Green consumption


Green consumption is related to sustainable development or sustainable consumer behaviour. this is a a create of consumption that safeguards the environment for the introduced and for future generations. It ascribes to consumers responsibility or co-responsibility for addressing environmental problems through the adoption of environmentally friendly behaviors, such(a) as the use of organic products, clean in addition to renewable energy, together with the option of goods offered by chain with zero, or nearly zero, impact zero waste, zero-emissions vehicle, zero-energy building, etc..

In Western societies, green consumption emerged during the 1960s and the early 1970s, with the increased awareness of the necessity to protect the environment and people's health from the effects caused by industrial pollutants and by economic and population growth. In the 1980s, the first American "green" brands began toand exploded on the American market. During the 1990s, green products grew slowly, remaining a niche phenomenon. American interest in green products started to include again in the early 2000s and cause continued to grow.

Origin and development


After the ] argue that increasing globalization led people to feel more interconnected with others and the environment, which led to an increasing awareness of global environmental problems, especially in western countries.

The main forums in which the issue has been discussed, and which have provided guidelines to orient national governments are: IUCN 1980 World Conservation Strategy; World Commission on Environment and developing in 1983 and 1987 Brundtland Report; Italy 1993 National plan for Sustainable Development; Aalborg 1994, 1st European Conference on Sustainable Cities; Lisbon 1996, 2nd European Conference on Sustainable Cities; Hannover 2000, 3rd Conference on Sustainable Cities; European Union in 2001, VI Environmental Action plan 2002/2010; Aalborg +10; and the Aalborg Commitments in 2004.