Mark is married to Jo and is a 23 year old youth and schools worker based in South Cave (near Hull). Mark spent 4 years as a youth worker in Peterborough whilst studying for a degree in youth work & ministry with Oasis.
In Sheffield under Jo’s flats is a Tesco Metro who have decided they would like to open earlier…Jo has submitted the following to Tesco partly so she doesn’t lose sleep because of their extended hours and partly because of my dislike for Tesco’s. Here’s the planning link and here are the comments I would like [...]
Archive for the ‘Ethical Living’ Category
Cadbury Goes Fairtrade…
On March - 4 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
The Fairtrade Foundation have announced a deal with Cadbury for the brand to go Fairtrade in their products. This is exciting news for Fairtrade fans everywhere for many reasons and is also good news for chocolate lovers who won’t have to pay excess for Fairtrade Chocolate. Read the press release here
Correspondance with Tesco: 2nd Response
On January - 16 - 2009 3 COMMENTS
The Tesco saga continues, a couple of days ago I received a response to my second letter to Tesco. If you don’t have a clue what my Tesco battle is all about I suggest you read the book Tescopoly and read the posts in my ‘Ethical Living’ category. So here is my second letter from [...]
Correspondance with Tesco: My Second Letter
On January - 4 - 2009 3 COMMENTS
Readers of this blog will know of my on going issues with Tesco which started by reading a book all about their practices and looking into some of their interesting tactics, this then led on to ‘Correspondance with Tesco Part 1‘ in which I wrote to them informing them that I would no longer be [...]
Correspondance with Tesco: Response
On December - 20 - 2008 2 COMMENTS
On the 20th November I wrote a letter to Tescos, a week later I posted it online under the title ‘Correspondance with Tesco’ informing the giant that I would be boycotting their shop. This post & comments made by blog readers led to my ‘Easy Ethical Shopping‘ post and last week I received a reply [...]
Easy Ethical Shopping?
On December - 4 - 2008 4 COMMENTS
Having spent some time reading all about Tesco the last month or so their bad practices have become something of a conversation point within my youth work. One young person asked ‘Mark, how am I meant to not shop at Tesco, there’s no-where else for miles!’ (I should add that I hadn’t told them all [...]
Correspondence With Tesco Part 1
On November - 27 - 2008 4 COMMENTS
Readers of this blog will have noticed a link to a website called ‘Tescopoly’ in the links section for sometime now. The website aims to unite those against Tesco and the numerous appalling practices which they implement. In the last month I’ve been reading Andrew Simms book ‘Tescopoly’ which looks in depth into the practices [...]
Faith & Ethical Banking
On September - 25 - 2008 1 COMMENT
The credit crunch, breakdown of banks and merging of Halifax and Lloyds TSB seems to have dominated our news the last few weeks…alongside this it seems to be becoming more and more ‘fashionable’ to recycle plastic bags…buy cotton bags instead of using plastic bags and living life in a more ethical manner. Last year I [...]
Tesco Pays Workers 16p An Hour
On June - 26 - 2008 1 COMMENT
This article on the metro website details some of Tesco’s pay-rates to people in other countires…can’t say I’m surprised at Tesco… Link For more information on supermarket’s and sweatshops see this link
Fairtrade Cola Campaign – Facebook group
On March - 4 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS
If you like the idea of fairtrade cola join the facebook group for the campaign Link
Ubuntu Cola – Tried and Tested
On March - 1 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS
So there you have it…in Sheffield I found, purchased and drunk Ubuntu fairtrade cola…if you have no idea what I’m on about scroll down and read my previous blog. Many people have commented in the past that fairtrade versions of things tend to be worse…however fairtrade cola is actually nicer than coke or pepsi (both [...]
Ubuntu Cola
On February - 28 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS
Since blogging this morning on fairtrade cola I have since discovered that by going onto the ubuntu cola website – click here for link. You can print off a letter which you can fill in and give to your local supermarket…can I encourage everyone who reads this blog to go to the site, print off [...]
Fairtrade Fortnight
On February - 28 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS
If you don’t know we are into the first week of fairtrade fortnight…Sainsbury’s are currently offering triple points on fairtrade products and in the last year we’ve seen more and more fairtrade products hit our shelves…however not enough! I’d like to encourage you to all try and buy fairtrade where possible, most supermarkets now have [...]
Now sex can be ethical…
On February - 3 - 2008 1 COMMENT
I’ve just been linked to this site by Jo (in a jokey way of course, however she will hate me for putting this blog in the ‘Joanna’ category!) http://www.frenchlettercondoms.co.uk/ this site makes and sells fairtrade, ethical condoms which I think is genius! The site that links to these fairtrade condoms is also christian: link! Disclaimers: [...]
It’s arrived…
On December - 20 - 2007 1 COMMENT
If you’re reading this welcome to my new blog/website…it’s been a while in the making but I finally seem to have completed a full circle, having started off with a blog away from blogger, then gone to blogger I’m back again without blogger. The new blog allows me to be much more dynamic, publish more [...]