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Ethical shopping growing in popularity, survey suggests | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

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ethical shopping

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Danny OCallaghan on 01 Sep 13

"A quarter of UK consumers said they would buy Fairtrade products, organic foods and green cleaning products even if it cost them more money"

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Study reveals 'true' material cost of development say researchers - 0 views

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development Global trade

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Leanne Archer on 03 Sep 13

In 2008, around 70bn tonnes of raw materials were extracted worldwide but just 10bn tonnes were physically traded. Over 40% were used to enable the processing and export of these materials.

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Workers' rights 'flouted' at Apple iPhone factory in China - 0 views

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TNC's Apple China trade

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Simon Papworth on 07 Sep 13

New, cheaper device being produced illegally, non-profit organisation China Labor Watch claims

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How poverty wages for tea pickers fuel India's trade in child slavery | World news | Th... - 0 views

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exploitation; cheap labour

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Danny OCallaghan on 31 Jul 13

"Millions of Brits drink a cup of Assam tea each day, but it comes at a terrible price. Plantation workers on 12p an hour are easy prey for traffickers who lure away their daughters to India's cities. Now pressure is growing on big tea brands to safeguard better pay"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Millions of Brits drink a cup of Assam tea each day, but it comes at a terrible price. Plantation workers on 12p an hour are easy prey for traffickers who lure away their daughters to India's cities. Now pressure is growing on big tea brands to safeguard better pay"</div>

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Gum arabic: the invisible ingredient in soft drink supply chains | Guardian Sustainable... - 2 views

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food; gum arabic

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Danny OCallaghan on 19 Aug 13

"Global soft drinks manufacturers are dependent on the emulsifier but with a lack of transparency over supply chains, sustainable gum arabic is hard to find" If youlike COCA COLA / PEPSI you should read this

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Sources for data shown in DON´T PANIC - 0 views

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Cairo puts its faith in ragpickers to manage the city's waste problem | World... - 0 views

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Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations | Global development | The ... - 0 views

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ewaste

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Danny OCallaghan on 15 Dec 13

"Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items"

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How El Niño will change the world's weather in 2014 | Environment | The Guardian - 3 views

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El Niño

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Danny OCallaghan on 04 Jul 14

This is the sort of thing i will send fpor you to read

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Airport expansion: It's build, build, build in much of the world - BBC News - 4 views

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airport

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Danny OCallaghan on 05 Jul 15

"A three-year review into the future of air travel around London is due to finish with the recommendation that a new runway be built at one of two existing airports. But while the capital gingerly edges towards airport expansion, other parts of the world are witnessing a massive airport building boom."

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BBC News - Police called over snowman theft in Kent - 9 views

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Global crime

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Global crime

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BBC News - Nicaragua canal: Construction to begin in December - 4 views

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transport

shared by Danny OCallaghan on 22 Nov 14 - No Cached

Danny OCallaghan on 22 Nov 14

"Nicaraguan officials say construction of a $50bn (£31bn) canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans will start on 22 December."

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chinas bans public toilets - 7 views

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19409187 The journalists' rule of thumb in China is that you cannot report the so-called three Ts - Tiananmen, Taiwan or Tibet. But it turns out there is also anoth...

China

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worlds richest man contributes to globalistation via broadband - 5 views

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started by Amy-Marie Dyke on 28 Nov 12 no follow-up yet

African migrant workers find slim pickings in strawberry fields of southern Spain | Wor... - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...fruit-pickers-andalucia-season

migration

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Millions face starvation in west Africa, warn aid agencies | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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famine

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Coffee prices rise 20% in a week | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

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coffee

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Video: Hundreds of penguins found dead in Brazil | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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overfishing

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At a school in Bali students to learn how to consume without pollution or waste | Envir... - 0 views

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green school no pollution

shared by Danny OCallaghan on 30 Sep 10 - No Cached

Poor sanitation breeds disease and exploitation in Kenya's slums | Global development |... - 2 views

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sanitation disease