Website

A friend of mine showed me this great website, and now I'm sharing it with all of you.

http://www.betterworldshopper.com/

It's essentially a guide to the "ethical" rating of over a thousand different companies broken into different categories based on product/service (i.e fast food, gas, shoes, etc.) I put ethical into quotes because it is such a loaded word. This organization researched each company based on independently gathered data and research done by other non-profits. They then gave each company an overall rating based on its impact (good or bad) in five different categories including Human Rights, The Environment, Animal Protection, Community Involvement, and Social Justice. I know these are all pretty broad, but the website offers a much more in depth description of each as well as the research process they went through. As we, meaning we as Americans, are ranked among the highest on the consumption scale, I thought it would be great to keep these things in mind, or at least to start discussion on doing so, as we continue to vote with our purchases.

With a lot of love,

Eric

P.S. A real update will be coming soon.