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| **Shop local:** this local shop in Buckinghamshire provided locally-produced honey, free-range eggs, fruit, vegetables, bacon, sausages and firewood, until competition from an out-of-town superstore closed them down. There are strategies to preserve and re-introduce local shops, which are essential for strong, vibrant communities. | _**Shop local:** this local shop in Buckinghamshire provided locally-produced honey, free-range eggs, fruit, vegetables, bacon, sausages and firewood, until competition from an out-of-town superstore closed them down. There are strategies to preserve and re-introduce local shops, which are essential for strong, vibrant communities._ |
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| **Shop less:** have a go at growing some of your own food – in your garden, in tubs or window boxes, or if you’re really ambitious, you could apply for an allotment. | _**Shop less:** have a go at growing some of your own food – in your garden, in tubs or window boxes, or if you’re really ambitious, you could apply for an allotment._ |
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| Possibly the best low-impact shopping advice, from [Adbusters](https://www.adbusters.org/). | _Possibly the best low-impact shopping advice, from [Adbusters](https://www.adbusters.org/)._ |
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| **Green / ethical shopping:** check the ingredients for nasties. Every purchase you make is a vote for or against certain products, companies, activities and/or ingredients – and it works – companies are very responsive to customer preferences. | _**Green / ethical shopping:** check the ingredients for nasties. Every purchase you make is a vote for or against certain products, companies, activities and/or ingredients – and it works – companies are very responsive to customer preferences._ |
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| Following trends wastes resources as well as money, and will embarrass you when looking at old photos. | _Following trends wastes resources as well as money, and will embarrass you when looking at old photos._ |
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| Adbusters are adept at subtly revealing the absurd and unhealthy nature of the advertising industry. | _Adbusters are adept at subtly revealing the absurd and unhealthy nature of the advertising industry._ |
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| Do your homework - there are lots of different ratings, certification and labelling schemes; they change regularly, and some are more reliable than others (e.g. some are voluntary, or run by the companies themselves). | Do your homework - there are lots of different ratings, certification and labelling schemes; they change regularly, and some are more reliable than others (e.g. some are voluntary, or run by the companies themselves). |
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| Do a bit of [reading](/lish/shopping) - other people have done the hard work for you, for example _the Good Shopping Guide_ or _Ethical Consumer_ magazine and [website](http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/), which contains reviews and ratings for thousands of products and companies. They look at materials used and energy-efficiency as well. | Do a bit of [reading](/lish/low-impact_shopping) - other people have done the hard work for you, for example _the Good Shopping Guide_ or _Ethical Consumer_ magazine and [website](http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/), which contains reviews and ratings for thousands of products and companies. They look at materials used and energy-efficiency as well. |
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| Check the ingredients list. It's a minefield, but you'll quickly get used to it. Avoid nasty ingredients like aspartame, chlorine, or ethy-/butyl-/alkyl-anything. For a detailed look at the ingredients in your shopping, have a look at _[What's Really in Your Basket](/lish/shopping)_, which covers thousands of ingredients - natural and synthetic - and gives an easy red, amber and green code for health risks. | Check the ingredients list. It's a minefield, but you'll quickly get used to it. Avoid nasty ingredients like aspartame, chlorine, or ethy-/butyl-/alkyl-anything. For a detailed look at the ingredients in your shopping, have a look at _[What's Really in Your Basket](/lish/low-impact_shopping)_, which covers thousands of ingredients - natural and synthetic - and gives an easy red, amber and green code for health risks. |
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| [Here’s an article](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/reasons-not-buy-amazon/) with more than enough reasons to boycott Amazon. | _[Here’s an article](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/reasons-not-buy-amazon/) with more than enough reasons to boycott Amazon._ |
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| Car-centred supermarket shopping causes pollution, concentrates wealth and destroys community. | _Car-centred supermarket shopping causes pollution, concentrates wealth and destroys community._ |
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