| dc.description.abstract | Sustainability is a very broad topic and it is widely discussed by researches and studies in the area. In its developments, sustainable consumption has also been addressed. In this context, this study aims to investigate how consumers are resisting the current logic of consumption and adopting practices that are guided by sustainable awareness. Hence, it is necessary to analyze the consumption behavior of those who will be called in this study conscious consumers. Regarding methodology, an exploratory research including qualitative interviews, as well as projective and interpretive techniques, were used. The results provide relevant information on meanings, motivating factors and perceived benefits, as well as on possible contradictions, exceptions and market still unmet demands, and it holds the perspective from the one that, perhaps, has the greatest current consumption model transformation power: the consumer himself. | en |
