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  Land Use Nightmare

  I agree with many of those that have commented that Wal-Mart is no better than any other big box store. And yes, as I have said many times any improvement is some improvement.

  With that said, here in Green Bay, Wisconsin Wal-mart has single-handidly caused a land use nightmare. First, Brown County, which is where Green Bay is located, has just over 230,000 people in it. Most live in the Green Bay Metro area. To serve this population, Wal-Mart has put up three stores which are within about a 5 mile radius of each other. To me that is more than enough. But wait, it gets better...Wal-Mart has plans to put in at least 2 more stores if not 3. And even better, one of those stores is located less than 1 mile from one of their existing stores. And even better yet, all of those stores are located on the very fringes of the metro area, which only contributes to the major sprawl issue that we already have here. There is no Wal-Mart downtown where the high levels of poverty exist. If Wal-Mart must exist, shouldn't they be moving into areas where the people that need their "low prices" the most? Instead, they move into suburbia where people who don't have cars can't get to them because the bus system here is more than imperfect.

  I would like to say that this is probably an isolated incident, but I am hard pressed to believe that. If Wal-Mart really wants to go green, maybe the should start by looking at their own development policies!

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  On Don't let Wal-Mart's greenish diversions distract you posted 1 year, 9 months ago 9 Responses

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  I Would Love to Have Access to This!

  I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin where the mass transit is poor at best (primarily because people in this city are way too in love with their cars and feel above riding the bus). My boyfriend and I share a car so most days we carpool to work and I am left with no vehicle. The nature of my job brings me to a lot of meetings. Sometimes I have access to a staff vehicle and sometimes I don't. A program like this would open up so many doors for me and keep me from having to mooch rides from all my co-workers. I hope enterprise brings this to our area.On Enterprise and other rental companies move into car-share market posted 1 year, 9 months ago 6 Responses

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  change is good

  I agree 100% with buying local. In my opinion it is the answer to all of these questions.

  That being said, I still see this changeover of companies from traditional practices to those that can be considered more sustainable as a fantastic thing. Change is great but does also take time. Standards will have to be set and the best role models can be those that are able to make these changes but also make lots of money at the same time. On Umbra on green-company buyouts posted 1 year, 9 months ago 13 Responses

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  Change Federal Policy

  A major overhaul of the Farm Bill would make a major contribution to the slowing of soil erosion. I live in the Midwest where subsidies have been a direct cause of environmental degradation. Overproduction of corn and soy is a major problem where I live. Overproduction leads to the farming of areas that do not provide good soil. This soil erodes much quicker. This soil runs off and winds up in our surface waters. Our surface waters become polluted with sediment. It's a mess.

  A change in the Farm Bill that will halt overproduction and promote organics would make a huge impact on this mess.On Erosion is as big a problem as climate change, say experts posted 1 year, 9 months ago 4 Responses

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  Power of the Consumer

  Unfortunately, everything I know about Anti-trust laws would indicate that Monsanto would not be found as a monopoly. They would argue that there are a number of opportunities for any company to compete with them and that it is not their fault that no one chooses to put a competitive product on the market.

  But the power of the consumer is great. What we can do is just stop supporting their products. First and foremost, stop using round-up. I'm probably preaching to the choir here but there is no need for this product to be in use, especially by the average consumer who uses it to kill weeds in sidewalk cracks. Buy local and buy organic. These need to go hand in hand. Just because it is local, does not mean that it is not GMO. And last, educate, educate, educate. The majority of us who read articles on this site already know about the evils of Monsanto and GMO in general. It is within our power to educate those that don't. Make this a topic of concern. Talk to your government representatives. Boycotts. All of these things will work if there is a big enough movement around it! The power is ours!

  http://greenmadesimple.blogspot.com/On Monsanto's latest court triumph cloaks massive market power posted 1 year, 9 months ago 18 Responses