Under my web browser's "favourites" I have collected a lot of online ethical shops - organic, fair trade, recycled, earth-friendly etc. The list is starting to get quite unwieldy as more and more ethical shops seem to start up each week. I was idly thinking that it would be very convenient if they were all gathered together in one place. A sort of ethical mall.So I did just that. Find it at http://ethicalmall.blogspot.com/. It's not really a blog, as it won't be updated frequently. But when I buy things from any of the featured shops I will write about it, commenting on the usability of the online store, the speed of delivery, quality of the goods and packaging and customer service. I have also invited a few of my friends to submit reviews, otherwise there only would be one update every three months or so when I buy something (I'm no shopaholic). Blogs are easier to set up than websites, though, so that's the way I have created it.
I hope other people will find it useful, but even if it remains nothing more than a glorified version of my "favourites" folder it will still be worthwhile.
5 comments:
Cracking idea! I did something similar with charity gifts (http://www.wildburro.co.uk/charity-gifts/) but I think I'll expand it to my green shop links too.
Note to self: put it on The To Do List. Sigh.
Fantastic idea! I am sure this will be useful and interesting to many ehtically-minded shoppers. I am the same in that I have a long list of such links in my favourites. I will definitely take a look and see if you have any links that are new to me.
Conversely, if you have any links I don't have buddingveggiegrower, please mail them to me and I'll include them too.
Excellent Mel. Top trumps.
Brilliant idea - I'm going to find that really useful and I'm sure loads of others will too.
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