Web
site
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Contents
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| www.ethicalconsumer.org, |
- explores some of the major
achievements brought about by consumer pressure
over the years.
- has information on all the
latest consumer boycotts.
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| www.greenchoices.org, |
- Excellent shopping portal that
relieves you of having to search for ethical/
green companies as the credentials of each
company and all there sites have been carefully
screened.
- learn more about the issues
surrounding your purchases
- has introductory articles on
the issues of each shopping category
- links to some of the best
ethical companies and organisations on the web
selling everything from food to holidays.
- has a space for people to
share their experiences and to suggest links to
other green products -- or just warn others
against fake 'green' claims.
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| www.ethicalexchange.co.uk |
- portal similar to greenchoices
but a lot less extensive
- offers a e-mail mailing list
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| www.ethicaljunction.co.uk. |
- portal similar to greenchoices
but less extensive - a very good site
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One Stop Shopping
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| www.greenshop.co.uk |
- The small indendent Green Shop
offers a mail order service.
- stocks a range of essentials
of its own and many well-known ethical brands.
- very well designed site
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| www.naturalcollection.com |
- probably the most extensive
one-stop ethical shop online.
- a trading partner for Friends
of the Earth.
- has a good environmental
approach and stocks everything you could possibly
need.
- food products are organic and
largely suitable for vegetarians and vegans
- all wood is FSC certified
- excellent site
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| www.getethical.com |
- site run by the Big Issue and
Red Pepper
- stocks products from a wide
range of ethical companies
- donates some of its profits to
charities.
- another site well worth a look
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| ecotopia |
An Eco website for socially
responsible shopping offering a wide selection of
environmentally friendly, farily traded and recycled
products from gifts to homeware, garden goods, baby
accessories, glassware, wind up gadgets, childrens toys
to books and eco friendly cleaning products. |
Helping Good Causes
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| www.fish.co.uk/shop |
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| www.oxfam.org.uk/shop |
If workers' rights are your
priority, then you can get a range of fairly-traded goods
from |
| www.traidcraft.co.uk/retailonline.html. |
As oxfam above but even wider
range |
Going Greener
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| www.cat.org.uk |
- This is the Centre for
Alternative Technology site.
- Contains details of courses
and books on how to make your life more
sustainable
- a range of energy-saving
products, such as radiator insulator panels and
solar battery-rechargers
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| www.greenfibres.co.uk |
- sells clothes made without
exploitation from organic fabrics.
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| www.motherhemp.com |
- sells fabrics made of hemp (the
most ethical fabric at the moment. It grows
without the need for pesticides, is biodegradable
and is even being used in plastics.
- sells hemp clothes
- sells hemp oils and papers too.
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| www.viridian-nutrition.com. |
- Many vitamins are not suitable
for vegetarians or vegans and are supplied by
large multinationals.
- This company is the first
vitamin company to market itself as 'ethical'.
- The company donates 50% of its
profits to charities
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Finally, remember that being
ethical doesn't mean being a sour-faced killjoy. For a
principled tipple, visit www.vinceremos.co.uk or www.vintageroots.co.uk, which both sell organic wines and spirits,
or www.ecovin.com/sedlescombe, which sells organic british wines, juices
and ciders. |
