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Mindfulness in the marketplace leads to wiser, cleaner patterns of consumption.

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In 2004 - Ethical consumers cost firms £2.6bn a year!! Isn't that just brilliant!

In 2005 - Ethical consumers cost firms £3.4bn a year!! Isn't that just extra-brilliant!

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"Mindfulness in the marketplace sows seeds of compassion, ecological ethics, idealism, and economic justice, and provides insightful economic analysis and direction for personal action. Randy Hayes, President of Rainforest Action Network.

"If the Buddha were here today, he'd likely encourage us all to follow the path of mindful consumption." Alisa Gravitz, Director, Co-op America.

"Mindfulness in the marketplace is a great gift to the world in these troubled times". Joseph Goldstein, author of "One Dharma".

"Mindfulness in the marketplace helps us to understand that consuming in the 21st century is a new form of activism". Gary Hirshberg, President & CEO, Stoneyfield Farm.

280205: Some years ago, McDonald's sued two environmentalists for distributing a pamphlet critical of the food served by the fast-food chain. The leaflets were distributed to only a few thousand people outside various McDonald's stores in Britain. McDonald's nonetheless took the case to court, in a trial that lasted 314 sitting days and cost more than £10 million.

The case generated a great deal of negative publicity for McDonald's. At the time the action began, the leaflet was out of production. Millions of extra copies were subsequently printed. The case inspired a book, a television mini-series and an internet site.

McDonald's was awarded £35,000, which it has never been able to collect. It is out of pocket millions of pounds in costs. The action gave the environmentalists a profile that they would not otherwise have had. So the question arises, did McDonald's succeed in the action?

270304: Yesterday somebody told me that this page made them feel bad. It isn't meant to do that (well, not very bad and not for long anyway!). It's meant to inform and to provide a chance to move towards preventing the unfairness, bullying and cruelty done by what is very probably a majority of commercial enterprises. NG

231104: Coca Cola will bleed the Malverns dry!

BOYCOTT CHINESE GOODS MADE IN LABOUR CAMPS - A PERSONAL WAY OF OPPOSING THE CHINESE OCCUPATION OF TIBET AND SHOWING SOLIDARITY WITH ITS PEOPLE. A CONSIDERABLE PERCENTAGE OF TOYS, SHOES, CHEAP TOOLS, MACHINE TOOLS, CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, STUFFED ANIMALS AND OTHER GOODS ARE MADE IN CHINESE LABOUR CAMPS. A lot of items for sale in IKEA are made in China.

150904: Starbucks will not allow their staff to join a union.

180604: The incredible untamed Tesco beast

080304: Chocolate, crisps, margarine, shampoo and detergents are fuelling the destruction of rainforests in South East Asia and leading to human rights abuses and devastating pollution. Walkers' crisps, Kellogg's cereals, Heinz soups and some Cadbury Schweppes' chocolate all involve the use of palm oil. UK companies are involved in the trade as investors, retailers and in processing palm oil.

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130104: Asda (Walmart) tries to exploit planning loophole

230703: SAINSBURY'S: MAKING LIFE TASTE BITTER FOR BANANA GROWERS

140703: Tesco Sells Garden Furniture Made From Illegal Indonesian Timber

250603: Top UK Rainforest Paper Buyers Named and Shamed

New 300503: HSBC

051202: Mothercare, the Body Shop, Ikea, Homebase, Debenhams and Argos have signed the Safer Chemicals pledge since its launch on 27 July. Marks & Spencer, the Co-op, Boots, BQ and the Early Learning Centre had signed up at the time of the launch. Retailers who have been invited to sign the pledge but have not yet done so are: Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Safeway, Somerfield/Kwiksave, Iceland, Waitrose, Morrisons, Woolworths, Superdrug, John Lewis, Hamleys, Focus, BHS, Toys 'R' Us and Toymaster.

(Please do let this web weaver know if any of the listed go out of date, i.e. start behaving themselves properly!).

Inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement of a particular boycott. Where possible this site contains direct links to the companies in question to make registering your disapproval even easier.

Take a look at Boycott Bush - very interesting site, not encouraging, but interesting.