The Green Stars Project is all about making objective, science-based choices for ethical consumerism. The goal is to build a useful rating system for social and environmental impact. Read more about the GSP.
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Your most important resolution: 7 tonnes CO2
If there were an Oscars for planetary threats, climate change would sweep all the major awards. Interestingly, of all our threats, climate change is one of the most avoidable through individual action. To boil this individual action down to one immediate resolution, it would be to achieve a personal carbon footprint of 7 tonnes CO2…
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Ethical consumerism
Ethical consumerism (ethical consumption) is one of the most important actions that we can take to make this world a better place. From inequality to climate change, we face serious social and environmental challenges.
Many of our problems, from habitat destruction to modern slavery, are rooted in corporate misbehavior. The only dependable way to make corporations responsible is via their bottom lines of sales and profit. Ethical consumerism is the most effective way to make that happen.
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Green Stars / Ethical Consumer competition
Welcome to another Green Stars Project friendly contest! The challenge: write a review of any product, company, or local business and include a Green Stars rating for social and environmental impact.…
How to decide on an ethical rating: Cafés
A common issue that people raise is that they are not sure where to start when it comes to writing an ethical review. Perhaps you would like to join in, but… Continue reading How to decide on an ethical rating: Cafés
Ethical Consumerism, Part 5: Why we need User-Generated Ratings.
I think it’s worth writing a post to explain why I took the direction of user-generated ratings with the Green Stars Project. There’s a pretty good chance that you take advantage… Continue reading Ethical Consumerism, Part 5: Why we need User-Generated Ratings.
Ethical Consumerism, Part 10 – Green Stars rating criteria
Greetings! In the next post, I’ll run another competition to encourage you, dear readers, to write a Green Stars review, so please stay tuned for that. In the meantime, I want… Continue reading Ethical Consumerism, Part 10 – Green Stars rating criteria
What is ethical consumerism?
To me, ethical consumerism is a pretty self-explanatory term and I think that most people have a good idea of what it means. But it’s worthwhile to take a fresh look… Continue reading What is ethical consumerism?
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