For my assignment I have to choice something that I recently purchased and then write a paper on why I choice to purchase this particular item. — My item of choice to write about is GAS for my car. The cost of gas right now is $4.31. It take about $70.00 to full up my car every week. I drive my car for work, to shop, and to take my kids to extra cirricular activies.
— I am required to use 3 of my school resource for this writting assignment to help explain the question. The questions and reference are as followed-
QUESTIONS:
Discuss why you bought this particular product. Consider issues such as the brand, size, flavor, color, why you wanted or needed it, etc. Would you consider it a want or a need? Why did you classify it in this way?
Conduct research on that product to learn more about how it is manufactured, distributed, and disposed of when it is done being used. What workers are needed to produce this product? What type of environmental impact does this product have?
Now that you know more information about this product, how do you feel about your purchase? Would you make the same decision to purchase this product? If so, why? If not, what would you do differently?
Using at least three of the course learning materials, discuss what it means to live in a consumer society, and how our values around consumerism might change if people were to learn more information about the products they purchased. What are some alternatives to consumerism that may better benefit our environment, and our overall society (such as purchasing more durable goods, etc.)?
The essay must:
be 1000-1200 words on double-spaced pages Refrences:
Kiron, D. (1997). Consumption in the affluent society. In N. R. Goodwin, F. Ackerman, & D. Kiron (Eds.), The consumer society (pp. 37-75). Island Press.
Harris, J. (1997). Consumption and the environment. In N. R. Goodwin, F. Ackerman, & D. Kiron (Eds.), The consumer society (pp. 37-75). Island Press.
Kulman, L. (2004). Our Consuming Interest. (Cover story). U.S. News & World Report, 136(23), 58–60.
Ackerman, F. (1997). History of consumer society. In N. R. Goodwin, F. Ackerman, & D. Kiron (Eds.), The consumer society (pp. 109-147). Island Press.
