Environmental education as an instrument for sustainable consumption in the face of planned obsolescence

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i12.10768

Keywords:

Consumerism; Globalization; Sustainability; Conservation; Waste.

Abstract

Programmed obsolescence is the application of techniques to a product, in order to artificially limit its useful life, making the repetitive purchase of an updated model mandatory. Our goal is to analyze how Environmental Education can assist in a balanced relationship between consumption and environmental preservation. Our work is a narrative review and we use the deductive approach method, complemented by bibliographic analysis, with essential elements for understanding and characterizing the theme. We note that programmed obsolescence is a practice that is aggressive to nature and society. Therefore, in order to minimize the effects of unbridled production of superfluous goods and to seek the possibility for a more sustainable society, we observed that a behavioral change in the consumer is necessary. And for that, Environmental Education is fundamental, as a starting point for an understanding between consumption patterns and the guarantee of an ecologically balanced environment for present and future generations.

Author Biographies

Vívian Ariane de Oliveira Costa, Universidade Federal de Alfenas

Institute of Science and Technology

Brazil

Degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG); Master in Development, Technologies and Society from the Federal University of Itajubá, (UNIFEI), postgraduate student in Innovation in Education Mediated by Technologies from the Federal University of ABC, (UFABC) and PhD student in Environmental Sciences from UNIFAL-MG.

Acting in: Development, Education and Environmental Justice.

Ligia de Almeida Gilioli Fraga, Universidade Federal de Alfenas

Institute of Science and Technology - ICT/UNIFAL, Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences (PPGCA/UNIFAL).

Graduated in Biological Sciences at IFSULDEMINAS; Master in Environment and Water Resources (Conservation Units and Environmental Education) at UNIFEI; postgraduate student in specialization in teaching nature science and mathematics at IFSULDEMINAS; PhD student in Environmental Sciences at UNIFAL.

Working in: Nature Conservation, Conservation Units, Environmental Education and Sustainability.

Tális Pereira Matias, Universidade Federal de Alfenas

Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (BiCT) from the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG), Environmental Engineer, Master in Science and Environmental Engineering and PhD student in Environmental Sciences from the same university. He works in the Pé de Água Research Group of Environmental Education developing research projects in the area of ​​Environmental Engineering, with emphasis on Education and Environmental Impact Assessment.

Rafael de Souza Mendes da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alfenas

Bachelor of Science and Technology at the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), works at the Botanical Garden Foundation of Poços de Caldas, MG.

Luciana Botezelli , Universidade Federal de Alfenas

Institute of Science and Technology - ICT/UNIFAL, Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences (PPGCA/UNIFAL).

Graduation in Forest Engineering from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA); Master in Forest Engineering (Environmental Management); specialization in Ecotourism and Activities Planning in Natural Areas; doctorate in Forest Engineering (Forest Sciences) also from UFLA.

Working in: Nature Conservation, Conservation Units, Environmental Education, Urban Environmental Planning and Sustainability

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Published

15/12/2020

How to Cite

COSTA, V. A. de O.; FRAGA, L. de A. G. .; MATIAS, T. P.; SILVA, R. de S. M. da; BOTEZELLI , L. Environmental education as an instrument for sustainable consumption in the face of planned obsolescence . Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 12, p. e12691210768, 2020. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v9i12.10768. Disponível em: https://www.rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/10768. Acesso em: 20 apr. 2024.

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Review Article