Did you know... Dolceta.eu will be going offline on the 30th of June 2013.

The best teaching or pedagogical resources from Dolceta have been moved across to our new Consumer Education website, Consumer Classroom. www.consumerclassroom.eu is a collaborative website for teachers from across the EU. It provides quality teaching resources and interactive tools to equip 12 - 18 year olds with the practical consumer skills they need.
If you are a Teacher or Consumer Professional, please visit Consumer Classroom and sign up to access teaching resources or become a partner.

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Sustainable Consumption

Age group
Resources
- Biodiversity
- Energy
- Food
- Land
- Raw materials
- Water
Climate Change
- Air pollution
- Biodiversity
- Energy
- Food
- Land
- Raw materials
- Water
Waste management
Lifestyle
- Clothes
- Exercise
- Food
- Home
- Leisure
- Personal care
- Travel/holidays
Labels and Claims
- Appliances
- Clothes
- Electronics
- Food
- Transport
Parent’s corner
- Children’s wellbeing
Teacher’s corner
Quiz

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Food and drink: Being well acquainted with and practicing sustainable food and drink methods means taking environmental, health and social concerns into account.

Looking good: Just as consumers are now more aware and buy organic food in an effort to sustain the environment, so too the world of fashion and looking good is becoming more eco-friendly.

At home: You might be interested and surprised to learn that, after industry and transport, the residential sector is one of the biggest consumers of energy.

Getting there: Sustainable travel is about encouraging people to make informed choices about the way they travel and the consequences of those choices on their health and the environment.

There are lots of ways of being energy efficient at home.

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Introduction

Do you switch off the lights when leaving a room? Do you walk to work or the local corner shop? Do you recycle your waste? Do you try to buy food which has been grown or produced locally? Do you read clothes labels to check their country of origin? If you do one or more of these things, you are part of a global movement to live a smarter lifestyle - A lifestyle which will improve your fitness, save you money, help others have the opportunity to live a decent life and help protect our beautiful Earth. It’s a lifestyle which many people are choosing in order to meet the sustainability challenge.

For consumers

For teachers