2nd July
Thirdly Allwood highlights the importance of ‘gathering good information’ to aid our decision making. (P133). Here the problem can be how to avoid green washing! And I think equally not being sucked in by advertising generally. Advertising is designed to make us buy more, not because it is good for us, but because it boosts profits.
I find the Ethical Consumer a good source of information – https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/
You might find Mike Berners Lee’s book ‘How Bad are Bananas: the carbon footprint of everything’ a useful read. https://howbadarebananas.com/
Allwood himself includes a resource section in the appendix. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/promise-the-earth/31E27442471A864A6582BA751ECD239F
The Green Tau 