LIFE27
Module 27: Responsible Consumerism (Optional)
Outcome
Investigate factors that influence responsible consumerism.
Indicators
(a) Examine various consumer rights such as:
  • right to security (protection);
  • right to information (information necessary to make an informed decision);
  • right to be heard;
  • right to choose;
  • right to meet basic needs (access to essential goods and services);
  • right to address wrongdoings;
  • right to education; and,
  • right to a healthy environment.
(b) Identify examples of consumer responsibilities such as:
  • informed decision-making;
  • actions to support a just cause;
  • social responsibility;
  • environmental responsibility; and,
  • solidarity (e.g., union with other consumers).
(c) Explain the link between consumer rights and responsibilities.
(d) Identify resources available to consumers to assert their rights.
(e) Analyze ethical factors (e.g., environmental, social) pertaining to responsible consumerism.
(f) Identify measures (e.g., recycling clothes, community food boxes, donations of garden surplus) to promote economic and environmental sustainability.
(g) Discuss how digital footprints are created and how they record online presence according to categories including voluntary, involuntary and inherited.
(h) Identify ways to manage digital footprints as responsible consumers.
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