Impacts of Consumerism on the Environment — Eduqas GCSE Geography A C111
Eduqas GCSE Geography A · C111
Impacts of Consumerism on the Environment
Key Idea 8.1: Consumerism and its impact on the environment
What you need to know
Understand the concept of the ecological footprint.
Analyze the links between growing global interdependence, consumerism, and ecosystem destruction in tropical rainforests and one contrasting biome.
Evaluate the environmental impacts of consumer demands, such as palm oil or biofuel development in tropical ecosystems.
Assess how consumerism affects the environment through changes to agri-business and transport, including the impact of food miles and out-of-season produce.
Analyze the environmental and human impacts of waste disposal, with a specific focus on e-waste.
