Do you pay extra, to be a friend of the earth? :: Do you pay over the usual to ensure that the products you buy are earth friendly? Do you buy items that are more environmentally friendly even if they cost more? Do you buy fair trade products? Do you buy cosmetics that are against animal testing? Do you buy bio produced food? Do you choose overland travel over flying? Please add your own to this list.
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I buy cosmetics that are not necessary such as perfume and make up from companies that ensure that they are not tested on animals.
I generally choose products to clean the house that are more friendly to the environment if they are not outrageously expensive.
Rather than paying more, I usually do things like try to use the recycling facilities available as much as possible. But this is not paying more, because where I live it costs less to use the recycling facilities than to get rid of garbage in the less environmental way. It is however less convenient to use the recycling facilities.
Considering what I do always has the effect of making me think about the things I dont do. It seems like I am always doing wrong as a a consumer.
Reply to this When I'm not pinching every penny, yes, I will spend a little more for green products and organic food, but usually my budget is just too tight. But if the green products go on sale and I happen to need it, perfect!
As I know my budget is tight, I have instead made the choice to reduce my consumption. I look for recycled products, and choose items with the least packaging. I tend to look for locally produced food (which I admit is hard in northern countries). I bring my own bags to the grocery stores (I know this is common place in many places such as Europe, but is only now finally catching on in N. America). If I have a backyard where I'm living, I compost. And I re-use things as much as possible (re-use those yogurt containers, use the back of grocery receipts to write shopping lists, etc) and always double check before throwing things away.
My one big splurge at the moment is coffee. Luckily for me, my favourite coffee happens to be direct trade, so I tell my wallet it's a good splurge.
Bus and train tend to be first options when traveling, although I must admit I do enjoy a good road trip!
And no-one's perfect! But the little steps we take are better than none!
Reply to this The TravelBlog.org servers run on electricity generated by renewable resources.
(though in reality it all goes into one big pot/grid and is stirred around - who knows where those electrons originally got spinning)
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