Posts Tagged ‘badges’
Monday, June 7th, 2010
If you’re out and about and just don’t know what cafe is really cutting the carbon, or grinding those fairly traded beans, or steaming organic milk, here is a great idea, freshly launched, to help you make the right choice: consciousconsumers.org.nz, a project developed by the Wellington based 42collective.
The site is reviving the idea of using badges to reward certain behaviour, and this collection of badges makes it easy for you, the consumer, to pick your favourite cafe with a conscience. You can also follow the Conscious Consumers Wellington group on facebook!
-Thomas
Tags: badges, Cafe, carbon action
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Suggested by ELIZA K
Less demand for new clothes, meaning less factories, less transport, less fossil fuels, smaller climate change.
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Tags: badges, carbon action, Carbon action badges, opshop
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Suggested by ELIZA K
Here are a number of reasons:
- Inefficiency: “In order to produce 1 lb. of protein in the form of beef, we must feed 21 lbs. of protein to the animal… the average ratio in the US is 1:8. It has been estimated that the amount of protein lost to humans in this way is equivalent to 90% of the annual world protein deficit.” – Peter Singer essay – A Utilitarian Defense of Animal Liberation.
- High emissions: New Zealand’s dairy industry is responsible for over half of NZ’s climate-changing emissions, more than that of the entire transport sector.
- Reducing carbon sinks: The dairy industry in NZ is also deforesting MASSIVE areas of pine to make way for corporate dairy farms, a double-whammy for the climate in the way it removes a carbon sink and replaces it with the most greenhouse gas-intensive industry ever!
- Cuteness: Lambs are freakin’ cute.
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Tags: badges, carbon action, Carbon action badges, vegetarian
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Suggested by JOHANNA KNOX
Ovens and stoves use a large proportion of household electricity. Many bought, packaged foods used a lot of energy in production. Cook as much as you can from scratch, using homegrown, organic and/or locally grown, and minimally packaged ingredients. Also use environmentally friendly cooking methods like solar cooking, residual heat cooking, woodstove cooking, earth ovens, and some types of barbeques. (Or just go raw!)
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