Online Catalogue:BROWSE BY SUBJECT:Environment, Land, Energy and Conservation:Ethical Shopping
Second edition. A guide to making ethical lifestyle choices from telephones to tea and from pensions to package holidays. 144pp, UK. NEW INTERNATIONALIST.
2004 2006 1904456383 Paperback Our Price: £7.99
From coffee farming in Peru and cocoa production in Ghana to jeans manufacture in China and the Banana War of Guatemala and the Caribbean, this guide tells the human story behind the products we consume. Examining the contest between 'free' and 'fair' trade around the world, David Ransom argues that the key question is not whether trade should be regulated or deregulated, but whether it is to be the master or servant of the people. Index, 142pp, UK. NEW INTERNATIONALIST.
2006 190445643X Paperback Our Price: £6.99
A guide to buying ethical consumerism looking at issues such as boycotting and buying local. The author asks how fair is fair trade and lists ethical food stores, banks, travel agents and others. Index, x, 374pp, UK. PENGUIN BOOKS.
2004 1843532654 Paperback Our Price: £7.99
Now in paperback. An investigation into the corrosive effects of supermarkets on local farming, communities and food culture. The author describes how Britain's supermarkets have increased their share of Britain's grocery spend from 20% in 1950 to 80% at present and have sacrificed diversity, quality and flavour for an illusion of choice and convienience. Index, notes, xviii, 382pp, UK. HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS. 0007158041
2004 Paperback Our Price: £7.99