I have changed brands on several products because I started paying attention to where the product comes from or what's its parent company. Fortunately, most of my purchases were already from local or national brands, so it hasn't been too life changing.
However, I am now looking at labels way more than a few months ago.
The difference is that I realized that even before this hype I tended to purchase European. The only thing that I had to change is to drop Google, and now I'm in the process of dropping Windows as well. Apart from that, my household is full of things made in the EU.
Yup, i am currently looking for quality European Made kitchenware specifically bc of the movement instead of Just biying cheap ones from Ikea. Therefore reducing my co2-footprint by a bit. Also in Terms of US-dependance i am looking for a New Mail Provider - as my Gmail-box and a bit complicated Setup was giving my "storage full" warnings, i am looking for better and privacy conscious Base services. Before the movement i would Just have reduced the storage size by deleting old Mails, saying (giving the excuse) that in todays Internet World you have to die at least one dead - giving your Data to either Apple or Google - now i am looking for ways to reduce my previous Dependance in Google-Services.
I pay a bit more attention to labels
I don't shop much but the stuff I've bought lately have been European brands and manufacturing. They are pricier than the imports alternatives but better quality so I'm sort of grateful for the opportunity to go for a little better, a little pricier without anxiety about numbers.
I choose more conciously local products in my everyday life, but the the biggest impact was digitally - i completely quit amazon, facebook, google and reddit, and slowly switched to european alternatives. Next step is completely leaving meta (still need to use insta and whatsapp rn). It is a slow process, but deleting my google account after years was scary, yet very rewarding. Thanks to this communities it is actually quite easy now! I am still Looking for a proper google maps alternative through, but i am optimistic that the current alternatives are getting there soon.
I buy local Cola and NRJ drinks for my kids ;) No Pepsi or Monster.
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