​Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

KEY WORDS: sustainability, consumption, food production; fair trade, economics; economy; food production; food distribution; supply and demand; monoculture; advertising; marketing; waste generation; waste management; green economy; circular economy; green growth; regrowth; up-cycling; recycling; ecological footprint; Life Cycle Analysis (LCA); 

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Resources
#Envision2030 Goal 12
​​Goal 12: Department of Economic and Social AffairsSustainable Development
​UNDP Goal 12
Global Goals - Goal 12
SDG Compass: Goal 12

UN Goal #12

WLL Resources

Programs and Charities

Teaching the SDGs Workbook

Curriculum Outcomes and Learning Activities

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Questions

Here are some questions to help stimulate your thinking about this Goal:

• What does 'sustainable food consumption' mean?
• ​What does 'Fair Trade' mean?
• What are some examples of Fair Trade products that we can buy?​
• How does buying products that are 'Fair Trade' help the economy of that particular country?
• What is a 'monoculture' in agriculture?​
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of having an agricultural industry that is predominately  a monoculture.
• What does the term 'supply and demand' mean?
• How does this affect the food production and consumption in a country?
• What are Food Banks and how do they operate? 
• What are 'co-operatives' and how do they operate

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