A change in lifestyle could bring healthy pressure to bear on those who wield political, economic and social power. This is what consumer movements accomplish by
1. a) promoting
b) boycottingc) producing
certain products. They prove successful in changing the way businesses operate, forcing them to
2. a) consider
b) enlargec) preserve
their environmental footprint and their patterns of production. When
3. a) social
b) physicalc) mental
pressure affects their earnings,
4. a) consumers
b) activistsc) businesses
have to find ways to produce differently. This shows us the great need for a sense of social
5. a) acceptance
b) statusc) responsibility
on the part of consumers. Purchasing is always a moral – and not simply economic – act. Today, in a word, the issue of environmental degradation challenges us to examine our
6. a) lifeblood
b) lifestylec) life force .
The Earth Charter asked us to leave behind a period of
7. a) self-destruction
b) self-abusec) self-awareness
and make a new start, but we have not as yet developed a universal
8. a) awareness
b) basic incomec) health-care system
needed to achieve this. Here, I would echo that courageous challenge: "As never before in history, common destiny beckons us to seek a new beginning… Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to
9. a) increase consumption
b) achieve sustainabilityc) destroy habitats ,
the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful
10. a) degradation
b) extinctionc) celebration
of life."
