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McKibben on 'green' Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart may sell organic, but it also thrives on ruined downtowns and long freight hauls. |
Tom Philpott |
21 Nov 2006 |
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| I've always been a bit appalled by the polite applause with which some enviros greet Wal-Mart's 'green' initiatives. Seems to me that the only way the company could really 'go green' would be to stop selling cheap plastic crap shipped in from halfway around the world in vast suburban megastores. In other words, completely change it's business model -- not, say, adopt 'green' building techniques for its appalling superstores, or haul mass-produced 'organic' food from Cal ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, business, food, greening biz operations, greenish companies, organic food, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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