Post by Djevara on Aug 31, 2005 17:05:35 GMT
No matter what you do, if you live in the 21st century you are interacting with a global system of global capital. What you buy determines where your money goes and there are a growing number of people realising that the effect they can have by supporting more alternative, sustainable or progressive organisations and movements. Keep yourself informed and check out the numerous options, and then make up your own mind about how you can make a difference.
Remember: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Someone, somewhere, has or will pay the difference of the "cheap" prices we pay in Asda, Tesco, etc...
SITES:-
www.ethical-junction.org (Directory of various ethically guided companies/organisations/groups)
General Information
- Business/Human Rights (http://www.business-humanrights.org)
- Corporate Critic (www.ethicalconsumer.org/research/ecis.htm)
- IdealsWork (http://www.idealswork.com)
- Responsible Shopper (http://www.responsibleshopper.com)
Fair Trade
- www.fairtrade.org.uk
- www.fairtrade.net
- IFAT (http://www.ifat.org)
- BAFTS (http://www.bafts.org.uk)
Boycotts
- www.ethicalconsumer.org/boycotts/boycotts.htm
Fair Trade Shops (London)
- Baglady (http://www.gurushop.co.uk)
- Concepts Of Peru (http://www,conceptsofpreu.co.uk)
- Fair Enough, 136 Church Street, Croydon
- Ganesha (http://www.ganesha.co.uk)
- One World Shop, St John's Church, Waterloo Road
nb this list is not supposed to be exhaustive or comprehensive- it is a possible starting point for thinking people.
*** MORE TO BE ADDED SHORTLY ***
Remember: if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Someone, somewhere, has or will pay the difference of the "cheap" prices we pay in Asda, Tesco, etc...
SITES:-
www.ethical-junction.org (Directory of various ethically guided companies/organisations/groups)
General Information
- Business/Human Rights (http://www.business-humanrights.org)
- Corporate Critic (www.ethicalconsumer.org/research/ecis.htm)
- IdealsWork (http://www.idealswork.com)
- Responsible Shopper (http://www.responsibleshopper.com)
Fair Trade
- www.fairtrade.org.uk
- www.fairtrade.net
- IFAT (http://www.ifat.org)
- BAFTS (http://www.bafts.org.uk)
Boycotts
- www.ethicalconsumer.org/boycotts/boycotts.htm
Fair Trade Shops (London)
- Baglady (http://www.gurushop.co.uk)
- Concepts Of Peru (http://www,conceptsofpreu.co.uk)
- Fair Enough, 136 Church Street, Croydon
- Ganesha (http://www.ganesha.co.uk)
- One World Shop, St John's Church, Waterloo Road
nb this list is not supposed to be exhaustive or comprehensive- it is a possible starting point for thinking people.
*** MORE TO BE ADDED SHORTLY ***