http://www.apesphere.com Primates for progress Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:27:28 GMT en /images/apesphere_logo_rss.gif http://www.apesphere.com Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:27:28 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2170/2010/01/12/Greenpeace_releases_latest_Greener_Electronics_ranking The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/2170/2010/01/12/Greenpeace_releases_latest_Greener_Electronics_ranking Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:59:31 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2158/2010/01/11/CES_Green_tech_goes_from_gimmick_to_mainstay The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/2158/2010/01/11/CES_Green_tech_goes_from_gimmick_to_mainstay Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:00:32 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2086/2010/01/03/Huffington_Post_urges_consumers_to_move_from_big_banks The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/2086/2010/01/03/Huffington_Post_urges_consumers_to_move_from_big_banks Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:58:47 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1999/2009/10/14/London_Testing_a_New_Way_to_Refill_Your_Water_Bottle The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1999/2009/10/14/London_Testing_a_New_Way_to_Refill_Your_Water_Bottle Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:33:22 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1899/2009/09/25/Hard_truths_about_Uzbek_cotton The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1899/2009/09/25/Hard_truths_about_Uzbek_cotton Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:48:22 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1835/2009/09/21/Plugged-In_Age_Feeds_a_Hunger_for_Electricity The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1835/2009/09/21/Plugged-In_Age_Feeds_a_Hunger_for_Electricity Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:15:25 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1802/2009/09/17/Emma_Watson_launches_ethical_fashion_range_with_People The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1802/2009/09/17/Emma_Watson_launches_ethical_fashion_range_with_People Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:35:40 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1797/2009/09/16/Which_fairtrade_products_are_truly_fair The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1797/2009/09/16/Which_fairtrade_products_are_truly_fair Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:51:30 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1701/2009/09/12/The_Responsibility_Revolution The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1701/2009/09/12/The_Responsibility_Revolution Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:22:26 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/59/2009/09/02/Fair_Fashion The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/59/2009/09/02/Fair_Fashion Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:07:59 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/53/2009/08/05/In_Lesotho_A_River_Runs_Denim The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/53/2009/08/05/In_Lesotho_A_River_Runs_Denim Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:21:47 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/51/2009/07/22/US_Apparel_Industry_The_Skill_is_Gone The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/51/2009/07/22/US_Apparel_Industry_The_Skill_is_Gone Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:28:39 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/46/2009/07/01/Where_Am_I_Wearing_Guess The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/46/2009/07/01/Where_Am_I_Wearing_Guess Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:07:37 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1315/2009/06/18/Prof-_Warrens_brainchild_consumer_credit_protection The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1315/2009/06/18/Prof-_Warrens_brainchild_consumer_credit_protection Good piece on the NY Times' Economix blog, laying out Elizabeth Warren's idea for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. ]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:05:13 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1294/2009/06/14/Id_rather_go_naked_than_eat_bluefin_tuna The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1294/2009/06/14/Id_rather_go_naked_than_eat_bluefin_tuna So, at last, Celebrity gets into the ethical-food movement, in Britain at any rate, with such luminaries as Greta Scacchi and Richard E. Grant ]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:08:07 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1282/2009/06/10/Pret-A-Manger_dives_into_sustainable_tuna The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1282/2009/06/10/Pret-A-Manger_dives_into_sustainable_tuna Fast-food chain Pret-A-Manger has declared an end to bluefin and yellowfin tuna in its sandwiches and salads. ]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:07:39 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1259/2009/06/04/Green_mobiles_from_Sony_Ericsson The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1259/2009/06/04/Green_mobiles_from_Sony_Ericsson Tomorrow the phone maker will release two new phone models which boast a 15% reduction in carbon footprint. ]]> Mon, 25 May 2009 14:58:36 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1199/2009/05/25/Retailers_force_Uzbeks_to_stop_gruesome_child_labor The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1199/2009/05/25/Retailers_force_Uzbeks_to_stop_gruesome_child_labor It appears that major retailers such as the Gap have forced Uzbekistan to agree to stop forcing children out of school and into the cotton fields. ]]> Thu, 21 May 2009 10:46:06 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1174/2009/05/21/Video_Goolsbee_talks_about_credit_card_reform The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1174/2009/05/21/Video_Goolsbee_talks_about_credit_card_reform Consumerist has a 4 part video interivew with White House economist Austen Goolsbee about the various credit card industry reforms that are taking sha ]]> Thu, 21 May 2009 07:58:59 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1173/2009/05/21/New_rights_for_credit_card_users-and_gun_owners The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1173/2009/05/21/New_rights_for_credit_card_users-and_gun_owners Congress has approved measures designed to protect credit card users from many of the industry's favorite predatory practices. Also to carry guns. ]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 14:33:54 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1156/2009/05/17/Excellent_coinage_eco-bling The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1156/2009/05/17/Excellent_coinage_eco-bling Via Eco Scraps: shiny "green" gadgets and technologies that ]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 14:20:00 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1155/2009/05/17/The_LCA_Daniel_Goleman_explains_it_all_for_you-1 The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1155/2009/05/17/The_LCA_Daniel_Goleman_explains_it_all_for_you-1 A nice piece in the Times from Daniel Goleman about the relatively new discipline of Industry Ecology and the Life Cycle Assessment process ]]> Thu, 14 May 2009 00:05:07 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/20/2009/05/13/Where_Am_I_Wearing_Wednesday_American_Apparel The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/20/2009/05/13/Where_Am_I_Wearing_Wednesday_American_Apparel Wed, 13 May 2009 21:43:12 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1149/2009/05/13/Wal-Mart_reaches_settlement_in_trampling_case The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1149/2009/05/13/Wal-Mart_reaches_settlement_in_trampling_case Wal-Mart has reached a deal with a New York District Attorney to avoid criminal prosecution for the fatal trampling of a store security guard ]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 12:46:49 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/18/2009/05/12/Attack_of_the_Magic_Seeds The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/18/2009/05/12/Attack_of_the_Magic_Seeds Tue, 05 May 2009 17:24:36 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1106/2009/05/05/Worst_Company_in_America_Final_Four_announced The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1106/2009/05/05/Worst_Company_in_America_Final_Four_announced The Consumerist launched its highly enjoyable Worst Company in America campaign several weeks ago. Now they're down to the Final Four. ]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 09:41:50 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1085/2009/05/01/And_now_for_something_completely_silly_greenwash The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1085/2009/05/01/And_now_for_something_completely_silly_greenwash From the Greenpages comes an entertaining little collection of companies and products whose owners have clearly decided that "green" is just a label ]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:52:58 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1047/2009/04/24/Is_America_Ready_for_Fair-Trade-1 The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1047/2009/04/24/Is_America_Ready_for_Fair-Trade-1 Starbucks is going Fair Trade in the UK, so is Cadbury. Their U.S. counterparts aren't. What's up with that? ]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:00:37 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/13/2009/04/22/We_care_about_the_footprint_letrsquos_not_forget_the_foot The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/13/2009/04/22/We_care_about_the_footprint_letrsquos_not_forget_the_foot Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:16:40 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1031/2009/04/22/Frosted_Mini-Wheats_not_as_grrreat_as_advertised The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1031/2009/04/22/Frosted_Mini-Wheats_not_as_grrreat_as_advertised Cereal maker Kellogg's has agreed to settle FTC charges of false advertising in light of its liberal stretching of the truth in advertising ]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:22:53 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1010/2009/04/15/TIME_explains_it_all_a_nation_of_overgrown_5_year_olds-1 The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/1010/2009/04/15/TIME_explains_it_all_a_nation_of_overgrown_5_year_olds-1 Apparently, the "self-control" of those who still have money to burn will expire in a few weeks or months, and the national shopping spree will res ]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:19:50 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/10/2009/04/13/Universities_leading_fight_against_Russell The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/10/2009/04/13/Universities_leading_fight_against_Russell Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:59:47 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/929/2009/04/03/French_move_to_ban_pirates_from_the_interwebs-1 The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/929/2009/04/03/French_move_to_ban_pirates_from_the_interwebs-1 The French parliament has voted to cut off Internet access from those who download pirated content for up to a year. ]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:27:05 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/928/2009/04/03/A_handy_guide_to_greener_electronics The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/928/2009/04/03/A_handy_guide_to_greener_electronics Greenpeace have just released their eleventh guide to greener electronics, laid out in handy thermometer, or if you prefer, speedometer form. ]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:36:38 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/927/2009/04/02/Green_preaching_blackhearted_lobbying_practice The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/927/2009/04/02/Green_preaching_blackhearted_lobbying_practice Alex Steffen calls for a transparency revolution: a standard way to rate companies according to their lobbying practices, not their green preaching ]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:27:45 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/6/2009/04/01/Where_Am_I_Wearing_Wednesday_PJs The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/blog/6/2009/04/01/Where_Am_I_Wearing_Wednesday_PJs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:13:10 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/918/2009/04/01/Too_much_packaging__Leave_it_in_the_store The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/918/2009/04/01/Too_much_packaging__Leave_it_in_the_store The UK's Tesco chain of supermarkets is launching an experimental program to determine which kinds of product packaging customers deem "excessive" ]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:51:21 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/880/2009/03/27/Green_your_calling_save_money_keep_your_old_phone The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/880/2009/03/27/Green_your_calling_save_money_keep_your_old_phone Orange Mobile has launched a new promotion in France, called a "sim-only" offer, in which they pay new customers 40 euros to keep their old phones ]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:47:16 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/856/2009/03/26/QVC_fined_7-5_million_for_airing_bogus_diet_pill_ads The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/856/2009/03/26/QVC_fined_7-5_million_for_airing_bogus_diet_pill_ads Reminder: just because you see something on TV, doesn't mean it's true. Even if you do see it on a trustworthy infomercial channel like QVC. ]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:23:29 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/833/2009/03/23/The_greenest_washiest_companies_in_the_world The Conscious Consumer http://www.apesphere.com/story/833/2009/03/23/The_greenest_washiest_companies_in_the_world Web Ecoist lists the 10 worst greenwashers in the world. No surprise that four of the ten are from the extractives sector, including BP & ExxonMobil ]]>