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 KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND - A type of degradable plastic bag that was supposed to be better for the environment may not be completely...

CHINA - Une étude réalisée par la Carnegie Institution de Washington révèle que près d’un tiers des émissions de CO2 associées...

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - In a new study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), every single fish tested from 291 freshwater streams...

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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

Degrowth

Since the industrial era, the Western development model has been based on the increasing exploitation of natural resources – including fossil energy. The problem is that this limited capital is going to run out....

VIDEOS

03/03/2010	One of four scenarios exploring what the world will be like for the...	15/02/2010	En France, la principale information disponible sur l'or demeure sa...
08/02/2010	Sortie prévue le 10 février, voici le trailer d'un film qui enquête sur...	25/01/2010	Plutôt que d’aller faire du shoping, pourquoi ne pas utiliser son temps...

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

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

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