The ethical consumerism

By Andrea Dueñas Miguel

What it is ?

Examples like…How to employ the

ethical consumerism

A little progress !!!

The ethical

consumerism

The themes are …….

Ethical consumerism is a type of consumer activism that is based on the concept of dollar voting. It is practiced through 'positive buying' in that ethical products are favored, or 'moral boycott', that is negative purchasing and company-based purchasing.

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Many organization like Mc Donald’ s and DUHEM (Deja Una Huella En El Mundo) are examples that are not in the list :

• B corporation• Dolphin safe• EKO energy for

electricity agreements

• Equal Exchange• Ethical

Consumer Best Buy label

• Fairtrade• Free-range poultry• FSC-

certified sustainably sourced wood

• Grass fed beef

• Green America Seal of Approval

• Halal (religious standard)

• Kosher (religious standard)

• Local food• Made in USA• MSC-

certified sustainably sourced seafood

• No Pork No Lard (semi-religious standard)

• Organic food• Organic Trade

Association

• Product Red• Rainforest

Alliance certified

• Recycled/recyclable

• Shade-grown coffee

• Social Accountability 8000

• Union-made• Vegan

DUHEM’ s video•Enter to:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk_Z8ywh-ew

How to employ

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How to employ the ethical consumerism ?• We can employ ethical consumerism

in any way is possible like buying only necessary things or donating materials to organizations that help to other children that need them, we also can employ the ethical consumerism recycling papers or bottles of juice and water.

At school• Children have to learn how to be ethical

consumers and demostrate it at every time. • Teachers have to tell them how important is to be

an ethical consumer.

At home• The families have to practice how to be

ethical consumers in food, toys, cleaning instruments, etc.

• If it is possible, try to make a social organization with the intension to be best ethical consumers.

• Transmit the message to the people around the community .

A little

progress!!!

A little progress!!!• Some supermarkets in Peru like

Metro, Wong and Plaza Vea give to the consumers bags of an special material that degrades in a shorter time than common plastic bags we know.• Also, in USA there are some tracks

that recollect recycling materials like newspapers and bottles.