My roommate and I went grocery shopping the other day. I was shocked at how many choices people are given for various different types of products. There seemed to be dozens of choices for each item. So how do you choose? Well, you could always do a little homework prior to going shopping and choose the most environmentally friendly company.
Think about it, what’s one of the most common excuses for not going green? “I’m just one person, I can’t make a difference.” However, when you support green companies, you help them grow and prevent more harmful companies from growing further. So you’re purchase of two cans of a certain good from a green company on a weekly basis could help the company branch out to support thousands more. This really is one way a small change could lead to a big impact. When organic is not an option, you could still buy from a green company.
And I’m not just talking about food, from cars to computers to a flight home for Spring Break, you can make a green choice when it comes to almost anything. Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson and Starbucks are all in the top 10 greenest companies. So do a little homework, and support green companies when you can. It took me less than 10 minutes to come up with a green alternative for the products I need to buy next time we go out. Supporting green companies has a larger impact than you think!
-James
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I like the point you made about supporting green companies prevents no green companies from growing further. I thought it would be interesting to look up the top 10 greenest companies so I did and was really surprised with the results. I really liked how Honda is going green because the problem of car pollution and gas use is huge and can cause many environmental problems. It also surprised me that only 5 of the top ten were American companies but with big names like Honda (even though it is not made in America, we are a big consumer), Hewlett-Packard and Johnson & Johnson on the list I feel like it could show other companies that green status can be achieved.
ReplyDeleteGood job James.
-Liza
James I think this is a great idea and its so true! And Liza I love your more specific approach. Good work guys!
ReplyDelete^Ellie
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