Green Purchasing UK

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"'The public gets what it asks for: ask for the 'good stuff' and that's what they'll have to supply, Similarly, refuse to buy the 'bad stuff' and the market for it will collapse. The power of the public is potentially enormous - let's use it.' Bill Oddie"

The term Green purchasing is used here to include not only ideas such as Sustainable consumption, Ethical consumerism, etc, but also doing (more?) with less.

Action Ideas

 * Buy nothing Christmas
 * Buy recycled, Freecycle, Give or Take, etc - see also Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle
 * Buy Nothing Day
 * Fair Trade towns
 * Procott, the flip side of boycott. A movement to support the production and purchase of earth-friendly and justice-friendly goods and services.
 * Eco-product supplies
 * Co-purchasing clubs
 * Sustainable tourism initiatives
 * Equipment sharing
 * lobbying for Government action to enforce the use of bio-degradable plastic bags by supermarkets

News UK
See separate article - Green Purchasing News UK

Resources

 * 16 pain-free ways to help save the planet, by Maxine Holdsworth with Paul Steedman, National Consumer Council, March 2005 - The report looks at 16 creative sustainable consumption schemes from around the world and analyses them to see whether they'd work here in the UK. All use incentives, rather than the more usual penalties and finger-waving. This is the approach the NCC is recommending... Available for download from NCC website pdf 1.1MB

Related topics

 * Global connections UK
 * Seasonal UK
 * Design and sustainability
 * Fairtrade Fortnight UK
 * Sustainable consumption controversy