Geography - Theme 8 - Consumerism

Consumerism

The idea that it is beneficial to society if people buy an increasing amount of goods and services

Food miles

The distance that food travels from where it is produced to where it is consumed

Ecological footprint

A measure of the impact that each person has on the natural environment

Global interdependence

When countries depend on each other to buy and sell goods

Ecosystem

A community of plants and animals and how they interact with the environment they live in

Monoculture

Large-scale farming of one crop type