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Ruchira Shah
Ruchira Shah was just your average young woman with a severe addiction to cute purses and high-end kitchen tools she never used, when one fine day, she decided to quit buying anything new. For a year. After twelve months of personal environmental experiments, Ruchi felt like she wanted to make a larger positive impact, so she decided to back to school, and is currently pursuing a masters degree at the London School of Economics. Before she gave up her life to paper writing, Ruchi worked in the entertainment industry for seven years, most recently at CBS Paramount Network Television. She has a BA from Northwestern University.
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STORIES FROM RUCHIRA SHAH
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One Word: Plastics
Ethical Consumption: I have to admit, I think plastic is great. When used correctly this can be a life-saving product ... quite literally. (...
October 20 • 3 -
The Power of People
Ethical Consumption: Today, some great news greeted me in the pages of the Guardian: the UK has halved its plastic bag consumption simply b...
October 02 • 3 -
The Alt-Consumer Guide to Gift Giving
Ethical Consumption: One of the questions I get asked a lot is, what do I, as an ethical consumer, do about presents? Well, here's the thin...
September 11 • 2 -
Carrots versus Sticks
Ethical Consumption: What motivates people? Carrots or sticks? As an ethical consumer, I aim to use carrots, generally speaking. I try and p...
August 21 -
The Whole World Seems to Be Going Bananas
Ethical Consumption: Bananas. A once innocuous, tasty and healthy fruit has increasingly been caught in a storm of controversy both here at...
August 13 -
A Dirty Hippie's Guide to Fashion
Ethical Consumption: It is hard sometimes to be a fashionista who cares about the world. And I get it, I get it. No one wants to be the wors...
August 12 • 1 -
Shopping Until I Drop
Ethical Consumption: Recently, Jeff Trexler and I have been discussing the merits of used clothing quite a bit. So I guess it's not that su...
August 10 -
Diamonds: A Girl's Best Friend?
Ethical Consumption: No, I'm not engaged or anywhere NEAR engaged, but I'm a girl, and occasionally I think about these kinds of things. An...
August 06 • 2 -
Cash for Clunkers? Really?
Ethical Consumption: A few people have asked me what I, as an ethical consumer, think about the Cash for Clunkers program. This extremely po...
August 02 • 5 -
Why Not To Drink Bottled Water
Ethical Consumption: A couple months ago, Sara wrote a great post about water privatization, and it got me thinking more about bottled wate...
July 29 • 4 -
Ethical Suits!
Ethical Consumption: Hello, JustMeans community. The ethical consumer needs your help. I need to buy a business suit. And given that I migh...
July 29 • 6 -
The Meaning of Things
Ethical Consumption: As I've been sitting here contemplating my stuff, and wondering what I need, what I don't, and how much we all need s...
July 24 -
Does Stuff Anchor Us Down?
Ethical Consumption: Once upon a time, I thought it was really cool to be the kind of person whose every possession could fit in the back of...
July 23 • 1 -
Does Ethical Consumerism Mean Always Supporting The Local Mom and Pop Store?
Ethical Consumption: For me, the answer is ... sometimes. Megan MacDonald recently wrote an interesting piece on Starbucks and their attempt...
July 15 • 2 -
Is Grass Fed Beef Better? And How do You Define 'Better'?
Ethical Consumption: Today I was reminded of why one should refrain from broad statements like, "Grass fed beef is better for the environmen...
July 14 • 2 -
How Not Buying Can Be A Confidence Booster
Ethical Consumption: The other day, I went out shopping with a few of my girlfriends. Yes, the Ethical Consumer went shopping. I had to buy...
July 06 • 2 -
The Story of Stuff
Ethical Consumption: Many of you have likely seen "The Story of Stuff," but if you haven't, I highly recommend it. Here's a taste: Visit...
July 04 • 2 -
Is There Such A Thing As Ethical Flying?
Ethical Consumption: The ethical consumer has a confession to make. She has the travel bug. Bad. Yes, I know flying is not environmentally...
July 03 -
On Golden Handcuffs and Other Gilded Cages
Ethical Consumption: The other day I was having a conversation with a friend of mine, who in a previous life had been an incredibly well pa...
June 26 • 1
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