Consumerism refers to the excessive and unnecessary consumption of goods and products. The document discusses some of the problems with consumerism, such as expensive new technologies for teenagers, buying expensive clothes for brands, and purchasing objects just because others have them or they are cheap. Consumerism can affect us by exhausting non-renewable resources, producing more than necessary which may make certain materials difficult to obtain in the future, causing economic crises and price increases, and generating large amounts of trash from unnecessary purchases. Some possible solutions proposed include avoiding deceptive advertising, practicing downshifting, consuming only what is needed, and not comparing oneself to what others have.

1. CONSUMERISM

2. Consumerism is the
excessive and
unnecessary
consumption of goods
and products.
1. WHAT IS CONSUMERISM?
Th e brief history of consumerism

3. 2. PROBLEMS WITH CONSUMERISM
I believe that there are many problems with consumerism:
 New technologies are very expensive for teenagers to buy.
 We buy expensive clothes for the brand.
 We buy objects only because others have it.
 There are many objects, clothes, shoes, food etc. that we buy, just
because they are cheap.

4. 3. HOW DOES CONSUMERISM AFFECT US?
Non- renewable
resources are exhausted.
 By consuming more
than necessary, more is
produced and in the
future it may be more
difficult to obtain certain
materials.
Economic crises and
prices increases.
There are large
amounts of trash from
getting rid of unnecessary
objects that we buy.
CRISIS

5. 4. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
• Avoid deceptive advertising.
• Practice downshifting.
• Consume only what you need.
• Buy things that you like only if they are
necessary and useful.
•Don´t compare yourself with what
others have.
expectation / reality

6. 4. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
• Avoid deceptive advertising.
• Practice downshifting.
• Consume only what you need.
• Buy things that you like only if they are
necessary and useful.
•Don´t compare yourself with what
others have.
expectation / reality