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When eco-consciousness becomes a class marker

My friend group plans events around expensive sustainable brands and I feel excluded because I shop secondhand out of necessity.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Environmental virtue can become a form of social capital that inadvertently excludes those with fewer resources.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ethical consumption?”

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