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2. Tools of reference to develop actions

Green travel planner:

Greentickets App

Traveling is amazing, right? We completely agree! But you probably know that traveling can have a large
climate impact. This tool help you to take responsibility of your travel behaviour and reduce your footprint,
while still enjoying everything that traveling has to offer.

Green Healthy cooking:
This blog, from Lorena Grater offer real food recipes made out of 95% unprocessed food. Only 95% be-
cause let’s be realistic, not all of us have a mill to grind grains and make flour in the kitchen corner or a cow
to milk in the entry hallway.

Sustainable shopping:

Founded in Los Angeles in late 2014, The Good Trade is a leading resource and community for
sustainability, slow living, and self-love. It proposes for instance lists of sustainable brands such as for
clothing

3. Tips to taking action

The organisation Ethical Consumer propose 10 tips to shop more ethically (Ethical Consumer, s.f.), here
they are:

1. Buy the most ethical
2. Less is more
3. Get creative before you recycle
4. Shop pre-loved (second hand)
5. Help re-invigorate your local community
6. Shop for democracy with cooperatives
7. Look for trusted labels
8. Boycott the bad guys
9. Get active and challenge corporate power
10. Take back control on your money