Discover sustainable Black Friday tips: thrifting, handmade gifts, local shopping, and ethical brands.
#blackfriday #sales #sustainability #shopping #ethicalconsumerism
https://www.recipesandroots.ca/sustainability/how-to-have-a-sustainable-black-friday
Included in our weekly shop were these sample packets of Lenor Spring Awakening. I didn't ask for them & I don't want them but #Tesco have very kindly made it my responsibility to dispose of these nightmare products.
So I read the datasheet...
https://www.careshop.co.uk/img/cms/DC87406.pdf
But this seems to say that it is dangerous to aquatic life (section 3.2) and isn't (section 12.1).
How should I be reading this?
And so what do I do with them?
"We put finance at the service of people and the planet. The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) is a network of independent banks using finance to deliver sustainable economic, social and environmental development".
https://www.gabv.org/
#EthicalConsumerism #ethicalbanking
Seventeen values-based banks support treaty to end use of fossil fuels. I knew about ethical banks like Triodos (who I really recommend) but didn't know about the Global Alliance for Banking on Values which sounds interesting.
https://www.triodos.com/en/press-releases/2024/seventeen-banks-from-the-global-alliance-for-banking-on-values-join-global-call-for-binding-treaty-to-end-use-of-fossil-fuels
#triodos #ethicalfinance #EthicalConsumerism
Anche il social vegan Abillion (che conta milioni di iscritti in tutto il mondo) lascia Meta. Hanno inviato e mail per comunicarlo a tutte le persone iscritte .
Le motivazioni sono per lo più etiche: spiegano che non si riconoscono nelle scelte di un logaritmo che predilige contenuti dove regnano la violenza e la disinformazione pilotata.
Non posso che essere soddisfatta.
We need to stop thinking of consumerism as our go-to answer to problems – we can never overcome billionaires by "voting with our wallets"!
Instead we need to vote with our labour power. Oh you're a bad person? A bad institution? A bad system? Well, we collectively won't work for you then and we collectively will build alternatives!
The satire of Gwyneth Paltrow and her Goop “wellness cult”, er… lifestyle company, in @GWillow’s “Poison Ivy: Unethical Consumption” is spot-on.
Still getting a feel for this and finding people with similar interests. Just going to hashtag some of what I love and see what I find or if anyone neat finds me. Lets just count this as my introduction. 
Aurin needs
