WiserEarth Governance
Rights, Obligations, and Relationships of All WiserEarthlings
This group emerged out of the WiserEarth Partners meeting held on December 13. Our intention is to open this group up to all that join and participate in WiserEarth.
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Created: Dec 17, 2007
Updated: Sep 17, 2009
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Buying A Better Tomorrow
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Buying Better Tomorrow
How corporate America co-opted the environmental movement, one lightbulb at a time
I confess I’m one of those slightly neurotic types who has sublimated my anxiety into an eco-lifestyle. When I get up in the morning, my coffee’s organic; and when I get dressed, the cotton in my jeans and T-shirt is organic, too. It all seems very satisfying, somehow, riding my bike to the store to plunk down my hard-earned dollars for things that I know are environmentally correct. But when the day is done and the last compact fluorescent lightbulb has been switched off, a disturbing thought keeps me awake. Is this really it? I chide myself, We’ve double-glazed the planet’s atmosphere and I’m going to make things right by buying green gear?
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http://readymademag.com/printarchive/article?id=1285