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Legal validation: 18/02/2011
Looking good
In modern society, many people spend money on making themselves look and feel good. From painting fingernails, to having a facial to buying smart clothes, all of these activities, not only effect how a person looks, but may also impact on how they feel.
Looking and feeling good will mean different things to different people. Some people are happy to spend a short time everyday keeping themselves neat and tidy, whilst other people will spend hours on hair, make-up and going to the gym.
When taking care of ourselves, there are a number of ways in which we can be greener and make choices that are better for the environment. This section of the website will help you to understand the sustainability issues linked to looking good and personal care.
Introduction
In this introduction section, you will be given information about the concepts of looking good. This section of the website will be considering why sustainability issues are important when trying to make yourself look and feel good. A wide range of issues including the social and cultural impacts of looking good will be considered. Read more
Sustainable personal care
Even when taking care of ourselves, there are a number of ways in which we can be greener and make choices that are better for the environment. In this section, you will be given information about how you can make sustainable choices when buying, using and disposing of personal care and hygiene products. Read more
Sustainable beauty and body care
Looking good is becoming more popular due to the increase in media influences, internet access and celebrity fascination. However, many consumers are also concerned with their own health and personal fitness. For these reasons, the health and beauty industries are booming with consumer spending on these products and services running into billions of pounds. In this section, the sustainability issues linked to beauty and body care are considered. Read more
What to wear
As with many other goods, consumers are become more interested in ethical and socially responsible clothing. This may mean that they want to buy fair trade clothing, organic textiles or wear fashions that reuse materials. Even the clothes shops on local high streets are tackling issues of ethical consumption by trying to offer consumers clothing that is made in a fair way to the workers and has less of an impact on the environment. This section of the website will help you to understand more about ethical fashion and sustainability issues linked to (...) Read more
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