Responsible consumption
Impact level | Learning objectives |
Discovery | 1. The learner is made aware of the concepts of social, economic and environmental development. 2. The learner learns about the strategies developed by governments and other actors to promote sustainable production and consumption. |
Knowledge | 1. The learner understands how individual lifestyle choices influence social, economic and environmental development. 2. The learner understands production and consumption patterns and value chains and the interrelatedness of production and consumption (supply and demand, toxics, CO2 emissions, waste generation, health, working conditions, poverty, etc. ). 3. The learner knows roles, rights and duties of different actors in production and consumption (media and advertising, enterprises, municipalities, legislation, consumers, etc. ). 4. The learner knows about strategies and practices of sustainable production and consumption. 5. The learner understands dilemmas/trade-offs related to and system changes necessary for achieving sustainable consumption and production. |
Commitment | 1. The learner is able to communicate the need for sustainable practices in production and consumption. 2. The learner is able to encourage others to engage in sustainable practices in consumption and production. 3. The learner is able to differentiate between needs and wants and to reflect on their own individual consumer behaviour in light of the needs of the natural world, other people, cultures and countries, and future generations. 4. The learner is able to envision sustainable lifestyles. 5. The learner is able to feel responsible for the environmental and social impacts of their own individual behaviour as a producer or consumer. |
Action | 1. The learner is able to plan, implement and evaluate consumption-related activities using existing sustainability criteria. 2. The learner is able to evaluate, participate in and influence decision-making processes about acquisitions in the public sector. 3. The learner is able to promote sustainable production patterns. 4. The learner is able take on critically on their role as an active stakeholder in the market. 5. The learner is able to challenge cultural and societal orientations in consumption and production. |
Transformation | 1. The learner organises or co-organises a collective action to influence decisions at a certain level (local, national or international) and promotes sustainability consumption. 2. The learner initiates tangible and measurable actions within a group. 3. The learner settles, within a group, levers to transform the practices of a target population. |