Page 52 - Sustainable Development Goals_ EN booklet 2022
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12b – Sustainable tourism: development of tools for monitoring the impact of
sustainable tourism that encourages and promotes local culture, creates jobs
and encourages the local economy.
12c Supervision of consumption – removal of market distortions, inter alia
through replanning taxation and cancelling damaging subsidies with the aim of
reflecting their environmental impact, while considering developing countries.
\ What’s happening in the world…?
Did you know that…?
• In the 19th centuries, Christian groups advocating for a modest, simple lifestyle
started to be formed, leading to resistance to consumption that involved
mainly luxuries rather than satisfying basic needs.
• In 2000-2017, man’s ecological footprint increased by 70%.
• Alongside the increase in the world’s population, the quantity of domestic and
industrial waste in the world has increased.
• A million plastic bottles are manufactured in a minute worldwide.
• 5 trillion disposable plastic bags are discarded each year.
• The quantity of untreated electronic waste is increasing.
Links to exceptional enrichment endeavors around the world:
To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover
Why I live a zero waste life
Trailer of the film An Inconvenient Truth / Al Gore
\ Relevant organizations for possible cooperation
Municipal
authorities
The Waste Division
Responsible consumption and production / P. 52
