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LGbD Green Column #15 - Vote with Your Dollars to Steer Corporate Merchandising
Written by W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, President; Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities
People ask me what we can do personally right now to bring about a greener future. Here’s a practical suggestion that starts small at the individual level but multiplies in power as the idea spreads.
Seventy percent of the U.S. economy is consumer spending. Naturally, in the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, consumers are presently spending less and saving more. Nevertheless, we must all buy groceries, household supplies, medicines, gasoline, clothing, etc., even if many of us are delaying purchases of big-ticket items like appliances, autos and houses.
Our purchasing choices are so important to corporate merchandisers...read more
People ask me what we can do personally right now to bring about a greener future. Here’s a practical suggestion that starts small at the individual level but multiplies in power as the idea spreads.
Seventy percent of the U.S. economy is consumer spending. Naturally, in the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, consumers are presently spending less and saving more. Nevertheless, we must all buy groceries, household supplies, medicines, gasoline, clothing, etc., even if many of us are delaying purchases of big-ticket items like appliances, autos and houses.
Our purchasing choices are so important to corporate merchandisers...read more
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