Consumption and sustainable development: Ethical aspects

Abstract

Economic growth, excessive consumption and the consequent growing exploitation of natural resources pose the risk of a global ecological disaster. Therefore, it is vital to create a new consumer awareness concerned about the natural environment. This paper describes the issue of sustainable consumption in the context of sustainable development. It has been assumed that the increasing popularity of ecological awareness, plays the key role in the implementation of the objectives of sustainable consumption and sustainable development. The aim of this paper is to explain mechanisms responsible for the increasing role of consumption in the modern world and to draw attention to the need to raise the ecological awareness of consumers. The paper uses the analytic-synthetic method.