Now here is an ecological pub quiz question: who wrote the following phrase and when?
… 2008 Comment Supermarkets Tom Hodgkinson Consumerism Politics Supermarkets Supermarkets … People hurl themselves at the temples of consumerism; they undergo absurd discomforts …
Katharine Hamnett is one of the UK’s leading fashion designers. In 1984 she famously wore a T-shirt opposing the purchase of US Pershing missiles at a reception attended by Margaret Thatcher. Since then she has campaigned on nuclear power, Third World debt, human rights, HIV and environmental issues.
… Katharine Hamnett Design Green Lifestyle Consumerism Fair Trade Green Living …
No European country is as reliant on supermarkets for its food shopping as Britain. It is no coincidence that the UK also has the worst eating habits in Europe.
… Label Sandwich Marks And Spencer Supermarkets Consumerism Packaging Processed Foods Fair …
What do you get if you cross a shoe with a coconut? A bounty for the feet. Laura Sevier meets Sven Segal, eco shoe designer and founder of the Po-Zu range, who has found a novel use for waste coconut husks. . .
… Clothing Risk Human Rights Industrial Fashion Consumerism Lessons From Nature Fair Trade …
We were being given 20 to 21 pence a kilo, they were selling them in the stores at twice that, and we needed 32 pence to break even. The prices would change by the day, and then they’d take 60 to 90 days to pay you.
… Labour Food Packaging Food Miles Pesticides Consumerism Food Miles Packaging Fair Trade …
Shopping is about to reach frenzy levels as the to-do list gets ever longer. And then there is that wonderful person in your life whose present cannot be fur, meat, plastic - or boring. BRENDAN MONTAGUE asked ethical companies for their best gift ideas this Christmas.
… Spring, and nature's renewal. The carnival of consumerism today is a travesty of such an …