A Tentative plan for the Classification of Concepts in Consumer Education by Bannister. R & Monsma. C.

ーA Consideration of Comparing Concepts of Consumer Education in US, UK and Germanyー

Abstract

To consumer: ”To make away with, destroy, as by fire,　evaporation, decomposition, disease; to waste, succumb; to use up, esp. to eat up, drink up,; to take up, spend, waste (time); to waste away, to burn away”. This definition of the word ”consume”, from the Oxford English Dictionary, explains rather graphically why ”sustainable consumption” is one of the battle cries of the environmental movement. If the sustainability of biological system is not ensured, future generarions may have problems meeting their most basic needs, such as food. Sustainable consumption means changing lifestyles and this concept is an essential component of consumer education. Therefore the classification of concepts in consumer education should be changed according to the circumsatances of today.