PLAN all shopping Make INFORMED choices planning your shopping
trip ~ talk these over with everyone concerned. Donít rush into
buying. Give yourself a cooling-off period after making the
initial decision - you may find you donít need it after all.
Before replacing an item, find out if it can be repaired or
renovated. Though the cost may seem high, you will often end up
with a better quality item than you can buy new. become an
informed consumer. Find out the real costs of the things you
buy. How much energy was used to make the item & deliver it to
point of sale? Where was the raw material from? Cleared forest
land? land desperately needed by indigenous people to grow food
rather than cash crops? Who really owns the company that made
the goods? What else are they involved in? Do you want to
support a company that makes weapons? Or clears rainforest to
make hamburgers? Or tropical forest to make soap, toothpaste, &
Ďdisposableí napkins? Would you rather support huge supermarkets
run by multi-national corporati