"The Ethical Trading Initiative is a ground-breaking alliance of companies, trade unions and voluntary organisations. We work in partnership to improve the working lives of people across the globe who make or grow consumer goods - everything from tea to T-shirts, from flowers to footballs."
"Teaching with PEEP\n\nThe following resources have been put together to support teachers in managing discussion based lessons and to suggest sources of useful information for planning lessons."
"What I think is impermissable is unconsciousness. ... How do we minimize suffering? How do we balance our desire to be good people and to eat well? Should we be vegetarian? Vegan? Grow our own? Buy locally? Eat one thing but not another?" Some contentious stuff here. Are you brave?
"Oxfam strives to purchase goods and services which are produced and delivered under conditions which do not involve abuse or exploitation, and which have the least negative impact on the environment."
Climate science maverick James Lovelock believes catastrophe is inevitable, carbon offsetting is a joke and ethical living a scam. So what would he do?
"The Institute of Science in society is a not for profit organisation dedicated to providing critical and accessible scientific information to the public and to promoting social accountability and ecological sustainability in science."
Another SPOOF site to use with your class. How can they tell it is fabricated? There is so much information given on this site they might be convinced.
"In zerocarbonbritain2030, a huge array of measures will be implemented in each sector to address climate change. Many of these are policy driven, however individuals and communities must also play an active part in decarbonisation."
"Often those least responsible for emissions are those most vulnerable to a changing climate. Therefore it is clear that climate change is also a question of equality."
"By providing film and advocacy training to partners in the global south EJF protects the natural environment and the people and wildlife that depend upon it by empowering local communities to investigate, expose and peacefully resolve abuses. EJF campaigns internationally on the issues our grassroots partners work locally to solve including cotton production, pirate fishing, shrimp farming, pesticides, wildlife and climate refugees. "
An essay of short reflections. How is this relevant? Anthropmorthism, human centred worldview leads to the creation and continuation of zoos. Not all bad surely, but what do zoos teach our children?
"... an important difference between a gift economy and an exchange economy is that in a gift economy, a bond develops between the gift giver and the recipient, while in an exchange economy, the parties often don't care if they ever see each other again."
powerpoint photopresentation Henry Liebling July 2009\nlive now, dare to be different, slow down, sense of place, ancient wisdom, indigenous cultures growing plants, food, diversitybeing kind, rubbish and consumerismchnage, the elements