tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post469708158098751622..comments2024-02-20T14:00:41.771-05:00Comments on A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Discomfort With "Green" ConsumptionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-53611386492646108332007-11-13T23:11:00.000-05:002007-11-13T23:11:00.000-05:00Magical soap, eh? I haven't heard of that one...bu...Magical soap, eh? I haven't heard of that one...but I am, for example, a sucker for food produced in corporate ways, transported long distances by fossil fuels, and then magically purified by my local corporate mega grocery store slapping the word "organic" on it.<BR/><BR/>Sigh....Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-11665899951551943752007-11-12T23:53:00.000-05:002007-11-12T23:53:00.000-05:00The well-acculturatd consumer inside of me really ...The well-acculturatd consumer inside of me really likes some of the green crap. For instance I love Dr. Bronners Magical Soap.Red Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-7829275783751102282007-11-12T22:04:00.000-05:002007-11-12T22:04:00.000-05:00Hey Jenny.Very true...I had hoped to write a longe...Hey Jenny.<BR/><BR/>Very true...I had hoped to write a longer post that tried to think through some of the more general kinds of questions around "green" consumption and "green" capitalism more generally as things that a lot of well-meaning people see as solutions to what ails us...part of what held me up was lack of time, but part was also fairly large gaps in my knowledge. Anyway, in doing thatScott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-86083223756886666922007-11-12T08:10:00.000-05:002007-11-12T08:10:00.000-05:00As someone once said "we can't shop our way to sus...As someone once said "we can't shop our way to sustainability"<BR/><BR/>The elitist nature of "green" products really gets to me - even though I sometimes buy them when I can afford them. <BR/><BR/>Hybrid cars are better for the environment than an SUV, but even better is a bike, or a good pair of walking shoes. Course, there's no conspicuous consumption possibilities there... The person with theRed Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.com