<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Coffee giant will buy 5 percent clean power for its U.S. stores]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by bhosey http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/ Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:16:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/1 Due Credit

You're right.  Sure there are plenty of reasons to dislike Starbucks (for myself, it's the miniscule percentage of the coffee that they buy which is shadegrown) but let's give credit where credit is due.

Starting today I'll officially reduce the amount of time I spend loathing and/or badmotuhing Starbucks by five percent.

]]> Due Credit

You're right.  Sure there are plenty of reasons to dislike Starbucks (for myself, it's the miniscule percentage of the coffee that they buy which is shadegrown) but let's give credit where credit is due.

Starting today I'll officially reduce the amount of time I spend loathing and/or badmotuhing Starbucks by five percent.

]]> Comment #2 by mtperson http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/ Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:50:02 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/2 A wind-powered community radio station

At the other end of the corporate spectrum from Starbucks is KZMU, a non-commercial, non-NPR, volunteer community radio station in Moab, Utah. For the last year or so we have been a completely wind-powered radio station.

Check out the programs at http://www.kzmu.org

]]> A wind-powered community radio station

At the other end of the corporate spectrum from Starbucks is KZMU, a non-commercial, non-NPR, volunteer community radio station in Moab, Utah. For the last year or so we have been a completely wind-powered radio station.

Check out the programs at http://www.kzmu.org

]]> Comment #3 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/ Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:06:01 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/3 How two cups of coffee a day can destroy a world


I drink two or three cups of coffee a day. The Internet is rife with the controversies stirred by my cups of coffee. Was the coffee "shade" grown? Were the farmers paid a fair price? Those two cups when multiplied by 3 or 4 billion other people drinking coffee have destroyed millions of acres of rain forest and disrupted the migratory patterns of some bird species. The underlying problem is not so much how we live; it is that there are so many of us.


]]> How two cups of coffee a day can destroy a world


I drink two or three cups of coffee a day. The Internet is rife with the controversies stirred by my cups of coffee. Was the coffee "shade" grown? Were the farmers paid a fair price? Those two cups when multiplied by 3 or 4 billion other people drinking coffee have destroyed millions of acres of rain forest and disrupted the migratory patterns of some bird species. The underlying problem is not so much how we live; it is that there are so many of us.


]]> Comment #4 by NorthStar http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/ Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:37:35 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/4 Throw Them a Bone

Look everyone.  I've seen this article on many other sites and I see the same idea that such a large company could do more.  Of course, can't we all do more.  Some grumble that corporate America isn't doing it's part.  When they do something, even if it's just a jesture, someone will blast them for not doing more.

At this stage in the move to clean renewable energy, corporate America needs to be coached along.  Now I'm a city dweller and like my coffee from time to time.  I also purchase enough green tags or energy credits so my power is 100% wind generated.  I try to do my part and thank any business in joining in that effort.  Starbuck's action will, I hope, make other businesses consider making similar decissions just to say they're just a little "green" as well.

M. Dale Brose http://www.Krystal-Planet.com/NorthStar

]]> Throw Them a Bone

Look everyone.  I've seen this article on many other sites and I see the same idea that such a large company could do more.  Of course, can't we all do more.  Some grumble that corporate America isn't doing it's part.  When they do something, even if it's just a jesture, someone will blast them for not doing more.

At this stage in the move to clean renewable energy, corporate America needs to be coached along.  Now I'm a city dweller and like my coffee from time to time.  I also purchase enough green tags or energy credits so my power is 100% wind generated.  I try to do my part and thank any business in joining in that effort.  Starbuck's action will, I hope, make other businesses consider making similar decissions just to say they're just a little "green" as well.

M. Dale Brose http://www.Krystal-Planet.com/NorthStar

]]> Comment #5 by cleantech http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/ Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:31:54 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/starbucks-takes-fancy-to-wind-energy/5 It's more than the 5% figure would indicate

After talking with Starbucks' Director of Environmental Affairs about their wind purchase for a case study this summer, I must say, just looking at the 5% figure belittles their effort.

Note the second part of their announcement, down at the very end -- Starbucks is supporting other organizations that are spreading the word about renewable energy -- an acknowledgement that Starbucks can't change the world alone.  

Starbucks is supporting the World Resources Institute's Green Power Market Development Group and the Climate Group. Starbucks also announced a two-year commitment of cash and in-kind contributions to Global Green USA.

By Starbucks' own admission, it's not just about saving the planet.

"We could take care of our entire climate footprint and still not mitigate the long-term risk of climate change to the company," they said, referring to the potential negative impact of global warming on coffee harvests. "We have concerns about the long-term implications of climate change on our core business, which is coffee."

Starbucks wind case study

Denis Energy Priorities


]]> It's more than the 5% figure would indicate

After talking with Starbucks' Director of Environmental Affairs about their wind purchase for a case study this summer, I must say, just looking at the 5% figure belittles their effort.

Note the second part of their announcement, down at the very end -- Starbucks is supporting other organizations that are spreading the word about renewable energy -- an acknowledgement that Starbucks can't change the world alone.  

Starbucks is supporting the World Resources Institute's Green Power Market Development Group and the Climate Group. Starbucks also announced a two-year commitment of cash and in-kind contributions to Global Green USA.

By Starbucks' own admission, it's not just about saving the planet.

"We could take care of our entire climate footprint and still not mitigate the long-term risk of climate change to the company," they said, referring to the potential negative impact of global warming on coffee harvests. "We have concerns about the long-term implications of climate change on our core business, which is coffee."

Starbucks wind case study

Denis Energy Priorities


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