Reflexões sobre o viver e a politização das práticas de consumo

Abstract

In the last decades, an increase in globally consumption patterns took place, followed by increased pollution, exploitation of natural resources and a constitution of a lifestyle dominated by an excess of labor work and economic debt. This article presents partial results of a research and had as objective to make visible how groups with alternative lifestyles and labor practices related to consumption practices. Aspects related to individualization of responsibility related to environmental problems, as criticized by some respondents of the research, will be problematized. Even though the reflection and modification of consumption practices are not a complete solution to environmental problems, the fact of being concerned with our planet make possible the emergence of less massified relations in our lives.