Ethical Shopping In Your Back Pocket

Pica ran into a pal at the coop today who was raving about a book entitled The Better World Shopping Guide, by Ellis Jones, who is here in Davis. So she picked up a copy of it. There are plenty of books about socially and environmentally responsible shopping but this is a very practical guidebook. It’s small, so it easily fits in one’s pocket, purse, or pack. It gives A to F grades to many of the prominent companies in about 75 categories of consumer goods ranging from airlines to wine. Some of these ratings are expected (under ice cream, Ben and Jerry’s is an A, Nestle is an F); others are not, and may cause us to rethink our shopping choices. The author has a website for his book here.