Natracare and the Ethical Company Organisation both campaign for a range of ethical and environmental reasons and causes. In this competition we have united to find out – what ethical cause are you behind?

All you have to do is tell us below which cause you feel most passionate about and why?

10 lucky winners will be picked randomly and sent a copy of the fantastic Good Shopping Guide.

It is the 10th anniversary of this fantastic book which gives insight into the products and services we purchase every day and the companies behind them, helping you to be a conscious and careful shopper.

Once you’ve shared your cause, why not tweet it or share it on Facebook? #mycause

What is the Good Shopping Guide?

This amazing guidebook will give you the tools to become an ethical and conscious shopper. It offers information behind brands and products we purchase every day ranging from baby care to electronics, supermarkets to shampoo. The Ethical Company Organisation conducts research into all these areas which then translates into consumer advice and guidance on what to look out for as well as rating tables for the ethical policies of each company.

Terms and Conditions:

Competition closes 15^th April.
The winner will be contacted by the Natracare team the week beginning the 16th April and asked to confirm their postal address. Once confirmed, the winner’s name will be published in this article. We will not use your email or postal address for any marketing purposes or mail lists.

Susie talks to the Project Green Challenger Finalists at the Green University educational summit in San Francisco about the importance of Remembering your R’s!

Raychel Santo, a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, who was named the winner for her dedication, passion, and vision around work with Real Food Hopkins, school gardens, campus care packages and much more.

Project Green Challenge Finalists 2011! From top left: Jessica West, Julia Whitten, Jennifer Smolek, Sarah Shepherd, Sophia Walling-Bell, Rachel Geiger and Lucy Iglesias. Bottom left: Raychel Santo (PGC Champion 2011), Wendy Liu, Holly Larkin, Isabella Pezzulo and Nicole Jiam.

Raychel, along with Runner-Up Sophia Walling-Bell, a high school student at Scattergood Friends School in Iowa, will join Teens Turning Green this March on a weekend trip to California for the Natural Products Expo West, courtesy of American Airlines and the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor and Convention Bureau.

“It was a dream that we brought to life with some of the most extraordinary young leaders we have ever worked with… the goal: a sustainable and just world at the hands of these brilliant young activists.” TTG Founder and Executive Director, Judi Shils

The finalists had the opportunity to interact with, learn from, and work in teams to create social action platforms that TTG will implement nationwide in 2012. Awe-inspiring moments included learning paper doesn’t have to be made from trees, sustainable products need not cost more than conventional products, Fair Trade extends beyond coffee and chocolate, and how much your body retains what you put in and on it. Each Project Green Challenge Finalist presented before the panel of judges, who then named the PGC Champion 2011 on Sunday afternoon.

Meet the PGC Champion 2011: Raychel Santo

Raychel is a sophomore double-major in Public Health Studies and Global Environmental Change & Sustainability at Johns Hopkins University. Originally from Dayton, Ohio, her passion for everything “green” began with her discovery of the sustainable food movement in her last few years of high school. As she voraciously read and watched every food and nutrition-related piece she could get her hands on, she stumbled into a passion that would fill her hunger for knowledge, justice, and a purpose in life. Upon arriving to college as a freshman, she co-founded a student group called Real Food Hopkins, a chapter of the national Real Food Challenge “committed to bringing local, sustainable, humane, and fair food to the Johns Hopkins campus and the surrounding Baltimore area.” Raychel is also a member of the JHU Students for Environmental Action club, the undergraduate representative on the JHU Office of Sustainability’s Student Advisory Committee, a Grassroots Leader for the national Real Food Challenge team, and a research assistant at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, where she works for the Meatless Monday campaign and other Healthy Monday campaigns.