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91% of UK Households Would Consider Installing Solar Power - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: SustainableDevelopment, solar power )

Pete
- 281 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
Interesting, seems a large number of Brits would go solar if the utilities were made to pay a reasonable price for unused power generated.
Ethical Consumerism Report 2007 - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: consumers, ethics, investments, investing, GoodNews, society )

Pete
- 385 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
Ethical consumerism in the UK continues to grow despite the economic turn down according to this fascinating report from the Co-op Bank
18 Fairtrade Ideas for Fairtrade Fortnight - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: fairtrade )

Pete
- 659 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
18 cool nuggets of information about Fairtrade in the UK
Adam Smith InstituteâEUR(TM)s âEUR~UnFairTradeâEUR(TM) 493 Million Say Nay - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: fairtrade )

Pete
- 659 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
Adam Smith Institue up to mischief again, after denying climate change, arguing that ethical finance was a a bad idea hey have now set their dwindling firepower against Fairtrade
Fairtrade Sales Grow 81% in 2007 to £493 Million - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: fairtrade )

Pete
- 658 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
Fairtrade has now taken over organic food as the UK's fastest growing grocery sector, not in terms of absolute sales but UK remains Europe's biggest FT market
Supermarket Practices Are Unhealthy, Unjust and Unsustainable Says SDC - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: Sustainable Development, supermarkets, obesity, nutrition, waste, water, climate change )

Pete
- 666 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
Superb report from the Sustainable Development Commission, on the role of supermarkets and government in buildinga susatainable, and fair, food chain in the UK
Business as Usual for the Big 4 Retailers After Competition Commission Enquiry - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: supermarkets, wal-mart, tescos, asda, morrisons, sainburys )

Pete
- 667 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
Three enquiries in 8 years and the Competition Commission once again fail to control the destructive habits of the huge supermarket chains in the UK. End result more supermarkets to be built.
Genetically Modified Report 2008 Finds Pesticide Use Increasing - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: Genetically modified crops, gm, pesticides )

Pete
- 674 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
GM crops combat hunger and poverty? Latest report from Friends of the Earth blows that idea apart- GM crops feed cattle to make cheap meat and make ethanol. The people who benefit are industrial farmers, not the majority developing world
Climate Change Investment- All the Rage in 2008 - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: climate change funds, ethical investments, ethical investing )

Pete
- 679 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
what is the difference between climate change funds and ethical investments, who invests in what, why and how.
Friends of the Earth Launches Co-Op Visa Card - Natural Choices
Business  (tags: green credit cards )

Pete
- 679 days ago - naturalchoices.co.uk
Of course the most ethical approach to credit is don't have any, why give the bank your debt? However of that is too hardcore a Friends of the Earth Co-op credit card beats an Amex Goldcard for green cred by miles
 
 
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