A Study Of Green Consumption In The View Of Ecological Phiolsophy

Green Consumption is a trend appeared in the world in the 1990 s,which is based on the deep reflection of "non-ecology" consumption in the modern industrial society.The "non-ecology" consumption is established on the basis of the "malignant growth",with the expense of environmental damage and resources waste.The result is resource depletion and environmental degradation,so the mankind is faced with unprecedented survival crisis.Therefore humans have to fundamentally rethink some of the traditional consumption concept and consumption patterns.The meaning of Green Consumption requires people to think of the following two aspects in their buy and consumption actions.On the one hand,we should consider the benefit of our health living environment;on the other hand,it is beneficial to environmental protection and ecological balance.The Green Consumption is based on the notion of the nature,harmony,environmental protection and health.It is the comprehensive modern consumption patterns which include various kinds of content,thus it is the inevitable requirement of sustainable development strategy in our country.In recent years,the government has played a positive role for the construction of Green Consumption,through a series of policy support,financial subsidies and other measures.Since the 1970 s,western governments and the international community began to focus on the sustainable development of the environment and economy.The empirical study of consumers' Green Consumption concept and behavior in our country draws the following conclusions.With the propulsion of sustainable economic development strategy,Green Consumption demands the humans to change the traditional relationship between man and nature,which puts the needs of people in the center position',and it is urgent to establish a new type of consumption which attaches great importance to ecological value.This is a historic change in human consumption mode.It is the revolutionary changes in the human mode of production,consumption patterns and ways of thinking;also it develops on the basis of inheriting the achievements of productivity development in the industrial civilization and criticizing its shortcomings and limitations.It will be realized in the higher stages of civilization.Developing low carbon economy and constructing low carbon society is a strategic choice to maintain the living environment in response to climate change.It is also one of the best models of global economic development.It is the only way for implementing the scientific outlook on development and sustainato achieve the harmonious development of man and nature and build a harmonious ble development.It is the inevitable requirement socialist society.It is an inevitable choice to construct an economical-resource and environment-friendly society.