ARMAZÉM DE ECONOMIA SOLIDÁRIA E EDUCAÇÃO POPULAR: OUTRA FORMA DE CONSUMIR

Abstract

This work constitutes a part of the research carried out for the preparation of the master's thesis, which aims at a theoretical debate on the practices of Fair and Solidarity Trade (CJS), developed in the incubation of the Responsible Consumption Group (GCR) called Armazém de Economia Popular Solidária - Armazém de EPS. This economy, which is intended to be egalitarian, self-managed, cooperative and which has the human being as a collective and nature at its center. The GCRs are groups made up of consumers and producers concerned about their health, that of others and environmental quality, as well as seeking to develop Fair and Solidarity Trade and Responsible Consumption, in which their practices and reflections contribute to transforming the act to consume in a political and citizen act. The EPS Warehouse is incubated by the Nucleus of Social and Economic Development of the Federal University of Rio Grande (NUDESE/FURG) and aims at the disposal of products from solidary economic enterprises. This research aims to present a distinct production, commercialization and consumption experience, as well as discuss the pedagogy developed in the training of the subjects involved.