Ethical Consumerism

Introduction | Ethical Consumerism | About us | Contacts

Introduction

Welcome to the new website of Ethical Consumerism. First of all, let us thank you for your interest both in this project and in ethical consumerism generally.

At this new web, we would like to offer you not just comprehensive information regarding the ethical consumerism itself but also some practical tips for ethical shopping in the Czech Republic.

In the first part, we have prepared basic information about the certification systems that might help you to find more easily ethical goods or services here. This part is divided into six sections however some certificates might overlap. You´ll find it in the Certificates section. This part has been added with some practical information on each topic that may help you to understand better the real impacts of our lifestyle and customer preferences - both on the environment, people and animals. We believe that this impact information will help you to appreciate the advantages of ethical consumerism more. In each section, more detailed features to many certificates will be also given together with links to some other interesting webs or projects.

Practical information on where you can buy or eat ethically both in Prague and the Czech Republic can be found within our new online searching system at the section CR Guide. You can also easily add your company profile here, if you are an ethical entrepreneur. For more advertising options please contact us at our email.

You can also download the Prague Ethical Shopping Guide at the section Prague Guide.

We are happy to assist with your questions and comments sent to our email info(at)etickespotrebitelstvi(dot)cz

On behalf of our EC team let me wish you a nice and ethical :-) stay in Prague or other places of the Czech Republic, PhDr. Iva L. Maruščáková, chairperson of EC.

Ethical Consumerism

Nowadays, more and more people are becoming interested in ways how to reduce the negative impacts of manufacture, distribution and sales of various kinds of products. One of the most often discussed impacts is the environmental one, but the living conditions of both people and animals are also often affected by the production and consumption of certain goods. One of the ways of reducing these negative impacts - besides reducing consumption on a personal level - is ethical consumerism.

Within this approach, people support mainly those manufacturers, dealers and sellers who focus not just on profit, but also on an ethical approach to the environment, animals and people.

In other words, besides the concept of so called “voluntary modesty” it is the ethical consumerism that offers an opportunity for consumers to moderate the negative impacts of production, distribution and sale of products and services of their everyday consumption. Ethical consumerism emphasizes a choice of such manufacturers or retailers. So they behave not just in a profitable but also in a considerate way – in relation to the environment, people and animals that take part in the manufacturing or production.

About us

Our mission is to promote the ethical consumerism as one of the possible approaches towards the negative impacts of production, distribution and retail of products and services that we use in our everyday life.

We focus on promoting the concept by informing public about the problems associated with conventional consumerism and the alternatives and solutions available. We believe that based on such an information consumers are able to choose the products and services in more considerate way for benefit of both people and animals as well as the environment.

It was proved that change in the consumers´ preferences always triggers change in attitudes of manufacturers and retailers. In that case towards a more considerate approach to the negative impacts their business might bring along.

Our activities have started with the Ethical Consumer´s Guide, 2008 - mostly for the Prague region. In the next year we have updated this Guide and also worked on the new web and the new searching system for the whole Czech Republic.

EC is a non-profit organization, all of us are volunteers and all the finances from advertising, grants or your kind support go directly to purposes of publishment and print of materials that we distribute for free.

We thank you for your kind support that we appreciate very much and if you are interested in helping us in this project more directly, we will be happy to disscus this possibility with you on our email info(at)etickespotrebitelstvi(dot)cz

EC would also like to thank to all our colleagues and sympatizers, especially to colleagues from Carton Clan, s.r.o. and Tondovo s.r.o.

Contacts

We are happy to assist with your questions and comments sent to info(at)etickespotrebitelstvi(dot)cz.

EC is a non-profit organization, we use all the finances for the promoting and spreading the ideas of ethical consumerism.

We thus appreciate and thank for your kind support very much.

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