The Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) has a maritime cousin; The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). While the FSC is all about the sustainable forestry and wood harvesting, the MSC focuses on sustainable fishing and marine harvesting. It was once commonly believed that fish stocks were bottomless wells in which we could cast our buckets and draw [...]
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What are supermarkets doing about climate change?
We’ve talked about buying local, organic, and fair-trade food. We’ve touched on the various ways in which we ca n shift our shopping habits to be more supportive of “the little guy” while simultaneously contributing to a better environment . Unfortunately, supermarkets continue to spring up left, right and center like black holes, sucking economies [...]
Starbucks wasting water
As if we didn’t need another reason to write about the coffee company, Starbucks seem to be taking another hit. A recent article I read just revealed that the company wastes 23 million liters of water a day. This (according to the article) is “enough water to quench the thirst of the entire population of [...]
Fair-trade Jeans
I’ve never worn a pair of jeans in my life, however I am aware that they are one of the most common articles of clothing not only in the UK but I imagine elsewhere. In fact, I find myself frequently frustrated at how easily one can pick up a pair of denim trousers compared to [...]
Wasted Water
Just a small article i found about the sheer amount of waste we produce, not only in terms of junk but in wasted water and what we can do. “water butts, rainwater capture, showers instead of baths, only flushing when you have to. Meanwhile, reducing our virtual water usage requires the radical decision to buy [...]
AMT – Leading where others choose not to follow.
After happening across AMT coffee i couldn’t help but wonder and speculate as to how and why they chose to support Fair-trade so strongly. Surely there are hidden costs to doing this. What sacrifices did they have to make to achieve this? Why did they choose to do this while all other companies hold back? [...]
Coffee Shops: A short review. Pt2
Its taken me a while but I’ve finally got the replies I needed at the time to write. I’m always a little skeptical with coffee companies, even if they do sell fair trade. It seems to me that in many cases the sole purpose of promoting ethical products is to ensure they don’t lose business [...]
Coffee Shops: A short review
I recently noticed that a large number of coffee shops don’t actually do fair trade, and if they do, it is not the “default” coffee, it is something you need to ask for specifically. This seems to be the case with most coffee shops and I think it is also something that needs to change. [...]
Starbucks: “coffee served cold”
This is not about someone trying to sue Starbucks for purchasing a cold coffee they expected to be hot. No. This is about Starbucks’ cold disapproval of trademarking Ethiopian coffee. Those who drink coffee on a regular basis should understand Ethiopian coffee to be a beverage a cut above it’s tropical brothers. I understand that [...]
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