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* promote fair trade and become a fair trade community | |||
* promote second hand, charity shops and used bookstores | |||
* promote and take part in Buy Nothing Day and Buy Nothing Christmas | |||
* buy recycled products | |||
* organise a Carrotmob campaign | |||
* find eco product supplies | |||
* support or set up zero waste suppliers, ''eg see News item October 7, 2013, in right hand column'' | |||
* support sustainable, green or eco-tourism initiatives | |||
* practice event greening | |||
* promote closer to home tourism | |||
* lobby for Government action to enforce the use of bio-degradable plastic bags by supermarkets, or banning plastic bags altogether | |||
* encourage the use of Reusable shopping bags | |||
'''Campaigns''' | |||
[http://gofossilfree.org/ Fossil Free], a project of 350.org | |||
[http://www.gaiafoundation.org/wakeupcall/ Wake Up Call] | |||
'''Why it matters''' | |||
'''ethical consumerism{{w|ethical consumerism}}''' - buying things that are made ethically i.e. without harm to or exploitation of humans, animals or the natural environment. This generally entails favoring products and businesses that take account of the greater good in their operations. <ref>[[Glossary of sustainability terms]]</ref> An extension of the idea, doing more with less, overlaps with the first part of [[Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle]]. | |||
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WhatCommunity action for sustainability, or CASwiki, is information and knowledge sharing, but with a focus on what might be useful to community groups and active citizens. You can help. What can we do to make our communities more sustainable and in support of environmental, social and economic wellbeing? / About CASwiki - Join WhereAt any level from local communities through villages, towns, cities, countries, regions, continents or the whole world. Check out our current list of 269 locations. If the location you're interested in isn't there, can you help by sharing some information about that place in either an existing article, or through starting a new article? ...more Why"We start with the simple proposition that citizens should be able to influence decisions which affect the places and communities in which they live, work and visit." Sustainability isn't just something for experts. It's about everyone's quality of life and we all have a part to play. CASwiki aims to help link up community and personal action for sustainability worldwide. ...more  |
HowKnowledge sharing can help! It can help with finding contacts, making connections and networking. As well as information about places CASwiki shares information and knowledge about 29 Community action for sustainability topics (what we can do - see right hand column) and Resources to help action. DoDo help! Do please help CASwiki grow! Share something today! Share your knowledge and information. Improve articles by clicking "edit" at top of the page or section. Our philosophy is: Be Bold and contribute! Any questions? Please ask via our talk page Social mediaFollow us on twitter: @caswiki CASwiki newsAs of mid-December 2015, all scheduled CASwiki articles have been copied across, updated or set up. As of early September all CASwiki topic articles have been copied across, updated or set up. August 2015, wiki name changed to Community action for sustainability, CASwiki (from Sustainable community action, scawiki) As of May 2015 half of around 60 topic articles have been set up, as well as all 269 location articles. The remaining topic articles and Sustainable community action Resources articles should get set up during 2015. After that the focus can switch to developing the wiki and its community of editors. / A brief history of scawiki
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