Reinvest, Boycott & Divest
The Power of Your Purse
We each have power to contribute to a regenerative economy. The following resources are targeted toward people who live in the DMV, but there are ways for you to find, support, and develop those tools wherever you are.
TL/DR Call to Action:
Cancel your Amazon subscription, and move your credit cards/banking to a local bank, especially if you currently bank with Wells Fargo, CitiBank, BofA, or Chase.
Cancel your Amazon subscription, and move your credit cards/banking to a local bank, especially if you currently bank with Wells Fargo, CitiBank, BofA, or Chase.
Support these Businesses
Bank Locally:
Industrial Bank
Founders Bank
Updated lists of DMV local businesses:
Black-owned businesses (and more)
Woman-owned businesses (and more)
Farmers Markets - many are year-round!
Maryland and DC festivals - have fun and support local vendors!
Use this Washington DC events calendar to find fun activities where you can shop local
Find free stuff:
Join and find local Buy Nothings
Find your community's email listserv - you can get a lot of free/inexpensive home goods from your neighbors!
We're not engaging in BS on Meta, but you can still find some good free and cheap stuff on your local facebook marketplace
Follow these active DMV communities so you can participate in third-places:
Big businesses taking a stand for DEI...they're still problematic but a little less so, I guess?
Costco
e.l.f. Beauty Products
Microsoft
Apple
Ben and Jerry's
Avoid these Corporations
Banks that Support Fossil Fuels:
Wells Fargo
CitiBank
Bank of America
Chase
Caught Union-busting:
Amazon
Starbucks
Trader Joe's
Check out LaborLab if you are experiencing union-busting at your place of work
Corporations that cosign genocide:
Chevron (including Caltex & Texaco)
Intel
DELL
Siemans
Hewlett Packard (HP)
Carrefour
AXA
Reebok
Disney+
SodaStream (I replace my CO2 tanks with simplisoda and it's way more convenient and less $)
RE/MAX
McDonald's
Coca Cola
Burger King
Papa John's
Pizza Hut
WIX
Google
Amazon
Booking/Airbnb/Expedia
Big business that ended their DEI efforts:
Amazon
Walmart
Target
Meta
McDonald's
Ford
Harley-Davidson
Lowe's
John Deere
Tractor Supply
Brown Forman (parent company of Jack Daniel's)
Google
I acknowledge that there is no ethical consumption under the current economic paradigm. However, I hope that we can make progressively better choices and more opportunities for ethical consumption will arise. If you have an issue with the above resources, think I got something wrong, or want to add suggestions, please feel free to email me!