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|[[Consumerium:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers]] to [[Consumerium]] [[Development Wiki]], where [[fair trade]], [[political consumerism]], [[w:FLOSS|Free, Libre and Open Source Software ( FLOSS )]], [[moral purchasing]], [[w:consumer activism|consumer activism]] and [[w:Activist shareholder|shareholder activism]] trends, all essential to our [[Consumerium:philosophy|philosophy]], are being pieced together into what we call '''moral purchasing power''' by the means of providing consumers means and opportunity to consort by enabling [[services]] ( which are provided on [[infrastructure]] that consumes [[resources]] and is built with [[technology|technologies]] ). [[Image:Trollboele.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Welcom to Trollböle, west bank of the [[Former Aral Sea Shores]]]]
|[[Consumerium:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers]] to [[Consumerium]] [[Development Wiki]], where [[fair trade]], [[political consumerism]], [[w:FLOSS|Free, Libre and Open Source Software ( FLOSS )]], [[moral purchasing]], [[w:consumer activism|consumer activism]] and [[w:Activist shareholder|shareholder activism]] trends, all essential to our [[Consumerium:philosophy|philosophy]], are being pieced together into what we call '''moral purchasing power''' by the means of providing consumers means and opportunity to consort by enabling [[services]] ( which are provided on [[infrastructure]] that consumes [[resources]] and is built with [[technology|technologies]] ). [[Image:Trollboele.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Welcom to Trollböle, west bank of the [[Former Aral Sea Shores]]]]
{{Q|'''Ethical consumerism''' is a type of [[w:consumer activism|consumer activism]] that is based on the concept of [[w:dollar voting|dollar voting]].  It is practiced through 'positive buying' in that ethical products are favoured, or 'moral [[boycott]]', that is negative purchasing and company-based purchasing.|Wikipedia|[[w:Ethical consumerism|Ethical consumerism]]}}


[[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium itself]] is a not-for-profit effort to enable display of [[Features|product information]] to [[consumer]]s and [[feedback]] to the producers to enhance the consumer experience and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.
[[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium itself]] is a not-for-profit effort to enable display of [[Features|product information]] to [[consumer]]s and [[feedback]] to the producers to enhance the consumer experience and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.

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Consumium / Consumerium - Enhancing Consumer Informedness - Kuluttajien voimaannuttamista jo vuodesta 2002


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Welcome, newcomers to Consumerium Development Wiki, where fair trade, political consumerism, Free, Libre and Open Source Software ( FLOSS ), moral purchasing, consumer activism and shareholder activism trends, all essential to our philosophy, are being pieced together into what we call moral purchasing power by the means of providing consumers means and opportunity to consort by enabling services ( which are provided on infrastructure that consumes resources and is built with technologies ).
Welcom to Trollböle, west bank of the Former Aral Sea Shores

Ethical consumerism is a type of consumer activism that is based on the concept of dollar voting. It is practiced through 'positive buying' in that ethical products are favoured, or 'moral boycott', that is negative purchasing and company-based purchasing.”

Consumerium itself is a not-for-profit effort to enable display of product information to consumers and feedback to the producers to enhance the consumer experience and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.

We are collaborating under the GFDL license, to design a healthy buying infrastructure. We are identifying hardware requirements for storage, transport and display of varying levels of product information to consumers and feedback to producers at the point of purchase to enhance the consumer experience, advance product development and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.


Plans regarding the voting were finished in December 2012. Voting results ( obs. plural ), reviews, feedback and links and linked data and other information are the five key components of a view on a business. Facts and numbers for calculating most of the Consumerium:Metrics ( from 2008-2010 ) are available from 2 sources - DBpedia and Wikidata for tens of thousands of businesses.


In Consumerium plans as of 2013 there are various issues which need to be resolved. Oh wow 2014 went by.. so that makes it 2015 and plans to support glueing in data from and to both Wikitravel and Wikivoyage are about.

How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell - a classic from 2004

Looking for info on companies and products now? See our links compiled since 2003. - Planned Features to The Consumer - Consumerium Services ( messy ) - Planned Consumer Agent app



A couple of ways to start exploring Consumerium are the Brief introduction and Consumerium:FAQ articles. There are also other essential projects, such as Simple English Wikipedia (.org) and Sourcewatch.org and many others that we hope to introduce you to.

There are currently 1,173 articles of Consumerium development related work.

Managers wondering about the impact of this on their business should read The Executive Summary page.


Also visit these other sites:

Responsible Shopper ( USA )

The HungerSite ( World-wide )

Ethical Consumer ( UK )

The Good Shopping Guide ( UK )

SumOfUs.org ( World-wide activist effort )

Utopia.de by Utopia Stiftung ( Deutch )

Free Software Foundation's giving guide holiday season 2014

d.consumium.org Diaspora* pod ( since 2013 )

Consumerium's lists of

Shared and alternative transport and journey planners
Review aggregators and review sites
Price comparison services

Our Links offer a comprehensive list of moral purchasing related information resources. For editing practice, try playing in the Sandbox.


Contact info

Get in touch: #Consumium on w:freenode w:irc network. d.consumium.org Diaspora* pod ( since 2013 ). Follow @Consumium in twitter. E-mail User:Juboxi via the send email function of this MediaWiki or call / sms the lowest troll and/or sysop(presseur) at the number given here


Use w:Wikipedia to link to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia (and m: to meta). Avoid unnecessary replicating, we're in the GFDL part of the world after all :)