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It’s not easy to tell if the tuna you are eating comes from overfished stocks or is caught using destructive fishing techniques. As tuna stocks begin to collapse, selecting sustainably fished tuna is vital. GreenPeace has prepared a ‘canned tuna guide’ to show us what to look for before heading to the checkout.
Posts Tagged ‘Eco consumer’
Choosing Sustainable Tuna
April 12th, 2010Natural Beauty Products and the Environment
April 11th, 2010
Have you ever pondered the environmental impacts in your make-up bag? More and more products claim to be ‘natural’ but in many cases these products have the potential for significant impacts on both the environment and our health. Green Beings has been getting under the skin of the cosmetics business to find the true cost of ‘natural’ beauty.
Hot Coffee, Cool Planet
April 8th, 2010
Coffee addiction is becoming more widespread. Key signs of addiction include problems functioning without your morning coffee, being late due to detouring to visit a favourite coffee shop, a bin full of empty coffee cups. The KeepCup might help you feel better about your addiction. This refillable, sustainable, waste avoiding KeepCup, is the first barista standard reusable coffee cup. It is raved about by those we know that have them. Here’s why.
The Ethical Edge
April 1st, 2010
Doing sport makes you feel good. Buying ethical sports gear would surely make you feel even better. Etiko, a Melbourne based company specialising in Fairtrade and sustainable sports gear has captured a niche market. However, Nike, the sweatshop sinner of the 1990s, who actually inspired the creation of Etiko, is now rethinking its business. Find out what this means for smaller companies as the giants move to make ethical mainstream.
Aveeno Trial Panel Feedback
March 19th, 2010
I was so excited to be chosen to take part in the Aveeno trial! This trial came at the perfect time for me, as I am currently going through the process “greening” my life and home, including my skincare routine, so I was keen to try the Aveeno Active Naturals range. Find out what else Amelia had to say about her experience on the product trial panel.
Recycled Glasses of a Different Kind
February 3rd, 2010
My husband has just become a respectable spectacle wearer. And after spending the day looking at frames I was wondering whether there could be a more eco friendly way to do it. I’ve heard about recycling unwanted glasses by donating them to those in need. We have a collection box for old specs at work. But to find a company that uses recycled metal and plastic was a bit of an eye opener. Oh dear sorry about the pun…..
Carrotmobbing – people power and procotting; is this the new face of environmental activism?
January 26th, 2010
A couple of years ago, a bright spark in San Francisco came up with a unique way to encourage companies to reduce their impact on the environment. He reasoned that they would only ever change if they could see a potential upside in their revenue. Rather than take the ‘stick’ approach and threaten action, he looked for a way to provide the ‘carrot’. Surry Hills in Sydney was the scene of the first Australian Carrotmob in October last year.
Looking Great Being Green
February 2nd, 2009
There is one way guaranteed way to ruin the great feeling you get from putting on a new outfit – finding out that it has been manufactured in a sweatshop environment or that the manufacturing process will have caused significant environmental impacts.
Awareness of environmental and social impacts from the fashion industry has created a backlash [...]