Tag Archives: Right Livelihood

Slavery and Your Life

Jan 2012 Here’s an interesting (and intense) website that shines the light on the interconnection of our possessions and actions with the human labor that it takes to make them. Like the “carbon footprint” around the environment,  this site lets you know how much slave labor is involved in creating the conditions of your life, even if you don’t see it directly.

Trading in humans is one of the professions that is not recommended as a good way to spend your life or something to support (under “Right Livelihood”) .

Check it out.  http://slaveryfootprint.org