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- 'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team, BBC News (Sep 18, 2023)
- The all-female, grassroots network moving millions away from fossil fuels, positive.news (Aug 25, 2023)
- The pedal-powered ‘zero waste’ grocer taking on London’s supermarkets, positive.news (Aug 03, 2023)
- Is it time to choose sustainable rice?, Wicked Leeks (Jul 17, 2023) — You might not know it, but traditional rice cultivation emits serious levels of greenhouse gases. Clare Hargreaves interviews a man working with rice farmers to get climate-friendlier rice onto British dinner plates.
- Sustainabili-tea: Is it time for an ethical brew?, Wicked Leeks (May 22, 2023)
- On your marks, get set, Sparks! Avon Wildlife Trust opens first pop-up shop at creative arts and sustainability hub, avonwildlifetrust.org.uk (May 15, 2023)
Events[edit | edit source]
- Oct 2 - 8, 2023 (Mon - Sun) Good Money Week, goodmoneyweek.com
Resources[edit | edit source]
- Brought By Bike, on twitter.com, directory to help find companies delivering goods or services by bike and cargobike across the UK. added 16:01, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
- Buy Social Directory
- Encouraging businesses to manage their impact on the environment, information from gov.uk
Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]
- Ranking UK supermarkets on pesticides, 2021, pan-uk.org, added 14:56, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Past events[edit | edit source]
2014
September 13 Social Saturday, part of a campaign to boost the number of consumers buying from social enterprises
Campaigns[edit | edit source]
Break The Bag Habit - Buy Social, boosting the number of consumers buying from social enterprises - Move Your Money
See also[edit | edit source]
- Ethical consumerism
- Localism UK
- Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle UK
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
External links[edit | edit source]
- Buy Nothing Day UK
- Ethical Consumer, a not-for-profit UK magazine and website which publishes information on the social, ethical and environmental behaviour of companies and issues around trade justice and ethical consumerism. W
- Fairtrade Foundation (UK)
- listings from gardeningwithoutplastic.com
- Make Holidays Greener, The Travel Foundation. Consumer facing campaign aiming to help holidaymakers understand what 'green' or 'sustainable' holidays mean.
- My Green Directory
- Natural Death Centre
- Social Enterprise Cafe Directory on goodnewsshared.com
- Tourism Concern, non-governmental organisation with charitable status, based in the United Kingdom, advocating ethical tourism. Its stated aims are 'to increase understanding of the impact of tourism on environments and host communities among governments, industry, civil society and tourists; and to promote tourism development that is sustainable, just and participatory, and which is founded on a respect for human rights'. W
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