| This page lists shops, products, services,
gifts and cards that
are either run or provided by Quakers, or uphold compatible ethical principles.
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Shopping
General
Shopping
Greeting
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Quaker Shopping
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Bookshops:
- Quaker Book Outlets.
List of websites in UK, USA, Canada, Australia. Compiled by Bill Samuel.
- Quaker Books
Online.
Quaker-related subjects, including
history, women, spirituality, organisations, etc.
- Quaker
Book Stores.
List compiled by Bill Jefferys
- QUIP
(Quakers Uniting in Publications).
Provide a Searchable
Database of Quaker-related books.
- Quoll's
QBooks.
Quaker books and reviews from Australia.
(See also the list of online
reading resources.)
Businesses in general:
- Quaker Businesses in the UK.
Compiled by Dave Smith
- Quaker-run
businesses. International
list compiled by Russell Nelson
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General Shopping
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These non-Quaker run sites support ethical and/or charitable
principles and offer a variety of
products and services.
- Charity
Mall. Over 200 online shops with 100% of the site's retail
commissions going to the purchaser's choice of charity from the dozens
available.
- Ethical
Consumer. Magazine
and research database for conscientious shoppers.
- Ethical
Junction. (UK)
Offers a very wide range of well-known ethical shopping
resources, from consumer
and retail shopping (including Fair Trade goods) to business
and professional services.
- Ethical
Shopper. (USA) Largest internet resource on ethical products and
services.
- Ethical
Trade Shop (UK). Run by Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
and using suppliers who support ethical/eco/cruelty-free/fair trade
practices.
- Free2Give
(UK) Leading high street shops and retailers
are all available through this dedicated fundraising site for various
Animal, Children, Disability, Environmental, Health, and Humanitarian UK
charities. A percentage of your purchase goes to your chosen charity.
- Go-Help. (UK)
Innovative shopping portal with scores of established retailers, that
donates money to your chosen school or charity.
- GreaterGood
(USA). Popular cause-related e-commerce site offering well-known names
and services (Amazon Books, etc), with up to 15% of each purchase going
to charities including Save the Children, United Nations World Food
Programme, and many others.
- Green
Direct. Directories
of environmentally-friendly and ethical companies.
- Green
Guide Online. UK
Gateway to sustainable consumerism, covering environmental, ethical and
fairtrade products and services plus the latest news, reviews and
stories.
- Green
Index.
Online version of the famous book, with over 10,000 'green'
suppliers of products and services in the UK.
- Shop
Ethic. Shopping
Mall offering goods and services from ethical and social businesses from
across Europe. Purchases create employment and help disadvantaged
people.
(N.B. For further information on
ethical shopping in general, try Conscience
Consumers or the Ethical
Shopping Discussion List.
Also try the Fair Trade Foundation
(with useful links for
their products, ethical campaigns, shopping, and other resources, etc).
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Greeting
Cards
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In addition, here are some selected free greeting card
services which F/friends may find sympathetic to their beliefs or concerns.
- Care
2. Various categories of cards from a site dedicated to
supporting the environmental charities.
- Cross
Daily. Christian Greeting Cards; all occasions.
- E-Cards. Every
card sent helps generate a donation for Nature. (World Wildlife Fund and
The Nature Conservancy.)
- Free2Give.
Various categories of quick, simple cards from this dedicated UK
charity supporting service.
- StopTorture.
Amnesty International's campaigning online postcards.
We are currently looking for electronic greetings cards designed specifically
for, or by, Quakers, however, 'real' cards can be ordered online, from the
following:-
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