BLOOD RED SHOES GUIDE TO ETHICAL CLOTHING

Now I’m not gonna write this like I’m a saint - we all buy cheap clothes and cheap food for obvious reasons. But what I’ve been finding is that it’s getting easier and easier to buy these things from a supply chain that at least pays a decent living wage and offers some humane treatment and benefits in its garment factories. And a lot of it costs the same as buying from those high street brands too, it’s just they don’t rip us off as much. So if all these oh-so-different, vegetarian, guardian-reading, recycling, “stick it to the man” music kids like me and you want to really think that we’re somehow more ethical than the rest of the gang, a good fucking start would be to use our pound as our vote and support some companies who are at least BETTER than the other brands. To be realistic, you ain’t gonna rectify the world’s ills by doing this, but you’re gonna be helping a lot more than if you get all yr shoes from Nike-owned Converse. Here’s some places you might find useful: www.americanapparel.net Yeah everyone knows it already - but it’s worth saying still. www.nosweat.org This is a US-site, but the shipping isn’t too pricey. www.earthandwear.com They have identical converse copy shoes, but non-sweatshop made. www.knowmore.org Read up on what brands are the main sweatshop labour offenders. www.fairtrade.org.uk So you can see what other consumer goods you can get more ethical with. * * * * *