Produce at the local grocery chain
We have settled on food’s environmental impact as a context for our TUI project…
Corporate Critic
“Corporate Critic is a product of the Ethical Consumer Research Association. Corporate Critic indexes and rates the Corporate Social Responsibility records of over 50,000 companies, using primarily civil society data.”
Ethiscore.org
“The ethiscore website is designed to help users quickly and easily identify the best products to support and the worst companies to avoid by calculating an ‘ethical score’ out of 20 for brands in over 160 product areas.”
Ethical Consumer
“Ethical Consumer is the UK’s leading alternative consumer organisation. We research the social and environmental records of companies.”
Alonovo
Alonovo is an online marketplace that lets you look at various sustainable/ethical/environmental ratings for each product. Data comes from KLD Research & Analytics.
The Global GS1 Electronic Party Information Registry
GEPIR is a distributed database that contains basic information on over 1,000,000 companies in over 100 countries. Information can be accessed through product barcodes.
Barcode Wikipedia
This is an idea for a wikipedia of user generated information about products, accessible via barcode. This page contains a good conversation about the idea.
The Carbon Reduction Label
This UK initiative looks at the carbon footprint of products and proposes a system of labels to be places on the products.
Semapedia
Print out semacode stickers that, when scanned by a mobile phone, will link to a specific wikipedia page.
CueJack
An alternative services for the ill-fated CueCat scanner, CueJack linked product barcodes to alternative info about those products such as boycotts, recalls, etc..
Food Matters
A BBC feature about the issue of food miles.
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Decent article ranging from these topics on how to ‘Go Green’ ‘Live Green’ etc
* 1. How to Go Green: Eating
* 2. Top Green Eating Tips
* 3. Green Eating: By the Numbers
* 4. Green Eating: Getting Techie
* 5. Green Eating: From the
* 6. Further Reading on Green
* 7. How to Go Green: Index
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/green-eating/green-eating-basics.html
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How to calculate carbon emissions:
http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/carbon_calculators/category/Assumptions
CO2 Emissions by Food and Diets
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24163/CO2-Emissions-of-Foods-and-Diets?autodown=xls
Greenhouse Gas Emissions - U.S. EPA
http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/
General explanation of Carbon Emissions and food:
http://www.foodcarbon.co.uk/carbon_emissions.html
FAQ’s about Carbon Footprints and Carbon Offsets:
http://www.carboncompany.com/neutralize-co2/carbon-offsetting
Is it better to ship by train, truck or plane?
http://www.salon.com/env/ask_pablo/2008/11/24/freight/
Before purchase, one 1.9 pound, 125 dollar, TMX Tickle-Me-Elmo speaking doll has already traveled the world:
http://www.simple-mathematics.com/content.asp?refID=ref002
Major users of nitrogen-based fertilizer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer#cite_note-9
Carbon Dioxide Equivalent:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_equivalent
Beyond Carbon: Scientists Worry About Nitrogen’s Effects:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02nitr.html?ex=1378008000&en=901cdf033f0b7254&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Calculating carbon impact:
http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/howitwascalculated.html
Carbon offset program for shipping:
http://fatknowledge.blogspot.com/2007/01/carbon-offset-program-for-shipping.html
Pounds CO2 per Unit Volume or Mass:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/coefficients.html
Typical Commodities Transported by Air:
http://www.susta.org/export/packingetc.html#typical
Carbon Advice Group carbon calculator:
http://www.carbonadvicegroup.com
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