LOCAL HEROES
The author and sustainability advocate Anna Lappé once said ‘every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.’ These words will no doubt resonate with any of us who are striving to do what we can to make the world a better place, but with an eye-watering array of retail options open to us, making the right choices can be paralysing.
One way we can embrace planet-friendly shopping is simply by buying goods at our local independent shops. More of us than ever have been doing so since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw two thirds of consumers start buying closer to home, according to a survey by Barclaycard.
