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- GregFD3S, on 07/30/2008, -1/+94This "Green" fad is just another thing big companies are trying to take advantage of. None of them really care about the environment.
- StevieJanowski, on 04/02/2009, -8/+70Everyone print this out and plaster it all over your city
- inactive, on 07/29/2008, -3/+59Rule #2 of green business:
Profit by adding green surcharges to things that used to be considered part of the cost of doing business.
EX: $1/month if you want to recieve a paper phone bill.
Hotels that dont give you fresh towels every day.
And just about any bull ***** about buying carbon offsets. - prompel, on 07/29/2008, -4/+47There are too many "make people buy crap" days, like Halloween, Valentine's Day, Christmas and so on. Stop buying useless crappy gifts for people who don't want or need them!
- FuryOfThor, on 07/29/2008, -4/+43that addresses the "green," but not the "business," which in the US is making crap people don't need
- tcasey22, on 07/30/2008, -1/+39Rule #1 to Green Consumers: Stop BUYING more crap than you actually need.
- askantik, on 07/30/2008, -0/+17What's funny is the iPhone 3G comes in an "environmentally-friendly" potato-starch packaging material, yet I work at an AT&T store where everyone iPhone is shipped in individually (which I'm sure is ultra-efficient...) and each iPhone box is shrink-wrapped and then is inside a regular cardboard box which is packed with plastic packing. But it's environmentally-friendly!
- ditka354, on 07/30/2008, -1/+17but the stockholders want a different kind of green.
- mbonnin, on 07/30/2008, -1/+12*whoosh*
- caoimhinn, on 07/30/2008, -4/+14You know, I consider myself Republican, supporting the interests of business and such--but this simple message really makes me stop, think, and reevaluate a lot of things.
- inactive, on 07/30/2008, -0/+10Hah, are people digging you down because they don't want to accept the fact that personal responsibility has a role in environmentalism as well?
- AKBryant54, on 07/30/2008, -0/+10Capitalism =/= consumerism.
- Ladycomet, on 07/30/2008, -0/+9I work in a neighborhood filled with rich ***** who buy $300 shoes that are "green". They look like glorified hippies and try to make you feel bad for not being as green as them. Its a whole new level of pretension. I see women sitting outside the cafe drinking "green" coffee and trying to outdo each other's level of "green-ness". Its really quite sickening.
I could go on and on - kysmalte, on 07/30/2008, -1/+10Prius drivers don't hit red lights, they hypermile and avoid them.
- otbeverly, on 07/30/2008, -4/+13By definition, that is contradictory to the meaning of the word "business."
Redefine business without a pure capitalist slant and you'd come up with your answer. - fearandtremble, on 07/30/2008, -8/+17ya good idea, that's a really green thing to do
- stealth45, on 07/30/2008, -4/+12The second rule of green business is selling people stuff they REALLY don't need, like carbon credits.
- theotheragentm, on 07/30/2008, -0/+8Those signs. How much do they cost? I'll take three, and please mount them on Styrofoam press board.
- patpl22391, on 07/30/2008, -9/+17Another rule is make sure you owe the "green" company while making everyone feel guilty so they buy your product. Am I right Mr. Gore?
- TradeMaster007, on 07/29/2008, -8/+16Though the US is making crap people don't need, that is any industrious country, Including China and Japan. Its important that everyone individually becomes green
- cheezintern, on 07/30/2008, -0/+8But how else am I gonna drive a 8 mile/gallon suburban and 'feel' good about it?
- rdldr1, on 07/30/2008, -1/+8The movie industry should follow this rule; quit making movies nobody will care about (like Speed Racer, and the new X-Files movie).
- randumbusername, on 07/30/2008, -0/+7green rules:
make the customer feel they are doing something positive.
create cute logo.
demonize something - jc7012, on 07/30/2008, -1/+7The only "green" in business is cash money.
- monroylobo, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5Such unnecessary emotion...
- willster580, on 07/30/2008, -2/+7Damn thumbnails ruin another image.
- krnldmp, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5Funny thing, those are typically the same people who get spastic at the thought of government picking up where their ignorance leaves off. They don't want to handle it themselves. They don't want the government to handle it for them. They want Utopia, for free, which is a knee slapper because they're also the same people who like to call those who would fight for the next closest thing "tree huggers" and "dirty hippies".
- P1um, on 07/30/2008, -1/+6 ...don't talk about that
- mediaspree, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5You *****!
- trafficlight, on 07/30/2008, -7/+12You know what Im gonna do
Im gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac Eldorado convertible
Hot pink, with whale skin hubcaps
And all leather cow interior
And big brown baby seal eyes for head lights (yeah)
And Im gonna drive in that baby at 115 miles per hour
Gettin' 1 mile per gallon,
Sucking down Quarter Pounder cheeseburgers from McDonalds
In the old fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam containers
And when Im done sucking down those greeseball burgers
Im gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag
And then Im gonna toss the styrofoam containers right out the side
And there aint a goddamn thing anybody can do about it - skealoha86, on 07/30/2008, -3/+8Going "Green" is a Marketing term, just like "No Trans Fat!" and "Low Carb!".
- DuneZombie, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5How about consumers not buying crap they don't need? The problem is less to do with businesses convincing people to buy junk they don't need and more to do with people knowingly buying lots of stuff. I hate business-waste, but you really have to ask whether they're the only ones to blame.
That is like saying it is the movie theatre's fault for making me want to see a movie when I am really the one responsible for the purchase. - JoeDiggsIt, on 07/30/2008, -0/+5Green building is where it's at.
- skealoha86, on 07/30/2008, -1/+5this is why the Pirate Bay is the number 1 proponent of the green movement - no silly packaging!
- ace429k, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4that goes hand in hand with packaging. too much stuff is wrapped these days when it doesnt need to be. remember that pic of the colgate toothpaste? wrapper, box, then tube of lube. why do you need all the excess garbage?
- Flipperbw, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4/s
- B0BtheDestroyer, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4But the rest of America does not thrive, the growing lower class finds a way to get by. It's about where you are putting your money. Is your money encouraging society to be focused on things it does not need, or is it constructive to society.
I believe our economy also has a related problem of encouraging society to buy things it cannot afford. Commodities are marketed as necessities. Consumers decide what they can make monthly payments for and lead the best lifestyle they can living from paycheck to paycheck without owning what they consume. We are encouraged to invest in a lifestyle with money we don't have (but are convinced one day soon we will). It reminds me of the investing that caused the stock market crash of before the great depression. Only we tell ourselves that every dollar we spend helps the economy. Maybe, but I think it matters where it is spent. - timbuktu22, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4This greenwashing really has to stop. The whole point of going green is to be more aware of your own environmental impact and attempt to reduce it. With green marketing, consumers buy green because its cool and end up harming the environment through wasteful consumerism The greenwashed market doesn't induce any further critical thinking on the part of the consumer, and worse, it relieves them of conscience to do so. Looking more at what is really sustainable:
http://www.brightfuture.us/new/index.php?option=co ... - Arcesius, on 07/30/2008, -1/+4There are people in business who do care about the environment, but I think by and large you are correct--businesses love profit and naught else.
- inactive, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3http://storyofstuff.com
- inactive, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3as a salesman, it is my job to sell you stuff you don't need, don't want and shouldn't have.
- Technohamster, on 07/30/2008, -2/+5Yeah when I was a kid I had a little book for banking but now they charge you ridiculous to have one so everyone uses a card instead.
I think it's a good idea. - krnldmp, on 07/30/2008, -0/+3Tamper and theft-proof packaging has driven the materials cost and consumption through the roof in the last couple decades. They piss around making tiny items too large to conceal with gigantic heavy molded plastic packages. Its absurd too because when you get it home and opened up with a pair of @#%(*& tin snips you find out it has some sort of anti-theft device inside that would have set off alarms if you tried to rip it off anyway.
- fwdkfwdkfwdk, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2Perfectly quoted.
Time to buy a "go green" bumper sticker now... - P1um, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2a swing and a miss
- AbsurdParadox, on 07/30/2008, -1/+3And thats not neccesarily a bad thing. If there is profit incentive in being green, thats the road they will take. So, ultimately, its up to the consumer.
- homercles337, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2$805/month for a 1br? You must live in the boonies. I spend about 75% more than that for a decent sized studio in a downtown metro area. Of couse, i dont have the same transportation costs--i spend about $360/year for my subway/bus pass (i get a 50% subsidy).
- BillMoocho, on 07/30/2008, -3/+5The first rule of Green Business is, you do not talk about Green Business.
- FuZi0nDET, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2That's not true, I can see where you would feel that way. There are a number of companies that have been passing themselves off as a green company that aren't at all. Sony was one of the first companies to start taking back your old electronic junk other companies out there do this too. Lots of companies understand that they need to maintain a sustainable business model, many of these companies have found that green initiatives have saved them money.
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