A couple of Web sites that help you to be informed when making your shopping decisions. I may have written this before, but I love the idea of voting with your wallet. For example, I don't shop at Wal-Mart, even though I could probably save a lot of money there, because there are just so many problems with that corporation that I just don't agree with. I'm not trying to sound high and mighty with that statement, because I definitely give my money to plenty of companies that I probably shouldn't give my money to, but Wal-Mart at the least is one company that I've made up my mind against. I need to keep visiting sites like these to find out about others I should know about:
Co-Op America - A site that encourages you to be a responsible shopper. Learn about the companies that you patronize. Find out abuses that have been reported. Compare companies within an industry. There are even grade charts to help with these comparisons - although I'm a little skeptical about these charts because a "no information" is graded higher than a letter grade. In other words, if no information is known about a company, than it is rated higher than a company with all Cs.
Who Is Behind Your Green Snack? From TreeHugger - Gotta love the fine folks at TreeHugger. I could just use this blog to constantly point people to that one. This particular article is about knowing the big corporations who are responsible for various organic brands. The story for most is that a company that produces an organic product grew successful enough that a major company bought it out. Read all about who owns who now - and decide for yourself whether it matters to you.
