Solidarity Economy

INTRODUCTION

Responsible consumption is characterized by the influence that education, solidarity, responsibility, respect, interculturality, and love for oneself, others, and Mother Earth have on the person.

It is important that the perception that each individual has of responsible consumption is different; whereby is proposed through this course to share perceptions, feelings, and proposals that will allow others to understand contexts and decisions different from their own that will concede understanding with empathy and love the possibilities that we all possess to learn and relearn in the process of improving our habits and the impact of a more responsible consumptionin the place where we live.

There are many aspects of consumption that, with simple changes, can have a significant impact on society as a whole. All of us have the responsibility to work together to improve resource efficiency, reduce waste and pollution, and shape a new Solidarity Economy.

PURPOSE OF THE TOPIC: Raise the awareness of communities and individuals in order to generate an alternative economy to improve living conditions andwell-being with due respect to all human beings and mother earth with a local economic impact.