New research released marking #givingtuesday, the international day of giving, has revealed that one in three Brits has paid a compliment to a stranger in the...
The serious impact of overconsumption on the environment has been highlighted by new research on fashion trends and textile waste, released by Greenpeace on the eve of...
One online retailer is offering an ethical alternative to shopping this Black Friday weekend. EthicalSuperstore.com has pledged to donate a grocery item to the UK’s busiest...
To make this Black Friday (the bacchanalian festival of commercialism and sharp-elbowed over consumption) greener: lock your door, turn off your phone and purchase absolutely nothing....
The UK face of #givingtuesday 2016 has been announced as a young secret Santa who helps brighten up Christmas for thousands of people in hospitals and care...
Some of the biggest and best known retailers in the UK have pledged their support for this year’s #givingtuesday – the global day of giving. #givingtuesday –...
This excellent article in Why Green Economy is a summary of Dario Kenner’s (pictured) working paper, The inequality of overconsumption: The ecological footprint of the richest, published by the Global...
Buy Nothing Day was founded in Vancouver by artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by Adbusters magazine, based in Canada. It is an international day of...
Celebrities, businesses and charities have signed up as partners to the UK’s first #GivingTuesday, part of a global campaign designed to promote giving in the run...
Britons are becoming more materialistic and giving less to charities and good causes as the economy recovers, according to a poll conducted as part of the...
Survivors of Christmas spending are being encouraged to start the holiday season with a charitable spirit, by a viral campaign, backed by prominent philanthropists such as...
Following two of the year’s busiest shopping days – the consumerism-driven Black Friday and Cyber Monday – is Fair Tuesday, an initiative to promote responsible and...
Christmas shoppers have been invited to ‘buy social’ on Cyber Monday – a day when UK internet users are expected to make 113m visits to retail...
Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day that is widely renowned as the first day of Christmas shopping, has already seen several people fighting over purchases...