Does it feel tiresome to find out, whether there is exploitation of workers or environment due production some product? Yet it is not necessary that hard – especially if you’re buying some big trademark. There is quite a lot information around.
There are several information sources for ethical consumerism:
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Ethicscore.org (e-Magazine)
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Ethical Consumer (Magazine) & their: Boycott list
- Center of Ecoliteracy
- Buy Nothing Day
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Climate Care – Helping you to help climate.
- The Story of Stuff
- Co-op America: Responsible Shopper
- WWI: Good Stuff? - A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy
- Enviromental Defence Fund
- Fairtrade-movement: FLO-international & IFTA
Particular Problems:
- Green Home Guide
- Green Peace: Guide to Greener Electronics
- WWF: Buy Certificated Wood
- Sustainable Table
- BBC: Food Miles, Localvore & Spade & Spoon
- End Factory Farming, Factory Farms vs Sustainable Agriculture & Chicken Out
- Seafood Watch (Canada), Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Guide, Fishonline (UK & Europe), Seafood Choices (US) & WWF: Sustainable Seafood
- Sustainable Travel International & WWF: Travel Smart
- National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations
- Low Fly Zone, Climate Friendly Flight Calculator & Trains vs. Planes
- WWF UK: Chemicals & Health
- International Dark Sky Association – about Light pollution
- Green Office & Computer Ecology (for linux)
Blogs:
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Guardian: Ethical Living
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Ethicurean – Chew the Right Thing
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Green Girls Global- blog
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Discovery.com: Planet Green - You live there.
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How Can I Recycle This?
Extra resources:
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Corporate Critic (information of 30.000 companies)
- Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations of the World
Famous Boycotts:
- Baby Milk Action – Don’t buy from Nestlé!
- Uni Comerce, Global Union – Lidl, Wallmart etc.
- Boycott Bush & Boycott against Companiet Supporting US (Bush) Government
- The Big Campaign & Boycott Israeli Goods
- Coca Cola Crisis in India & McSpotlight (McDonald’s)
- Expose Exxon
