Socially Responsible Shopping

Definition:

1. Shopping/living sustainably
2. Not supporting a company that abuses the environment or the labor force or animals or creates social injustice
3. Shopping for a lower carbon footprint (foods that do not use fossil fuels, short travel distances etc)
4. Supporting companies that are doing a good job on the above issues.
5. Avoiding all the toxins and unhealthy products that are being sold.
6. Other?

Links to useful sites:

• Green America
• http://equalexchange.coop/
• http://www.fairtradefederation.org/
• http://unionwear.com/
• https://unionmadegoods.com/
• http://www.sweatfree.org/shoppingguide
• http://sweatfreeshop.com/
• http://www.fairworldproject.org/
• http://www.endslaverynow.org/
• https://www.betterworldshopper.com/
• http://www.thegoodshoppingguide.com/
• http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/
• http://www.serrv.org/
• http://www.slavefreechocolate.org/
• https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/