http://www.peopletreemagazine.co.uk/safias-blog/europe/231/45-of-the-worlds-population-dont-trust-big-business.html The latest in Eco news from across the globe Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:12:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.peopletreemagazine.co.uk/safias-blog/europe/231/45-of-the-worlds-population-dont-trust-big-business.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Alastair Smith (Mphil. Development Studies, QEH, University of Oxford) Sun, 05 Feb 2006 23:08:12 +0000 http://www.peopletree.creativeesprit.co.uk/uncategorized/231/45-of-the-worlds-population-dont-trust-big-businesshtml#comment-4 I totally agree that a 'pocket sized guide' would be great for the task of promoting awareness. However, in the mean time I have two recommendations for those interested: on a popular level “The Rough Guide to Ethical Consumption” tackles all issues of politicising your consumption it terms of fair trade, ethical investment and the ins-and-outs of boycotting (which is more complex that people might think) etc. On a more academic level, "Fair Trade: market driven ethical consumption' (Nicholld & Opal 2004/5) provides an indepth but accessible overview of "Fair Trade". I totally agree that a ‘pocket sized guide’ would be great for the task of promoting awareness. However, in the mean time I have two recommendations for those interested: on a popular level “The Rough Guide to Ethical Consumption” tackles all issues of politicising your consumption it terms of fair trade, ethical investment and the ins-and-outs of boycotting (which is more complex that people might think) etc. On a more academic level, “Fair Trade: market driven ethical consumption’ (Nicholld & Opal 2004/5) provides an indepth but accessible overview of “Fair Trade”.

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