Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- One Planet Lifestyle --  World Wildlife Fund  (WWF) is a well-known, international non-profit environmental organization that has proposed the “one planet lifestyle”   for today’s consumers. This means that with every purchase we individuals, those who work in businesses and households, we consider what kind of impact it has. We need to start asking ourselves as each penny is released from our accounts – “Will this purchase encourage a more sustainable, and socially responsible society?” For instance we might look at a product and notice that some of the competitors on the shelf have recycled content in the manufacturing process. Perhaps the packaging is not only recyclable, but is reusable… or possibly also made with recycled materials. Perhaps people in third world conditions made the product; people who are treated and paid fairly.   Are the materials we are consuming renewable (like bamboo)? Are the companies we are working with also taking steps th...