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For more information about consumption patterns, visit:

WWF - Footprint calculator

Environment Australia - Shop Smart Buy Green: a consumer's guide to saving money and reducing environmental impacts (2001)

The Australia Institute - Wastefull Consumption in Australia (2005) 

Water footprints of nations: water use by people as  afunction of their consumption pattern http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Hoekstra_and_Chapagain_2007.pdf

 

For more information about green products and services, visit:

EcoSpecifier 

Good Environmental Choice

Planet Ark

ECO-Buy 

Ethical Consumer Guide 

Fair Trade 

Your Home 

Green Vehicle Guide 

 

For more information about ethical investment, visit:

Responsible Investment Association of Australia

Ethical Investor - online Australian magazine

 

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