green consumerism
noun[U]
ENVIRONMENT,COMMERCEukusthesituationin whichconsumerswanttobuythings that have beenproducedin a way thatprotectsthenaturalenvironment:
Supermarkets arepayingincreasingattentionto thedemandsofgreenconsumerism.
Examplesofgreen consumerism
green consumerism
Greenconsumerismis enhanced on free energy markets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another reason is that "greenconsumerism" has been slower to develop here than in some other countries.
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The 1980s saw the growth of an important new force —greenconsumerism.
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People began to ask themselves what they could do to help the environment, and we saw the growth ofgreenconsumerism.
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