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What Would You Do?

Do you know where your clothes were made, and by whom? Or what the living and work conditions are for the farmers who grew and harvested the coffee beans in your morning coffee? What if you learned that your clothes are being made for very low wages in an unsafe work environment, or that the production of most coffee impacts the farmers and the environment in negative ways? What would you do?

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Go Deeper

One way to try to interrupt the process of labour exploitation and the negative environmental impact of the products that we purchase is to practice conscious consumerism: making purchases that have positive impacts on our society. However, it’s important to consider how much of an impact is made when we try to challenge a system of exploitation from within the very structures that are creating these inequalities.

Read this article to learn more about conscious consumerism. (Source: Wong, 2019)