Every purchase you make has an impact on the world. If you aren't careful, your shopping choices contribute to climate change and social injustice. But when you align the contents of your shopping cart with your personal values you slowly but surely shape the market.
Times are uncertain and everyday goods are getting more expensive. Still, we should purchase with intention anyway. On today's show author and sustainability expert Diane Osgood offers a comprehensive roadmap that navigates each of us toward positive and sustainable shopping practices.Here's a preview:
[4:00] 70% of the U.S. economy is driven by consumer spending. We citizens control the market!
[13:00] 3 easy-peasy shopping principles to guide you when you're feeling overwhelmed
[17:00] Should you listen to the angel on your shoulder, or the devil? Here's what to remember in those moments you want to backtrack
[21:00] *Exactly how* to avoid products made with forced labor or child labor
[28:00] Buying small, local, and diverse has the power to "chip away at systemic inequality". Here's how
Resources mentioned:
- Your Shopping Superpower: Follow Your Values and Better Your World One Purchase At A Time
- The Chocolate Scorecard
- Remake
- U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
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