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[[Ethical consumerism]]
[[Environment quality]]


'''What communities can do'''
'''Why it matters'''


* promote fair trade and become a fair trade community
Community groups may be concerned about litter, pollution, traffic pollution, air quality, noise or light pollution, river quality, state of beaches, etc.
* 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'''
'''Aarhus Convention'''


[http://gofossilfree.org/ Fossil Free], a project of 350.org
The Aarhus Convention, was signed on 25 June 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus. It entered into force on 30 October 2001. As of March 2014, it has 47 parties—46 states and the European Union. All of the ratifying states are in [[Europe]] and Central Asia.


[http://www.gaiafoundation.org/wakeupcall/ Wake Up Call]
The Aarhus Convention grants the public rights regarding access to information, public participation and access to justice, in governmental decision-making processes on matters concerning the local, national and transboundary environment. It focuses on interactions between the public and public authorities. {{W|Aarhus Convention}}
 
'''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]].
'''Resources'''
*Cleanup manual from [http://www.letsdoitworld.org/manual Let's do it! World]
*[http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/reports/environmental_justice.pdf ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme (2001) Environmental justice: Rights and means to a healthy environment for all] (PDF) Special Briefing No.7, University of Sussex.
*Earth Repair: A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes, [http://www.resilience.org/resource-detail/2588987-earth-repair-a-grassroots-guide-to resilience.org]
* [http://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/ UNECE Aarhus Convention Clearinghouse website]


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Aarhus Convention

The Aarhus Convention, was signed on 25 June 1998 in the Danish city of Aarhus. It entered into force on 30 October 2001. As of March 2014, it has 47 parties—46 states and the European Union. All of the ratifying states are in Europe and Central Asia.

The Aarhus Convention grants the public rights regarding access to information, public participation and access to justice, in governmental decision-making processes on matters concerning the local, national and transboundary environment. It focuses on interactions between the public and public authorities. W

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