Veronika Wild

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay  Here's the ChatGPT  summary of what I've written: Consumer rights have been around for over sixty years though they have changed considerably over time. Early initiatives centred mainly on the safety of products and value for money. Advocacy and education about consumer rights were also important, such as understanding the right to return a faulty product, regardless of what businesses might say. More recently, consumer organisations have questioned the nutritional content of food, food and energy security, affordability and the ethical practices behind production. However, consumer rights in areas such as housing and rental markets still have a long way to go. Now read on....   I had a good experience on World Consumer Rights Day (15th).  Not that it had started out that way. I’d gone to the local hardware store to complain about my non -working brush cutter which had only been used a few times, but whose warranty had expi...

  This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC It’s Earth Hour tonight at 8.30 pm wherever you are. Earth Hour is an annual event that began in 2007, which is celebrated on the last Saturday of March every year. During this event, people around the world turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time, as a symbolic gesture to show their support for the fight against climate change and other environmental issues. The Earth Hour event is organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), a global conservation organisation, and is now observed in over 180 countries and territories around the world. The event aims to raise awareness about the impact of climate change on the planet and to encourage people to take action to reduce their carbon footprint. Earth Hour is not just about turning off the lights for one hour, it is also about taking action to make the world a better place. Some of the things people can do during E...