‘How many slaves work for you?’
Website calculates your ‘slavery footprint’
According Slaveryfootprint.org, there are 27 million people worldwide working against their will and/or under inhumane conditions to harvest the raw materials and create the products the rest of us enjoy—from the Indian children who mine mica to put the sparkle in our makeup, to the Chinese workers on the job 21 hours a day making our soccer balls. The website has created a survey to measure each person’s slavery footprint. Answer a series of questions (such as “What electronic devices you have?”) and rate your level of ethically sourced products, and the site will give you your unsettling slavery-footprint number, as well as information on what you can do to help fight slavery.