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#LocalEconomy #SustainableFood #WorkersRights #FoodSupplyChain #CommunityMarket #RealLifeScenes #EverydayPeople #SlowLiving #OrganicTrade #FieldToFork #LaborMatters #SupportLocalFarmers #MarketStories #EthicalConsumption #DailyWork #GlobalSouthVoices #FarmersMarketLife #PixelfedFood #DocumentaryPhotography #VisualStorytelling

I could see on X that they are making fun of China, saying things like, "What has China invented without copying others?" It seems like this isn't a healthy question. You know, China can make everything, including accessibility, and sell it at better prices, such as for Malaysia's MYR. China has addressed the world's issues of accessibility and affordability. It seems that those users on X do not appreciate what China has achieved.

#ChinaContribution #GlobalAccessibility #AffordableTech #ChineseInnovation #EconomicImpact #MalaysianMarket #ConsumerBenefit #TechAffordability #Appreciation #GlobalTrade #EconomicDevelopment #Innovation #FairTrade #ConsumerRights #RespectForAchievements #MarketDynamics #PositiveDialogue #EthicalConsumption #GlobalCooperation #ResponsibleLiving

It seems that for me, if I choose to be a survivalist individualist person, genuinely based on hardships and effort in trading, then I follow the Chinese way. If I want to be a narcissist who doesn't feel how those poor people feel in the streets every day, making fun of others and using freedom of speech as justification at the expense of respect for others, then U.S. ideologies are better for me. It seems that the Chinese way represents real trading for me; it is based on efforts and hardships, not on control, vendor lock-in, narcissistic reputability, and brands.

#SurvivalistMindset #Individualism #ChineseWay #USIdeologies #HardshipAndEffort #EconomicPhilosophy #Consumerism #Narcissism #RealTrading #VendorLockIn #RespectForOthers #FreedomOfSpeech #PersonalValues #EconomicFreedom #GlobalEconomics #MarketDynamics #ConsumerBehavior #EthicalConsumption #ResponsibleLiving #MoralCompass

Apparently MUD Jeans these days (since 2016) has nothing to do with the old company. All the #jeans are made from post-consumer #recycled material or organically farmed cotton. It's not a worker-owned cooperative, but at least it's a B Corporation. They claim to be trying but seems like it's still pretty bad working conditions for production.

Anyway, that's the best I could do without wearing myself out on research. Buying jeans is always stressful af.

#ethicalconsumption #ethicalconsumerism

Local Food

Can public institutions procure food locally? How do land grabs impact local food movements? What are the local food discourses in Canada? What are the ethical considerations of eating locally?

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/search/index?query=%22Local+Food%22&dateFromYear=&dateFromMonth=&dateFromDay=&dateToYear=&dateToMonth=&dateToDay=&authors=

#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat

#FoodProcurement #LocalFood #LandGrabbing #LandUse #CapeBreton #Discourse #Ecological #EthicalConsumption #EthicalFood #OrganicFood #Caring #Canada

#ethicalconsumption #veganism #capitalism #anarchism #ethics

Sibaburck on Xwitter:

Nobody seriously believes
“no ethical consumption under capitalism”
is a justification for buying anything.
Everyone puts limits on what they will condone buying.
Vegans don’t condone buying the dismembered corpses of innocent animals executed against their will.

I’m tired of this disingenuous argument
You are against hiring a hitman under capitalism.
You are against buying child abuse material under capitalism.
Stop pretending everything is justified because you think the whole system is unethical. You don’t believe your own argument.

Some ideas for things we can do (alone & together) instead of just doomscrolling and posting links to bad news.
Where we earn, spend & invest our money matters.
Further ideas welcome!
https://github.com/byintention/takeaction/
#sustainability #activism #ethicalConsumption

It's "that" time of year so I'm just here to say that buying second hand is more sustainable than buying new EVEN if the company you want to buy new from claims to be sustainable.

#BlackFriday #Consumerism #ClimateChange #Ethics #EthicalConsumption #Impact

The fashion industry is bad for the environment, built upon exploitative labor, and really only designed for a narrow (slim, able-bodied) group of people.
@damemagazine’s Nicole Froio talked to crafters who are documenting their process on social media to show followers how much time and effort goes into making clothes — and therefore what’s being sacrificed if they opt for fast fashion.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/11/26/can-diy-clothes-unravel-fast-fashions-climate-disasters/

#Fashion #Clothing #ClimateCrisis #FastFashion #Lifestyle #EthicalConsumption #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

I wouldn’t normally link to Youtube (even if it is via Invidious) but this chat between Mike Berners-Lee and @GreenRupertRead on ways of tackling the #polycrisis is worth the 40 minutes of lughole infiltration. 👂

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=QLuw6izcP9A

“There’s no way that politicians are ever going to lead us from the front through this, we have to push them into a position where they start to lead us.”

#ClimateAction #GlobalFutures #AI #EthicalConsumption #Renewables #CivilisationalCollapse #TippingPoint #TheoryOfChange #Degrowth

Dior and Armani, two fashion powerhouses, are under scrutiny for misleading consumers about their supply chain practices.

#luxuryfashion #ethicalconsumption

Every time you can avoid going to the grocery chain store for your food, you are keeping money out of the hands of those running this genocidal economy.
Today, my small act of resistance is making preserves. There is a loquat tree growing next to my house that produces pounds of fruit every year with little help from me. Make use of what you have. Go on a consumer fast.
#ethicalConsumption
#GrowYourOwn
#food forest

From front to back on a kitchen counter: There is a sieve of whole washed loquat fruits. A paring knife and a pile of loquat seeds and trimmings on a cutting board, and a bowl of seeded and quartered loquats in a bowl in the background

ICYMI: Valerie Blaise Revolutionizes High-Fashion with Vavvoune: Merging Heritage and Art to Empower Bold Nonconformists https://shinemycrown.com/valerie-blaise-revolutionizes-high-fashion-with-vavvoune-merging-heritage-and-art-to-empower-bold-nonconformists/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Fashion #empoweringnonconformists #ethicalconsumption

Valerie Blaise Revolutionizes High-Fashion with Vavvoune: Merging Heritage and Art to Empower Bold Nonconformists https://shinemycrown.com/valerie-blaise-revolutionizes-high-fashion-with-vavvoune-merging-heritage-and-art-to-empower-bold-nonconformists/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Fashion #empoweringnonconformists #ethicalconsumption

With #spring around the corner, nothing says “out with the old, in with the new” more than a reassessment of how #environment friendly our closets are. This new episode of #StandardTime looks into #fastfashion and #ethicalconsumption can help.
https://displayeurope.eu/video/landfills-on-sale/ @social @eurozine

With #spring around the corner, nothing says “out with the old, in with the new” more than a reassessment of how #environment friendly our closets are. This new episode of #StandardTime looks into #fastfashion and #ethicalconsumption can help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54RZIQPXacg&t=218s
https://displayeurope.eu/video/landfills-on-sale/

If you need some new clothes - t-shirts, undies, shoes, etc - there’s a big discount happening at Etiko at the moment.

They’re an ethical + sustainable clothing retailer, based in #Melbourne #Australia and make good quality stuff. I’ve been wearing their stuff for years now.

The discount is to clear out existing stock as they make some changes to their products and operations.

Don’t buy it if you don’t need it, but if you do need some things and can afford it, consider buying from these folks.

#clothing #sustainableFashion #ethicalConsumption #smallBusiness #FairTrade #BCorp

https://etiko.com.au/