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Local Solutions to Sustainability - Coggle Diagram
Local Solutions to Sustainability
Transition Towns
Explanation
relocalise areas
increase local sustainability
Government impact too little too late
local scale movements
promote local sourcing of goods, local grown products
environmentally friendly
more self-sufficient
supporting local businesses
examples
home grown food
worm farms
Totnes
Limitations
hard to spread/encourage others
some negative opinions
time consuming
expensive
whole community must be involved
Ethical Shopping
Explanation
deliberate choice to buy products where they know workers and the environment aren't being exploited
Limitations
stops people from spending in proper stores
can't get everyone to change
very expensive
Examples
Rent the runway
rent clothes for 4-8 days
Patagonia
repair clothes to make them last longer
Fair Trade
Explanation
improved living and working conditions
products more ethically made
over 1.5 million farmers affected
regulations, child labour, minimum price for goods, fairtrade premium
Examples
Uganda
Ethiopia
Limitations
not effecting people enough
not effective quite often
poor pay still
child labour still happening
Recycling
Examples
nowrecycle
Limitations
expensive
lots of energy required
not everything gets recycled
Explanation
222.9 million tonnes of waste
recycled - 48%
landfills - 28%
70% packaging reused/recycled
exported outside of the UK
many products not actually recycled