2020 Volume 16 Issue 4 Pages 220-226
The Consumer Education Promotion Act, enacted in 2012, explicitly refers to fostering consumers who contribute to the formation and development of a “consumer citizen society,” which progressively participates in building of a sustainable society. In addition, it proclaims sustainable consumption as one of its keywords. In this respect, its intersection with the LCT（Life Cycle Thinking）-based environmental education seems to have become apparent. With this in view, this paper looks at domestic and international trends to clarify the current state of the position of LCT environmental education in consumer education. It then considers the implications of positioning LCT environmental education within consumer education aimed at forming a “consumer citizen society,” as well as the issues encountered and the final outlook.
