Reflexões sobre o viver e a politização das práticas de consumo

In the last decades, an increase in globally consumption patterns took place, followed by increased pollution, exploitation of natural resources and a constitution of a lifestyle dominated by an excess of labor work and economic debt. This article presents partial results of a research aimed at making visible how groups with lifestyles and labor practices alternative to consumption practices. Aspects related to individualization of responsibility related to environmental problems, as criticized by some respondents of the research, are problematized. Although reflection and modification of consumption practices are not total response to environmental problems, the fact of being concerned with our planet make possible the emergence of less massed relations in our lives.