaction of our wants by the use of commodities and services; destruction of
utility

Types of Consumption

● Direct - it happens when an individual satisfies himself upon buying and using a certain product
● Productive - Buying goods to be used in producing other goods.
● Wasteful - Buying things that do not give satisfaction to a person
● Harmful – satisfaction which are harmful and can endanger their health.

Factors That Influence Our Consumption

1. Income
2. Occasion
3. Advertisements
4. Prices
5. Values
6. Seasons
7. Imitation/Bandwagon Effect

William McDonough

- Sustainable design expert

- Cradle to Cradle
- What we actually purchase from the store is just the tip of a vast iceberg, a gigantic pyramid
of extracted resources and burnt fuel, toxic waste and sweatshop labor.