Responsible consumer

ISSUES

To buy or not to buy ?

To consume – or not to consume – can be a political act, and a relatively old one at that, although early examples mainly took the form of boycotts. The boycott of English tea played a crucial role at the beginning of the American War of Independence. In India, Gandhi led a boycott of English textiles and the Salt March, two pivotal moments in his country’s movement towards independence. In the United States, the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 sparked the movement to abolish racial segregation, after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. Although some predominantly political boycotts still exist (on products from South Africa or Israel, for example), the movement has changed. It now focuses on the practices of large corporations, and takes several different forms, in particular, that of fair trade.

NEWS

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Farmers in the US are getting excited about miniature cattle that are less than a metre tall – and may be the future of...

Increased use of satellite data and new tactics to deter loggers have led to drop, says Brazilian environment agency

FRANCE - PARIS - Findus France a supprimé l'huile de palme, très décriée sur le plan de la santé et de l'environnement, de tous...

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DEBATES

Pour sauver la biodiversité, mangez-la !

Olivier Blond

En ce début d’année, on se prépare un peu partout dans le monde à célébrer l’année de la biodiversité. Pourtant, il s’agit déjà...

Green Intelligence: Toward True Ecological Transparency

Two months ago, Wal-Mart made an announcement that could...

The fight against the superstores is a struggle for democracy

I live in the last small corner of Gaul still holding out...

FOCUS

Tristan Lecomte ou le « militantisme jubilatoire »

Il fut le premier à faire entrer des produits équitables dans les rayons de nos supermarchés. C’était en 2002. Aujourd’hui, Alter Eco, son entreprise d’une cinquantaine de salariés, vend aussi bien du riz basmati, ayant permis de construire des écoles et des...

VIDEOS

08/07/2010	Face au problème du prix du café, l'association Ubuntu aide les habitants...	25/06/2010	A video about illegal mining in french Guyana and the dirty gold trade.
06/04/2010	Le Guide du tri d'EcoEmballages est une application qui permet de savoir...	24/03/2010	The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day)...

GREEN TIPS

An incentive to recycle

How can 450 000 drinks cans, that is to say the equivalent of 6 tons of aluminium, be collected and recycled...

INDICATORS

Human Development Index (HDI)
Biocapacity
Happy Planet Index
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)
Ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10%
Gender gap

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