Join the Bee Cause by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 28, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogLast year tens of thousands of people convinced the UK Government to create a national Bee Action Plan to save British bees. This call to action coincided with movements throughout many Western countries, including frequent protests in North America, to protect one of...
Today is Fashion Revolution Day! (24 April, 2014) by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 24, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogToday is Fashion Revolution day! A day that is aimed at promoting an industry-wide transformation towards a more sustainable future. By asking ‘Who made your clothes?’ – from who spun the threads, to who sewed them together, to who grew the cotton in the first...
Earth Day 2014: A list of inspiring videos by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 22, 2014 | Ethical Shopping Blog...
Happy Earth Day (2014)! Take Action & Help Make our Cities Green! by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 22, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogToday is the 44th anniversary of Earth Day, and it is anticipated that more than a billion people around the world will celebrate the annual day of action. International Mother Earth Day 2014 will focus on green cities, mobilizing and inspiring millions of people to...
Another victory! Tesco backs down and Oriental & Pacific commit to changing their ways by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 14, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogIt was a momentous week for ethical shoppers. First, Procter & Gamble pledged to no longer use dirty palm oil and implement a forest friendly policy for the production of sustainable palm oil. And now, LDH, owner of Oriental & Pacific, a brand stocked by Tesco...
Consumer power! Procter & Gamble decides to wash its bad palm oil away by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 10, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogWe recently reported in an article on the Greenpeace campaign against the dark reality behind Proctor & Gamble’s ‘Thank you, Mom’ advertisments, that P&G uses palm oil linked to mass deforestation and the destruction of tropical forests. We’re...
Report by Oceana: ‘Wasted Catch: Unsolved Bycatch Problems in U.S. Fisheries’ by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 7, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogOceana, the largest international organisation for ocean conservation, has released a new report (see above) exposing nine of the dirtiest fisheries in the United States. These nine fisheries combined throw away almost half of what they catch and are responsible for...
Greenpeace: 2014 tuna league table by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 2, 2014 | Ethical Shopping Blog, Product ReviewThe results are in! Greenpeace has just released its 2014 tuna league table. See which tinned tuna brands win, and which ones are fit for the bin. The above tinned tuna league table reveals exactly how the different tinned tuna brands stack up. For a full summary of...
Fairtrade – The Story by The Good Shopping Guide | Apr 1, 2014 | Ethical Shopping BlogThe following educational short entitled Fair Trade – The Story by EQ.TV outlines the commercial approach of the fair-trade movement, particularly its aim of helping marginalized producers of goods get better and fairer returns. By promoting equality, fair...
