A Chain Reaction
Reduce Footprints finds Our Tiny Planet and spreads the word. I go an visit Our Tiny Planet and find my Fink on Friday post.
I just had to pass this on, it’s great lesson in a nutshell.
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16 Dec
Posted December 16, 2011 by argentumvulgaris in Fink on Friday. Tagged: banks, electricity, food production, fossil fuels, industrial revolution, oil dependency, population growth, railways, Wall Street. Leave a Comment
Reduce Footprints finds Our Tiny Planet and spreads the word. I go an visit Our Tiny Planet and find my Fink on Friday post.
I just had to pass this on, it’s great lesson in a nutshell.
.
Usually vitriolic, at times bellicose; I'm not here to be nice
Each Friday, something to think about
A walk on the natural side each Sunday (or Monday...)
The Apothecary - A place to find natural products and remedies
So how have we gotten so far off course? When the label of ‘green’ was introduced, it was seen as a mission statement; something that would entitle the customer to some sense of comfort that they product they were supporting (which was usually more expensive) was working with the Earth’s best interests at heart. Instead we have simply completed a full consumerist revolution; the label has been taken, assigned a cultural identity and used to sell a piece of a lifestyle that is intended to speak more to your peers than to subsidize an environmental commitment.
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