While it may feel good to buy the more sustainable product on the shelf, does being a conscientious consumer really do anything to change the world?BUYING A CAN OF TUNA is no simple matter. There's tuna with flavours, tuna in chunks, tuna in oil or brine and that's before you get to the questions of whether the fishery is dolphin friendly or sustainably managed.
But while most of us are baffled by choice in the tuna aisle, Greenpeace has stepped in and attempted to answer the ethical questions at least. The organisation says their long-running campaign to educate the buying public about negative impacts of industrial tuna fishing methods has resulted in changes to the entire tuna supply chain.
"We're seeing that consumer pressure works," says Genevieve Quirk, Tuna Campaigner with Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
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Why dont we stop shopping altogether/..I would like to hear your opinon on the Sunday trading and extended trading hours IN WA and how much extra energy that is goign to use and thus green house emmisions..just think how much electricity is used in one of those energy guzzling shopping centres on a hot Sunday summers days with the aircons cranked up....not to mention the fact that it is all just encouraging the consumer and materialistic mentality to cosume the planet faster than we already are!...and ditto Daylight Saving and the extra energy use that causes.
ReplyDeleteVery good idea, I already stopped shopping for several years... but according to Mr Barnett people need to shop... that's what in his opinion is what the world turns round... it's all about the money!
ReplyDeleteShopping malls are a big eye sore in every way you look at them...