Ethical Con$umerism

"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me... and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... Corporations have been enthroned... an era of corruption in high places will follow... and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people... until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands... and the republic is destroyed."
  --Abraham Lincoln

Rent vs. Buy    Mortgage Payoff    Cool Million    Compound Interest

Investments:                                                                                                           

Cruelty Free Investing 
Rocky Mountain Humane Investing
Vegetarian Friendly Investing   -by Wayne Smeltz, Ph.D.

Corporate Watch   -exposes corporate abuses

www.McSpotlight.org

Products:
All For Animals  -cruelty free living
Green People  -"Green" search directory

Health Charities:  Helping or Hurting

Corporate Watch   -exposes corporate abuses

Health Charities that Test on Animals
Health Charities that Don't Test on Animals

Companies That Test on Animals
Companies That Don't Test on Animals

sources:   Shopping Guide for Caring Consumers

"It is becoming widely accepted that the global economic system should be able to pursue ethical as well as financial goals. In a world where people feel politically disempowered, and where governments are becoming less powerful than corporations, citizens are beginning to realize that their economic vote may have as much influence as their political vote." --Ethical Consumer Magazine (ECRA)

Ethical consumerism (Economic Democracy) is voting with your dollar. If a company or country is unprincipled, don't give it your custom! If a company stands ahead of the rest for: animal rights, human rights, fair pay, environmental protection, sustainable growth, give them your money. Consumer spending is THE most influential factor in treatment of human and non-human animals, the environment and many features of modern society. YOU can make a difference, vote with your money and make this world a better place.

Of course, part of ethical consumerism is the reduction of unnecessary purchases. Much of what most people buy is a result of advertising and exploits our greed. Anti-Consumerism is attempts to reduces these purchases and expose the reality behind the advertising hype and the true cost behind the bargain prices.

Never Enough

Industrial Workers of the World -The union for everyone.  Focuses on the abolition of today's system of wage slavary