The Green Stars Project is all about ethical consumerism – it’s a rating system for social and environmental impact. The goal of the Green Stars Project is to make ethical consumerism democratic and accessible to all. It’s essentially a grassroots activism movement to address corporate misbehavior, recognize ethical businesses, and deal with our social and environmental problems through individual action.
Green Stars: Democratic Ethical Ratings
Ethical consumerism is one of the most important actions that we can take to make this world a better place. From inequality to climate change, we face some serious social and environmental challenges. The rise of political systems that embrace corporate hegemony and erode societal and environmental protections has not helped our situation.
Many of our problems, from habitat destruction to modern slavery, are rooted in corporate misbehavior. The only dependable way to make corporations responsible is via their bottom lines of sales and profit. Ethical consumerism is the only way to make that happen. Below, you’ll find recent posts and a few articles to help you get started.
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The posts below will get you started
What is ethical consumerism?
To me, ethical consumerism is a pretty self-explanatory term and I think that most people have a good idea of what it means. But it’s worthwhile to take a fresh look at the concept from time to time and address any misconceptions that crop up. So here’s a quick guide to ethical consumerism from the … Continue reading What is ethical consumerism?
What is a green star rating?
This site is the main home and information source for the Green Stars Project. The main role of this site is to increase awareness of ethical consumerism issues so that we can eliminate corporate practices that are detrimental to our planet and society. The goal is to encourage you, dear reader, to include a green … Continue reading What is a green star rating?
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Tips, guides and competitions:
Ethical review competition to benefit 1951 Coffee Co.
It’s competition time again on the Green Stars Project! Your mission: Write a review of a business or product that includes a rating for social and environmental impact (on a scale of 1-5 Green Stars). For this round, I want to include a theme: Equality, whether racial, economic, gender or a mix of all three. … Continue reading Ethical review competition to benefit 1951 Coffee Co.
Ethical Consumerism, Part 10 – Green Stars rating criteria
Greetings! In the next post, I’ll run another competition to encourage you, dear readers, to write a Green Stars review, so please stay tuned for that. In the meantime, I want to take another look at the ethical consumerism criteria that can go into a Green Stars rating. Evaluating the ethics of a product or … Continue reading Ethical Consumerism, Part 10 – Green Stars rating criteria
Ethical Consumerism, Part 5: Why we need User-Generated Ratings.
I think it’s worth writing a post to explain why I took the direction of user-generated ratings with the Green Stars Project. There’s a pretty good chance that you take advantage of user-generated content on a regular basis. Perhaps you were just looking up the difference between herons and cranes on Wikipedia, and then went … Continue reading Ethical Consumerism, Part 5: Why we need User-Generated Ratings.
How to decide on an ethical rating: Cafés
A common issue that people raise is that they are not sure where to start when it comes to writing an ethical review. Perhaps you would like to join in, but the process of deciding on an ethical rating seems overwhelming? Well, look no further, because informing this process is one of the main priorities … Continue reading How to decide on an ethical rating: Cafés