• Previous editions sold over 140000
• This book is the ONLY comprehensive guide to socially and environmentally responsible shopping
• The Better World Shopping Guide is the most comprehensive guide available for socially and environmentally responsible consumers.
• Small enough to fit in your back pocket
• This shopping guide brings the possibility of social change back into the hands of consumers by bringing consciousness to this largely unconscious process.
• Synthesizing over 25 years of research, this perennial bestseller rates every product on the shelf from A to F so you can quickly tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" based on social and environmental perfomance- turning your grocery list into a powerful tool to change the world.
• The book is intuitively organized into the same product categories the reader will see in his/her local supermarket, and also includes a handful of the most common product and service categories purchased outside the supermarket (computers, phone service, cars, etc.)
• Gives readers a quick summary of the essential information they need to know about any particular product category as well as a few buying tips and the most relevant online resources available.

Ellis Jones, Ph.D. is the award-winning author of five previous bestselling editions of The Better World Shopping Guide , and co-author of The Better World Handbook . A scholar of social responsibility, global citizenship, and ethical consumerism, he gives presentations throughout the US and Canada empowering people to make a difference. Ellis is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA, where he focuses his energies on bridging the gap between academics, activists, and the average citizen. www.betterworldshopper.org