Fight against Pepsi, Cocacola, Nestle | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)
World Water Day? (none / 0)
I hope nobody drinks coffee on that day. To produce one cup of coffee 140 litres (that's about 280 pints in your silly system) of water are used.

Please don't focus to much on one issue and follow 3 simple rules:

Think global, shop local (this means by local producers)
Buy green
Buy fair
(The last two are concerned with production methods)

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 03/18/2010 01:32:47 AM EST

It would be more impactful (none / 0)
to Americans if you put it in terms of gallons of water to produce an 8 oz. cup of coffee.  So 280 pints of water is 35 gallons to produce one 8 oz cup of coffee.  Which is about the size of a small to medium size fish tank.

Thanks for mentioning those guidelines.  I work at a furniture store where about 80% of what we sell is built within 100 miles of where we're located.  Much of it is also produced in as "green" a way as possible.  And we sell it for a fair price.  It is still dificult to explain to your average customer Walmart Shopper why it is a better idea to buy the dresser we sell for $400 (that will last as long as you need it) compared to the dresser you can purchase at Walmart for $150 that is made in the worst possible way (of the worst possible materials) by semi-forced labor and shipped from China.

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

by aidbo on 03/18/2010 07:53:29 PM EST

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I will never understand your system (none / 0)
I wish you success for your shop!!!
This is exactly the kind of action that is necessary. There is a long step ahead, but if we can convince more people to follow those 3 (easy) step consciuos consumerism might become a lifestyle. Let's hope so (so you can raise your prices:-)).

Shops like yours are what developed countries need.

Keep fighting the good fight!!!

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 03/19/2010 01:49:26 AM EST

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Fight against Pepsi, Cocacola, Nestle | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)