Mercredi 25 mars 2009 par steph.

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Lundi 9 mars 2009 par steph.

Coming back to my “being a good greenie” post, here are some more thoughts.
My life is a bit harder, but I feel better when I go shopping and care about what I am buying.
When I see clothes, shoes or accessories I love, I always try to get information about where it was manufactured. If the seller is unable to provide those information, I do not buy.
Living in Europe, I try to buy as much as possible things that are crafted in Europe or things that I know have been manufactured by adults well considered. My friends always argue saying that it is more expensive that products manufactured in China for example. Yes but I would not agree working for 1 Euros or 1 dollar an hour so, how could I expect someone crafting clothes, shoes or purses working for that price?!
I am trying to buy less, but quality that last. It is not an easy excercise as today wearing some particular brands is also a way to feel belonging to a particular group. One brand is cool, one is hype, the other is cheap…. trying to step back from all these images requires a lot of  “don’t care about”… It means that we have to wish not havin a lot, having for ourselves but also considering much more that just a buy, considering the impact that our buy has on other lives… Many brands have been created in the last decades only to sell products, but they do not bring anything new…
Here are things I like very much, some were discovered long time ago, some others very recently, some are very well known, others less.
www.ozboots.com
www.hopeandbenson.co.uk
http://www.seasaltcornwall.co.uk/index.php
http://www.frankandfaith.com/
http://www.barbour.com/
I will post many more links, in the “link” section.Feel free to leave your thoughts and/or hints about that subject…

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