Stop the Shopocalypse!

There’s a plethora of websites with ideas for simplifying life and consuming ethically. This is just a handful.

• www.ibreathe.org.uk
  Articles, resources, prayers and reflections on living simply and generously.
• www.unitingearthweb.org.au
  A network of Uniting Church people working for a greater connection between ecology and Christian faith and practice.
• www.fairtrade.com.au
  Buying accredited fair trade products is one way of ensuring that the people who produce the things you buy received a fair price.
• www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter
  Transcripts and audio downloads of ABC Radio National’s 2006 feature on Christians, consumerism and the west.
• www.adbusters.org (Buy Nothing Day)
  An informal day of action to draw attention to the harmful effects of over-consumption by industrialised nations on the rest of the world. This year, it falls on November 29.
• www.freecycle.org.au
  A worldwide network aimed at diverting reusable goods from landfill.
• wwjbmovie.com/save.html
  Resources to help you tackle over-consumption.
• www.newint.org/features/2006/11/01/action/
  A useful checklist on ethical consumption.
• www.worldvision.com.au
  A World Vision article on child labour and ethical consumerism, with links to some good resources on those topics.
• Holy hardware
• Food for Thought: Renewing the culinary culture should be a conservative cause.

Any other links or ideas? Mail your own ideas to emmah@nsw.uca.org.au.