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Lillith Blackheart:

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--- Quote from: Zuzanna Alondra on 26 May 2010, 22:30 ---But also I know a marketing things they do that are sheer brilliance, but questionable in the ethics of them.  One example is claiming they are going green - but only doing so in ways that save them money - if it doesn't save them money... are they really going green?

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Makes sense to me if you are going green you start with what won't hurt you as a company. Question is however if later on you will use the profits made there to cover for the areas where it would cause a loss.

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I would just like to point out that mentality is bullshit, as nearly everything "going green" recommends for companies save huge amounts of money long term, and are only expensive on the short term.

Zuzanna Alondra:
Hey - I have a garden where I'm growing my own chow, compost bin, recycle and carpool - so I understand the concepts considering the only reason I do the above (my garden would just be flowers otherwise) is because I'm cheap and garbage and gas is spendy.

Hell also doing cloth diapers for the same reason.
And have Eve instead of cable TV.

Myrhial Arkenath:

--- Quote from: Lillith Blackheart on 27 May 2010, 07:25 ---
--- Quote from: Myrhial Arkenath on 27 May 2010, 01:30 ---
--- Quote from: Zuzanna Alondra on 26 May 2010, 22:30 ---But also I know a marketing things they do that are sheer brilliance, but questionable in the ethics of them.  One example is claiming they are going green - but only doing so in ways that save them money - if it doesn't save them money... are they really going green?

--- End quote ---

Makes sense to me if you are going green you start with what won't hurt you as a company. Question is however if later on you will use the profits made there to cover for the areas where it would cause a loss.

--- End quote ---

I would just like to point out that mentality is bullshit, as nearly everything "going green" recommends for companies save huge amounts of money long term, and are only expensive on the short term.

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Interesting video, very inspirational, thanks for linking that. If that indeed is true this time of recession could become a good thing if companies opt to try this and succeed. However the expensiveness on the short term has to be survivable, and that is what my remark was about, start with something easy and take it from there.

Z.Sinraali:
It'd be easier if certain legislative bodies would just put a price on carbon already.

Ashar Kor-Azor:
Certain asian employees of Wal-Mart are provided housing in shipping containers and crates, basically. They're under sufficient surveillance there that they often spurn it just to get some privacy.

The trouble is that Wal-Mart ain't the only bunch in the orient that behave that way. But yeah, you thought company towns were dead? Think again, roundeye.

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