GetEthical.com
www.getethical.com is a website created by Red Pepper and The Big Issue magazines to promote and advance ethical consumerism and support social business. We are dedicated to making available knowledge and products that make a difference. We carry a large range of articles on a widely divergent group of topics and sell fairtrade and social enterprise products within the UK.
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http://www.getethical.com
Email
tcook@abctales.com
Main Address
Unit A2
Second Floor
Linton House
39-51 Highgate Road
London NW5 1RS
Second Floor
Linton House
39-51 Highgate Road
London NW5 1RS
Country
United Kingdom
Main Telephone
+442072092605
Joined OneWorld
16.02.2004
Features
04.08.2004
Office furniture is expensive, but there is an ethical solution. Every year Britain produces millions of tons of rubbish; yet recycle a mere 12.4% and much of it is perfectly serviceable - its only crime being 'surplus to need'. Find out what one social enterprise is doing about it!
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Business] [Consumption] [Conservation]
08.06.2004
Western consumers can no longer wear normal clothes or own everyday goods certain they were not manufactured in sweatshop conditions. Gideon Burrows looks at the whys and wherefores of sweat shops and asks how we can get 'clean' clothes.
By Gideon Burrows Related topics/regions: [Labour] [Consumption] [Ethics & value systems]
03.06.2004
First the US military bombed Iraqs hospitals, bridges and waterworks. Now US corporations are harvesting profits from reconstructing those installations. Blood was not just shed for oil, but also for control over all Iraqs vital services. The most vital of these is water. The company at the forefront of this lucrative reconstruction is the politically well-connected Bechtel Group. Ronald Reagans secretary of state George Schultz is the corporations previous president and a current board member and senior counsellor of Bechtel.
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