Originally Posted by
Jabba Degrassi
That would require meaningful contributions, not just marketing. "Green" consumer goods, measly donations to charities (with the purchase of their new product, naturally), sponsoring music festivals and other ploys used to exploit popular sentiment are not going to change the world. All it does is create an environment in which the majority of people believe they can spend their way out of their responsibilities.
...Buy our new green HD TV, now made with 2% recycled material! AIDS in Africa? 0.0001% of sales from our new line of lipstick goes to AIDS research!
.... I'm talking about changing the world. Changing politics. Changing commerce. Changing cities. Changing transportation. Changing manufacturing. Changing culture.
ya, ok, but what if we all did a little bit more everytime you can, buy cfl the next time you're at the store, now what if that cfl was made in your state isntead of china, then you are doing something as a consummer, look at our auto industry, they are suffering because we buy japanese cars for what reasons?
the newer tvs and electronics use less and less power so you save energy while staying current, and what if the last computer you had was mearly changed into your new one through local recycling, then there are even more jobs...
it can go on and on, it is what capitalisism is supposed to be but we got that confussed with comunism