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Monday, 5 March 2018

Consumer or citizen?

Is it about freedom to participate or freedom to choose?
Futures Forum: Citizens or consumers?

Is it really just about 'what we buy'?
Futures Forum: Can we bring about effective change through our shopping choices - or does consumer choice simply 'further entrench us within the mire of rampant consumerism'?

As the debate over plastic packaging demonstrates - is it about taxing or shopping it away?
Futures Forum: The truth about plastic: how to cure our addiction

Radio 4 this evening looked at our behaviours:

What's the difference between a consumer and a citizen? 

Research suggests many of us talk in an environmentally conscious way outside the supermarket, then turn into ruthless bargain hunters once we're inside. 

Charlotte Smith ends her look at global food value chains by exploring how we shop, and how much influence we have over where our food comes from.

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