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IDEA: Drink Local
 
10 votes
Beer

Drink locally produced wines and beers.

We make some pretty decent beverages here in Aotearoa, so there's no need for wines imported from Chile, or beers from Europe.

Those heavy bottles have got a pretty terrible ratio of weight : volume or price or lifespan or... anything really.

So think global, and act local.

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Originally submitted by jojo on 05 Dec 2007
PLEDGE: Say No to Plastic
 
215 pledges

Say no to plastic bags at the checkout - and when shopping anywhere for that matter. Use recyclable shopping bags (check out the cool new ones from www.safe.org.nz that also support the campaign to end cruel pig farming practices). Also avoid using plastic bags for vegetables and fruit at the supermarket - it's fine to just sit them in your basket or trolley!

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Originally submitted by nicole on 24 Oct 2007
PLEDGE: Buy local
 
141 pledges

Assuming all else is equal - the thing that's produced closest to the place you buy it requires the least amount of transportation to market, therefore incurs the least amount of 'carbon miles', and is therefore better for the climate so buy local!

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Originally submitted by Changeling on 24 Oct 2007
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