{"id":2613,"date":"2023-05-29T21:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/student-activity.binus.ac.id\/aiesec\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2023-05-29T21:30:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T14:30:47","slug":"stop-and-think-before-buying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/student-activity.binus.ac.id\/aiesec\/2023\/05\/stop-and-think-before-buying\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop and Think Before Buying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discounts and deals are intriguing, but have you ever thought that purchasing items you don\u2019t need may lead to overconsumption?. But what is overconsumption and how can we avoid it?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>WHAT IS OVERCONSUMPTION?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overconsumption refers to the excessive use of resources that goes beyond the capacity of the ecosystem. Overconsumption is a significant factor to climate change, therefore a continuous overconsumption pattern can hold us back from rebuilding a better planet.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>WHY DOES OVERCONSUMPTION HAPPEN?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lower price tag: Nowadays, items are made with cheap materials and even sold at cheaper prices, therefore it is more accessible to buy in large quantities<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discounts: Discount events attract customers to purchase the item for the sake of getting a good deal and not because they need it<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>HOW TO AVOID OVERCONSUMPTION?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do not get easily persuaded by discounts. Think first about whether or not you actually need the item you are purchasing. How often can you use the item?<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think of the items\u2019 life cycle. Once you discard it, will it end up in the compost or the landfill? Look for items that can be reused or recycled.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make use of the items that you already own. See if you already own an item before buying a new one<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen people buy less stuff, you get immediate drops in emissions, resource consumption and pollution, unlike anything we\u2019ve achieved with green technology.\u201d &#8211; JB MacKinnon, author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Day the World Stops Shopping. Let\u2019s support SDG 12\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reference:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/may\/30\/should-we-all-stop-shopping-how-to-end-overconsumption\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/may\/30\/should-we-all-stop-shopping-how-to-end-overconsumption<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kleiderly.com\/our-blog\/over-consumption-the-plague-of-our-days\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.kleiderly.com\/our-blog\/over-consumption-the-plague-of-our-days<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/overconsumption-sustainability-climate\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/overconsumption-sustainability-climate\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcome.biz\/blog\/overconsumption-what-is-it-and-what-can-we-do-about-it\/#:~:text=The%20only%20way%20to%20combat,unjustifiable%20prices%20or%20preposterous%20discounts\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/bcome.biz\/blog\/overconsumption-what-is-it-and-what-can-we-do-about-it\/#:~:text=The%20only%20way%20to%20combat,unjustifiable%20prices%20or%20preposterous%20discounts<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discounts and deals are intriguing, but have you ever thought that purchasing items you don\u2019t need may lead to overconsumption?. 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