Conscious Consumerism Th Stewart Analysis

Response Paper #2: Linking the sociological imagination to the conscious consumerism

Do you want to donate a dollar with your purchase and support this foundation? Did you know that if you purchase one of the clothing items from this product line today, we will be donating a portion of the funds to a great charity? Did you know that this product was made under the provision of high quality standards? All of these questions are valid and hold true to the idea that the issue of conscious or conscientious consumerism and informed donations is among the news as a “hot” topic. This topic has become a social movement that has taken into account, everyone. Everyone has one time or another come across the key question of whether we can shop or donate our way to doing good for society as a whole. Consumers are the target audience for the social movement and their act of purchasing donates power to support the values associated with conscious consumerism.
Like any other son or daughter, one may think that flowers are used as a token of appreciation on a day where all mothers around the world are celebrated for all of their efforts to raise us. Yet, the question of where and how the flowers are harvested and issued to consumers never comes up. Many serious labor and environmental problems have been associated with the floriculture especially south of the border in the Latin American countries where most of our flowers derive from through a tariff-free ship to the United States. Health hazards are the bare minimum that is suffered by this floriculture society as a result of the pesticide/fertilizer runoff into fragile water resources in the community and the chemicals that are used to preserve the flowers are exposed to the women who work with them on a daily basis. As a result, social change for the floriculture is