Your Shopping Superpowers

Every purchase you make has an impact on the world. If you aren't careful, your shopping choices contribute to climate change and social injustice. But when you align the contents of your shopping cart with your personal values you slowly but surely shape the market. Times are uncertain and everyday goods are getting more expensive. Still, we should purchase with intention anyway. On today's show author and sustainability expert Diane Osgood offers a comprehensive roadmap that navigates each of us toward positive and sustainable shopping practices. Here's a preview: [4:00] 70% of the U.S. economy is driven by consumer spending. We citizens control the market! [13:00] 3 easy-peasy shopping principles to guide you when you're feeling overwhelmed [17:00] Should you listen to the angel on your shoulder, or the devil? Here's what to remember in those moments you want to backtrack [21:00] *Exactly how* to avoid products made with forced labor or child labor [28:00] Buying small, local, and diverse has the power to "chip away at systemic inequality". Here's how Resources mentioned: Your Shopping Superpower: Follow Your Values and Better Your World One Purchase At A Time The Chocolate Scorecard Remake U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here . Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Instagram, Substack + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Your Shopping Superpowers is an episode from The Sustainable Minimalists Podcast: Eco-Friendly Families | Simple Living + Parenting by Bleav + Stephanie Seferian.

This episode is 00:37:06 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2025.

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