Provides commentary on green living and fair trade, helping people to understand that their consumer choices can have a positive and significant impact on particular individuals and families.
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In her recent book, Wrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino, Kim Fellner compares Starbucks to Bill Clinton. She likes the good things they do, but doesn’t know whether they can be trusted to do the right thing when times get...
This is the third article in a five-part series that compares fair trade coffee, direct trade coffee, and Starbucks' C.A.F.E. program. The first article in the series, Why Do We Need Fair Trade Coffee?, explained how conditions in the traditional...
Several decades ago, as a young political science student, I was impressed by a little classic called The Logic of Collective Action, by Mancur Olson. Olson explained why large groups of people who share a common interest in securing public goods...
The latest marketing technique to blaze the American landscape is the use of “free gasoline†to attract customers. Furniture stores, cafes, hotels—you name it—merchants in every sector are offering to give away gasoline to...
Maria Carreno is the owner of the One-Eyed Turtle, a member business of Co-op America that sells a wide range of recycled and fair trade products from around the globe.
We get a fair amount of information sent to us regarding socially responsible living- not only environmental issues, but also accounting transparency, business ethics, social welfare, etc. The info here on green living and on fair trade is good and useful- thanks!
Don Cummings
Blue Haven Capital
www.bluehavencapital.com
Since joining Co-op America I've become more aware of the "green" movement and "webuyitgreen" blog. I appreciate the site and all it has to offer!!
Keep on blogging about topics that are important to the planet!!
Webuyitgreen provides insightful and succinct analyses of issues if great importance to consumers today. Jay K does an amazing job of pulling together information and presenting it in a way that is easy to read and makes sense of it all. He relies on reputable resources, which are well-documented in his blog posts. I came away from his blog feeling like a much better informed consumer.
Webuyitgreen is intelligently written and and manages to skillfully cut through the hype behind the green marketing machine ensuring that the sustainable ideals that it promotes really are as green as we are led to believe.
We buy it green touches on a variety of issues. From climate change and the environment, to fair trade, green businesses, and their positive impact on communities; "We Buy it Green" is the expert on green living. Thank you for creating a special niche on the web for forward thinking, cultural creatives of the 21st century.
Carol Stengel, owner
pachacutionline.com
