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《消費者力量》是一個反省消費的慈善團體，成立於2003年，並於2005年3月30日起根據稅務條例第88條獲豁免繳稅。
搜尋獲豁免繳稅的慈善團體，請輸入CONSUMERS ACTING FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT LIMITED
宗旨
致力反省消費者在種種環球性問題上所扮演的角色，並促進公眾負起應負的責任，發揮消費者力量，改變追求物質生活的習慣，以減低現代生活對人類、自然環境及原住民文化的災害。
成立的背景
在現代的大都市裏，鼓吹消費的訊息以鋪天蓋地的攻勢入侵我們的意識。表面上，消費者可依據自己的『需要』，『選擇』購買什麼消費品，但這些所謂的『需要』與『選擇』，都經過了廣告與傳媒的扭曲，它們只求唱好和推銷消費品，而掩藏了消費品的黑暗面，令我們成為了消費品巿場的盲目追隨者。
由於一切消費品皆來自天然資源，所以過度的消費不但令有限的地球資源即將被採盡，更令地球生態面對災難性的變化，脅著人類及一切物種的生存。
在全球化之下，為了滿足第一世界的消費生活，全球六千萬原住民和第三世界人民的生命和文化便要承受殘酷無理的蹂躪。同時，在各地引發爭奪天然資源的戰爭
我們成立《消費者力量》，希望透過公眾教育和消費者運動，讓大眾先認識過度消費和製造消費品過程衍生的環球性問題，繼而改變生活態度和對消費品的看法，以減少現代消費引起的禍害。
我們的目標
揭露消費背後的真相
我們以求真的態度，從多角度去探討過度消費對環境、人權、文化造成的影響。主流傳媒基於利益所在，往往迴避和扭曲事情真相。而我們矢志維護公眾的知情權，讓大家認識消費品背後被人忽略了的真正成本代價。
尋找問題的根源
終止無謂消費才能針對環球性問題的根源，因為其源頭在於現代生活對消費品的過度需求。單單循環再造、再用或減少浪費只能稍微舒緩消費過程帶來的問題，因為再造和運輸等過程仍會消耗能源和產生污染。再者，人們或把它們誤以為是保護環境的良方，因而忽略了過度的消費才是破壞的根源，而重蹈覆轍。
鼓勵大眾身體力行
我們相信公眾在認識真相後，便可根據自己的認知與良知，作出合適的消費與不消費的選擇。
集結力量，改變現狀
我們希望集結每個人的力量，發揮大眾的團結精神。通過群眾運改變現代社會的消費文化，逐步減少現代生活造成的環境、人權、文化和侵略等問題，推動重投簡樸和非物質掛帥的生活。
讓我們一起﹕
揭示問題根源，
終止無謂消費﹗
Consumers Acting for People and the Environment
Consumers Acting for People and the Environment (Consumerpower) has always been regarded as a green group by many people. However, to be accurate, we are a grass root group that focuses on reflecting how modern consumption patterns bring detrimental effects to the environment and to the lives of both modern people and tribal peoples. Though there is an increasing concern for environmental protection in Hong Kong now, consumerism, the fundamental cause of environmental problems, is greatly encouraged by almost every sector in the society. There is a lack of discussions on the truths behind it. Our mission is to reveal the truths to the public and to urge them to take up their responsibilities by changing their behaviors.
With a crave for profits and instant gratification of desires, modern people launch large scale assaults upon the environment in order to obtain the ‘resources’ for manufacturing, packaging and transporting goods for consumption and disposal. Not only these assaults bring disasters to the environment, they also ruin our relationships with the nature and with one another. And for tribal peoples who have been living in the nature for generations, the destruction of the nature threatens their survival and their cultures that are part of the nature.
Through media and educational activities, Consumerpower tries to arouse the public’s awareness to the above issues and advocates for an end to consumptions that are not necessities. To induce changes in people’s behaviors, we launch campaigns with goals that are clear, practical and closely related to everyday life. “Save the Forest Campaign” encourages every sector in the society to reduce their consumption of paper. And if the use of paper is absolutely necessary, we ask people to use processed chlorine free (PCF) 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper.
Though we choose goals that are practical to encourage more people to join us, we do not make any compromise in our position. We ask people to use paper only under absolute necessary conditions. We urge the government to introduce laws to regulate junk mails. We also promote e-bills and other electronic means of communication to replace the use of paper. Regarding recycled paper, we stand firmly to using 100 % recycled paper to ensure that not one single tree would be cut down during the paper making process.
We also insist on the avoidance of chlorine in bleaching because chlorine will produce toxins such as dioxin that pollutes the environment in irrecoverable ways. To encourage more people to use this kind of paper, we have started a series of promotional activities and provided the public with information of the above paper for printing, photocopying and toilet use. Of course we need to bear in mind that any kind of consumer goods will bring certain harms to the environment, but as the giant modern consumption system is not going to be changed overnight, consumer goods that are relatively less harmful are alternatives for people who try to adopt a more responsible attitude to consumption. It is our hope that their changes will influence other people and even institutions.
To initiate changes by institutions, we work in partnerships with schools, teachers’ bodies, student societies and organizations in business and social services sectors. With our support, they have started programs to promote the reduction of paper consumption and have also begun to use PCF 100% recycled paper. Changes in behaviors by institutions are forms of education for the public. We believe that that will help to make the movement by consumers bigger and stronger eventually.