Many large food corporations tout in-house programs for ethical ingredient sourcing, usually represented by a catchy name and a logo. Should we trust, avoid, or ignore them when aiming to make an ethical purchase? Continue reading In-house ethical sourcing logos: trust, avoid or ignore?
Agroforestry involves the integration of forestry and agriculture: producing a crop while maintaining native tree life, as much as possible. It’s a key solution to climate change and biodiversity loss – but how can we best support agroforestry as consumers? Continue reading Agroforestry and how to support it
A growing human population threatens to place a burden our planet. Extreme poverty is a root cause of unsustainable population growth and is driven in part by commodity markets. That’s why it’s best to avoid multinational companies that rely on commodity markets and support chocolate companies that work directly with farmers. Continue reading Your chocolate purchase will impact population growth, for better or worse
Here’s a guide to the top 10 ethical chocolate brands. It’s different to other guides in that it will change with your input – vote now! This is an exercise in user-generated ratings for ethical consumerism. Continue reading Top 10 Ethical Chocolate Brands
In this post I’m going to do an ethical review of shoes from an Australian brand, Etiko, and decide on an ethical (Green Stars) rating. Since turning vegetarian at 15, I’d relied quite a bit on Converse High Tops as my go-to leather-free shoes. Converse used to make shoes in the US but eventually went bankrupt and was bought by Nike, who moved production to … Continue reading Ethical vegan shoes from Etiko
Here are four certification schemes that correlate to various extents with shade-grown coffee. Continue reading Daily Footprint, #8 – Coffee (Part 1, Shade Grown).
The Green Stars Project 